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Just a few months after the exhibition date of Christo's "Over the River" project was pushed back by a year, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) officials have announced that the work will be extensively examined for its potential impact on traffic on Highway 50, the central road that runs
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A year ago Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was slapped with bail conditions — after an 81-day detention by Chinese authorities — the prominent activist and artist has been freed from those shackles, but there's no rejoicing because of what may come next.
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Poor Picasso. His "Femme au fauteuil rouge (Woman in a Red Armchair)" (1929) was vandalized last week at Houston's Menil Collection and the artist claiming responsibility for the action, Uriel Llanderos, has essentially been bragging about his bravado on his rather sparse Facebook page. But the stor
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Today, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was harassed by police in an attempt to block him from attending his scheduled court appearance at the Beijing tax bureau.
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Picasso's 1929 painting "Conquista La Bestia" ("Conquer the Beast") was vandalized last week at Houston's Menil Collection by a man with a can of spray paint. According to the city's Local 2 news, he stenciled the image of a bullfighter killing a bull with the word "conquista" underneath.
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Those headed to Northside Art this weekend should make sure to visit the handful of open studios at 338 Berry Street, because those spaces won't be studios for much longer. About six weeks ago, the 10 tenants still residing in live-and-work studios in the building lost their court battle with their
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Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus, the American republic empire republic was founded on the US Constitution, hell, even Apple had a "founding document" but the legacy of the "Painter of Light" Thomas Kinkade may be decided by two scratchy letters written late last year to his lover in a script t
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Known as a pioneering figure in graffiti writing with his memorable "Smoker" tag, a haloed stick figure cartoon, taken from 1960s TV show "The Saint," smoking a joint, Wayne Roberts, or Stay High 149, passed away on Monday.
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Like a sad, jilted date, this year's recently closed Whitney Biennial was left without director, actor, musician and all-around creepster Vincent Gallo's promised film, entitled ironically Promises Written in Water. And apparently, Gallo didn't even call.
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Today, DIA disseminated the news that during spring 2013 Walter De Maria's seminal "The Lightning Field" (1977), one of the foundation's earliest commissions, will be receiving its first major preservation treatment in the artwork's history.
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LOS ANGELES —Some people aren't paying their art bills …
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The new discovery, uncovered at a site called Abri Castanet in France, consists mainly of circular carvings most likely meant to represent the vulva.