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A Toast To Butter Sculpture, The Art That Melts The Hearts Of The Masses
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Lucky Art Dealer Discovers Unknown Monet Pastel Taped To The Back Of Another Artwork
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In 2014, Jonathan Green, director of London's Richard Green Gallery, purchased two pastels by Claude Monet at a Paris auction for an undisclosed sum. Later, upon examining the works, Green was pleased to discover a third Monet pastel taped to the back of one of the works.
Yup, three Monets for the price of two. It's an art-world bargain we can all envy.
How Instagram, start-ups are leading the art movement
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Digital media has done more than bring the world closer together: It's managed to revolutionize the art world. Now, tech start-ups are combining data and social media with artistic vision to help expand art appreciation—as well as find lucrative buyers and potential investors.
Littered with fakes: why the Hitler art trade is such a sick joke
A batch of the Führer’s watercolours has just been sold at a controversial auction. But as well as having zero artistic value, most ‘Hitlers’ are probably fake – so why do we continue to collude in this grotesque deception?
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Girls learn confidence, identity through art
‘A safe place to show their creative side’
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While shouts of “Goal!” are ringing in Durango, they have nothing to do with the Women’s World Cup now in progress.
The figurative shouts refer to the Girls’ Opportunity for Art and Leadership program, which ended its 2015 summer session Thursday.
Art-ificial Intelligence? Algorithm Sorts Paintings Like a Person
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From assembly-line work to self-driving cars , computers are taking over many tasks once performed by humans. Artistic jobs, however, have been relatively safe — until now.
A team of researchers has developed an artificial intelligence(AI) program that can classify famous works of art based on their style, genre or artist — tasks that normally require a professional art historian.
Phila. Art Museum Readies New Exhibit of Impressionism
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A new exhibit opens next week at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, featuring priceless works of impressionism, some never before seen in the United States.
“Discovering the Impressionists” is a breathtaking display of works by Monet, Renoir, Manet, and others.
Co-curator Jenny Thompson says it took five years to collect the pieces and put this exhibit together .
“There are nine galleries, and there 96 works of art on view,” she said today.
Kids' Art Show Takes Over Two Billboards In Times Square
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For the next few days, two large billboards in New York's Times Square are being given over to art created by the city's public school students. The project highlights students' work that's part of a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Turing Metrocards into Works of Art
Canada's first children's art gallery opens doors in Saskatoon
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The first children's art gallery in Canada has opened its doors in Saskatoon.
"I saw some galleries like this in other countries and thought it would be really great if Canada had one and I believe that celebrating art is a great thing," Monique Martin said.
Why Philadelphia Is Commissioning Skateable Public Art
The city hopes to engage young people in its downtown parks and museum plazas by installing skateable sculptures.
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How to Use Instagram to Invest in Art
Comment then collect (and save the selfie upon delivery)
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As he looked through Instagram at home in Copenhagen, Peter Ibsen noticed paintings by French artist Baptiste Caccia that were bound for an art fair in Brussels.
“I wrote something like ‘very nice’ on the feed, and 10 minutes later his gallery called me,” Ibsen said. Thirty minutes later, he bought the painting.
Coordinator's Efforts Pay Off at University of Arizona
Coordinator Claudia Arias did another fantastic job organizing this year’s National Arts Program® at the University of Arizona. The program, now in its fifth year with the NAP, had record breaking numbers in both participation and artworks entered. The exhibit, which featured an amazing 208 pieces of art by 127 participants, has almost doubled in size in just a few short years.
Tacoma Offers Award Winners another Exciting Opportunity
Coordinator Naomi Strom-Avila had a fantastic National Arts Program® show this year. The exhibit included 152 works of art by the City of Tacoma employees and their family members. Naomi’s commitment to the show was evident this year in the over twenty percent jump in participation she was able to achieve.