Dark Roasted Blend:
"QUANTUM SHOT" #48Link - article by Simon Rose and Avi AbramsSometimes ex libris is more valuable than the book containing it Ex libris, meaning ‘from the library of’, or ‘from the books of’ is a Latin expression attached to (Read More)
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In 1882 the artist Paul Gaugin resigned his position as a Paris Stockbroker. He had been very successful at it and was a very prosperous man. He wanted to be a full time painter. So, he split away from his family and spent t (Read More)
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I had recently seen articles online about the possible discovery of the remains of Cambyses' lost army in the Sahara desert. While researching that for a blog post, I realized that this lost army had also been sought by Coun (Read More)
Thaindian News:
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) South Asian theatre, traditional Kathakali dance, a festival of transgenders and Adi Shankaracharya’s text “Saundariya Lehri” (Waves of Beauty) fuse in Chennai-based artist George Kuruvilla’s works, n (Read More)
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We love anything to do with Star Wars here at geeky gadgets, especially geeky art, like these cool custom Star Wars paintings created by New Zealand Artist Xander from deviantART.The guys over at abduzeedo have tons more of t (Read More)
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Lisa Hanawalt’s drawings, with their humanoid animals showing off their flashy clothes and getting into crazy but distinctly human situations, seem to reflect the hyper-self-aware and petty culture of LA (and by extension the (Read More)
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This work, by Louise Parker, is just one example from a range of original and affordable paintings of portrait art available for sale on SouthAfricanArtists.com.There are more examples of great affordable art from Louise Park (Read More)
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Recently released images from Tim Burton's upcoming Alice in Wonderland adaptation reminded moviegoers that the quirky London-based director possesses one of the most extravagant visual vocabularies of any filmmaker now worki (Read More)
Neatorama:
Image: Rainbow HandicraftCharlie Jane Anders of io9 has assembled a gallery of sixteen velvet paintings with science fiction themes, such as Yoda/Elvis, Kim Jong-Il as a Sleestak, and the great Wesley Crusher.Would you like f (Read More)
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• Dutch master was no genius, says British artist• Not true, say experts and a Turner prize-winner• Read the full interviewFew critics would have expected their near-unanimous mauling of Damien Hirst's recent collection of pa (Read More)
Thaindian News:
New York, Nov 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An Andy Warhol painting ‘200 One Dollar Bills’ sold for an amazing $43.8 million. The highest presale estimate was of $12 million, but it sold for 3 times that, at a whooping $43.8 million.Th (Read More)
Design Milk:
Gregory Han is the managing editor of home solutions and décor site Apartment Therapy Los Angeles, alongside the home technology site, Unplggd. In past iterations he’s found himself as an art director for several video game p (Read More)
WebUrbanist:
Photo-realistic art is really on its own level in the art world. While some may ask what the point is when taking a picture is so much easier, to these artists the point is obvious: painstakingly creating a tiny piece of fict (Read More)
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Born on November 12, 1840, in Mouffetard - a working-class district of Paris, France, Auguste Rodin is considered to be one of the most important sculptors of modern times. He began drawing at the age of 10 and at 14, atte (Read More)
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Over the weekend, Jeremy Fish opened his latest exhibit at the Laguna Art Musuem. The San Francisco-based artist put together new works which are “largely about transformation and rebirth through struggle. Deliberately drawin (Read More)
Thaindian News:
New York, Nov 12 (DPA) A silk-screen painting by iconic American pop artist Andy Warhol sold for $43.8 million Wednesday night in New York, Sotheby’s auction house said.The work, 200 One Dollar Bills, was one of the first sil (Read More)
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Linda Carey Roman Forum Late Afternoon, pastel 2009 21 x 29 inches Someone recently sent me a link to a wonderful show of Linda Carey’s pastel painting at the Keny Gallery in Columbus, Ohio. Regretfully, the gallery took the (Read More)