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Artwork by Banksy ART:   IS THERE A PREDETERMINED PATH  TO BECOME AN ARTIST? To help people understand how becoming an “artist” (writer, actor, musician, etc.) differs from being a lawyer, a doctor, an accountant, a CEO, or other professional, here is the ANSWER. People often ask, “How do I go about making it in […]

Alice Walton Tonight, Alice Walton, Chairwoman of Crystal Bridges’ Board of Directors will be the recipient of the 2013 Archives of American Art Medal from the Smithsonian Institution. As a long-time art lover and collector, Alice Walton conceived the idea of creating a national art museum in her hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas, so that people of […]

Rafael Rozendaal, “ifnoyes.com“, 2013 ART: A WHOLE “NEW” ART WORLD! The First Ever Digital Art Auction  Titled: “Paddles ON!” PHILLIPS – 10.10.2013   PHILLIPS, the world’s third largest auction house, has a new facility on Park Avenue in NYC. and last week did something that has never been done before… Phillips Auction House gets the […]

ART PICTURED: Peter Halley, Indexed, 2007   ART  David Byrne:  Will Work for  Inspiration David Byrne considers New York City’s present and future ahead of the 2013 Creative Time Summit: Art, Place & Dislocation in the 21st Century City.  (2013 Creative Time Summit can be viewed via Livestream on October 25–26)       This piece was commissioned […]

Jeff Koon’s “Balloon Dog” via Twinkies Photo: Sarah Ward Food Styling by Michelle Gatton ART: FOOD IMITATING ART By Photographer Sarah Anne Ward with Food Stylists  Heather Meldrom  and Michelle Gatton     “Yellow, Lavender, White & Rose” Rothko via ice-cream, icing & cake Photo: Sarah WardFood Styling by Heather Meldrom   Artist history has […]

“Early Sunday Morning” by American Artist Edward Hopper 1930 – Oil on Canvas  60″ x 30″ In the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum of Art, NYC.   ART “Early Sunday Morning” A Painting by Edward Hopper “Early Sunday Morning” A detail showing the 1930’s yellow fireplug and its long, purple shadow. From time to […]

Exterior of The Broad Collection, in Los Angeles at 2nd Street and Grand Avenue (image courtesy of The Broad and Diller Scofidio + Renfro) ART New Museum Buildings Coming Soon! The Broad Collection, a public museum of contemporary art and headquarters of The Broad Art Foundation’s worldwide lending library, will construct a new museum building […]

“All research indicates: this work (Sunset at Montmajour, 1888) is by Van Gogh”   ART:  A NEW  Vincent van Gogh painting is discovered! ‘Sunset at Montmajour’ The Van Gogh Museum has discovered a new painting by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890): Sunset at Montmajour (1888). The long-lost Vincent Van Gogh painting spent years in a Norwegian attic because it was thought not […]

Prisoner Pup $28 ART SHOPPING: COSTUMES FOR DOGS Halloween is just around the corner! ChasingFireflies.com offers an array of dog costumes that will have everyone howling! See their offering below, followed by some great adult costumes for you and a few for your infant or toddler. Halloween FUN is all about a wonderful costume that helps create […]

ART The Joy of a Farmer’s Market A Photo Essay by Jack A. Atkinson Summer of 2013 is coming to an end and we have enjoyed our weekly visits to buy fresh produce from the growers responsible for the quality. Before September starts here are a few photos of the beautiful produce and products at […]