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As if Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton need their leaked nude photos displayed anywhere else.

Cory Allen Contemporary Art announced that Los Angeles-based artist XVALA will include the pictures — unaltered and life-size — in an upcoming art gallery in St. Petersburg, Fla., as part of his "Fear Google" campaign.

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A very expensive piece of public art in San Francisco is on the fritz, and may wind up going the way of the VCR.

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Spain on Monday returned to Colombia a huge and priceless find -- almost 700 pieces of pre-Columbian art that Spanish authorities siezed in over a decade ago in a drug bust.

The catalogue of museum-worthy artefacts includes vases decorated with human faces, ceramic bowls decorated with geometric designs in ochre tones, musical instruments, necklaces and even small figures of people -- dating from 1400 BC up to the 16th century.

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Movies have trailers. Books have trailers. And now art shows have trailers. Which means that a form of communication generally reserved for gun-toting space heroes is now being used to present shows about minimalism.

Art is everywhere celebrated the history of American art in August through 100 great works- 20 each from five leading museums. The 50 final pieces were reproduced thousands of times on billboards, transit hubs, street furniture, buildings, and other outdoor channels from August 1-31.

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A $1.66 million art project consisting of several hundred geometric sculptures along a walkway will open at the Austin airport in fall 2015.

The Austin American-Statesman reports the money will go toward the sculptures and a steel grid along the 400-foot walkway built on the third floor of the existing parking garage to connect the terminal at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to a new facility for renting cars.

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Everyone who's anyone in tech was invited to the Silicon Valley Contemporary Fair in April. The San Jose Convention Center was abuzz with tech folks' enthusiasm about the new art on display.

When the night was done, the fair's visitors hopped in their hybrids, C++ on their minds and a song in their hearts, then moseyed on home - without buying a thing.

These days, the nation's most illustrious auction houses and galleries face a code that's hard to break: how to get tech types to collect art.

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Lines Scratched on Gibraltar Cave Are First Known Examples of Neanderthal Rock Art, Researchers Say

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A series of lines scratched into rock in a cave near the southwestern tip of Europe could indicate that Neanderthals were more intelligent and creative than previously thought.

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Public art is everywhere in Michigan.

Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" rests in front of the Detroit Institute of Arts on Woodward Avenue, the Motor City's main drag, which hosts the annual Woodward Dream Cruise.

Alexander Calder's "La Grande Vitesse," in front of Grand Rapids City Hall," dominates Vandenberg Plaza, scene of festivals throughout the summer in Michigan's second largest city.

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For many, art is an avenue for expressing normally unexplored emotions and thoughts. For Tiffanie Brumfield, an art therapist and School of Art instructor, art is a gateway to helping others.

Brumfield defines art therapy as using the creative process as the primary form of expression in a therapeutic relationship. Art therapists use a variety of techniques and materials to diagnose and treat problems in patients.

“Art is basic to society ... We think in pictures,” she said.

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Technology is redefining art in strange, new ways. Works are created by people moving through laser beams or from data gathered on air pollution.

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Where would the Impressionists have been without the invention of portable paint tubes that enabled them to paint outdoors?  Who would have heard of Andy Warhol without silkscreen printing? The truth is that technology has been providing artists with new ways to express themselves for a very long time.

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On the table at a rehabilitation hospital in Wong Chuk Hang, near Aberdeen, lies a crayon drawing of the Statue of Liberty. It's an impressive piece of art. The viewer sees her reaching up with her torch, from the perspective of the statue's stomach.

The work, sketched by Cheung Ka-cheung, exemplifies his favourite topic: freedom. These days, Cheung, 56, is confined to a wheelchair and grows weaker from cerebral palsy. He likes to paint vibrant images of birds as well - revelling in the idea that he can fly away and travel without constraints.

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Every winter, Monarch butterflies retreat to Central Mexico to spend the chilly months hibernating in the trees. But in the past decade, deforestation, pesticides, and climate change have threatened their journey. The great North American migration is now classified as an “endangered biological phenomenon,” according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.