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Dressed in an immaculate white lab coat, Sandra Mottaz stares intently through a stereo microscope at a bold-coloured painting purportedly by French master Fernand Leger, searching for signs of forgery.

"Here, we can make out vertical lines in what could be a grid," Mottaz says, looking up from the shiny white instrument providing a three-dimensional view of the painting.

It makes San Diego look appealing.

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I’m standing in Terminal 2 at the San Diego International Airport on a Monday morning in early July. My escort, Constance White, the airport art program manager, leads me through the new food-court atrium, past the clusters of tables and a snazzy bar named Bubbles.

A 5-year-old diagnosed with autism has emerged as a remarkably talented artist, creating beautiful paintings decades ahead of her time.

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While there were signs on Monday that Hong Kong's protests might be coming to a low ebb, their visual impact looks likely to last for a while.

"This is the most well-designed protest in recent memory," says Colette Gaiter, an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Delaware who has done extensive research on protest art.

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How can a Kour Pour be an impulse buy or the latest Chris Succo show sell out before ever leaving the studio? The swift currency of digital images have revolutionized the art market and the jpeg has become the single most ubiquitous sales tool with nearly 90% of galleries selling works sight unseen* through email, text, and online.While before a dealer needed a back room, now all they need is a smartphone.

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The odd, eccentric and amateur stole the spotlight at the Maker House on Saturday during Tales From The Trash - A Thrift Store Art Show.

For one night only, artwork found at yard sales, thrift shops, flea markets and dumpsters was put on display for the public to enjoy and purchase while live music was provided by local musicians. Throughout the two gallery rooms, coffeehouse area and backyard, show visitors could be seen finding amusement at the strange collection of paintings.

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When Mark Blanchard visited Pennsylvania on Duke business this spring, he took his point-and-shoot camera to capture falling cherry blossoms. Coming across a cluster of broken beer bottle glass, cigarette butts and pink blossoms by the curb, he snapped a photo.

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Tina Fey is best known for her sense of humor, but she’s also got some visual arts skills. TheSaturday Night Live alum joined a fundraising campaign in honor of three little girls who perished in a tragic housefire in 2011, hoping to help bring art education into schools where programs are seriously underfunded.

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In the 1960s — well before Spike Jonze's Samantha — MIT computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum introduced the world to Eliza, a psychotherapist (of sorts) who interacted with people through a text interface. She's still around today.

In preparing this post, I asked her what makes us human. "Are such questions on your mind often?" she replied.

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After years of negotiations and planning, Rolf Jessewitsch, Director of the Kunstmuseum Solingen, announced on Monday that the Center for Persecuted Art in Germany will finally open on January 1, 2015, according to Art Magazin.

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It's hard being John Malkovich. Harder still when John Malkovich is off doing his best Marilyn Monroe, then throwing on a quick Andy Warhol, Einstein and Picasso before ending the day as Salvador Dalí.

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The so-called “female Banksy” counts A-list celebrities like Kanye West and Brad Pitt as buyers of her stenciled street art. Like Banksy, her works command price tags that run into the tens of thousands of dollars.

Also, like Banksy, she is determined to stay anonymous.

Defacing property is a criminal offense in the UK, and Bambi has spent years avoiding detection. Now, the intrigue around her identity has boosted her popularity.