Line Up series by Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese

These photoworks from a 2004-5 series entitled 'Line-Up' by US conceptual artists, Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, art and text collaborators since the early 80s, are raising both awareness and eyebrows at the...

30 plus works including Picasso, Matisse stolen

"Several artworks including Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse have been stolen from an exhibition at a small gallery in Berlin’s Wilmersdorf district." " The etchings, prints and sculptures included “Profil au fond noir,” a 1947 work by Picasso; “Nude in a rocking...

Artist prints `Zero Dollar' in dig at Wall Street

Artist Laura Gilbert printed 'The Zero Dollar' and distributed 10,000 copies of the worthless money, in protest of the breakdown of the American economy. Gilbert distributed her 'money' in front of the New York...

Bear runs marijuana growers out of secret Utah camp

Barry, you're gonna love this one. Just be sure to read the commentary on the original article."PANGUITCH, Utah — One Utah community is cheering a special bear — but don't call him Smokey. Investigators say a...

Mazel Tov! Israeli weddings introduce ATMs

This is an idea that will catch in many parts of the world especially for Catholic "first-communion" and "confirmation" as kids prefer getting cash."Mazel Tov! Israeli weddings introduce ATMs Thursday, 10 July 2008 17:51 A new...

Lawsuit over Murakami-Louis Vuitton prints

"A luxury boutique in the middle of an art exhibition was supposed to be controversial -- but not a legal matter.The temporary retail space allowed in October by the Museum of Contemporary Art has become the center of litigation, though. A class action suit brought Monday by...

Cuba Puts Computers on Sale to Public

As Raul moves Cuba into the 21st Century many continue to wonder where its all headed. Salaries continue to put the luxury of a home PC or a weekend at a hotel resort clear out of reach for most Cubans. "Cubans...

E-paper edging closer to everyday use

This paper uses "compounds" that are sensitive to various wavelengths of light and change color and eventually disappear. So, you could print out something to read on the train on the way to work, and then print the evening paper to read on the way home. That is my...

Ga ga meets Dada: Fine art for toddlers

It's becoming more common for young parents to invest in artwork more edifying than that of Barney and Blue's Clues, according to a feature in today's Globe and Mail.This is positive news indeed, methinks. ...

Heathrow fingerprint plan suspended

Heathrow's new Terminal 5 is set to open in less than 24 hours from now. But their plans to fingerprint all passengers travelling through or from the new terminal were suspended today. " Airport operator BAA...

Fakes sold for top dollars

" For lovers of fine art, it was a veritable field day. In art shows and galleries across the nation and around the world and over eBay, a trove of limited edition prints by master artists started going up for sale as early as the summer of 1999. There were two 1968 Pablo...

Thousands of Fake Prints Sold, inc Picasso, Miro, and Dali

People have paid up to $50,000 for counterfeit prints with fake artists signatures, the fake prints have been sold at art shows and on Ebay."A ring of art counterfeiters has sold thousands of prints since 1999...

FBI to Build $1 Billion Biometrics Database

A few years ago there was talk of virtually everything and everyone being RFID-tagged and trackable anytime and anywhere. Well, forget that ancient technology because the FBI is spending a billion dollars and...

Memjet New Color Printing Technology 60 pages per minute

"New Color Printing Technology is the First to Deliver High-Speed, Quality Color at a Breakthrough Price/Performance Page-wide technology, backed by 1,400 U.S. patents, is available for OEMs targeting home, office, photo-kiosk and label markets The new Memjet™ color...

Pimp my rice paddy

This is a story about the farmers in an agricultural district in Japan called Aomori, who make brilliant land art installations using different varieties of flowering rice. It is reminiscent of Darko Friz and his...

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