Pakistani Neo-Miniature Show Opens in New York

Modern Pakistani art is in great demand in the international market as well as at home. A BBC News source recently reported: "In Pakistan's increasingly speculative art market, posthumous sales of better known...

Graffiti At Its Finest - Toronto's Style In Progress

Dozens of graffiti artists from all ages and skill, gathered yesterday in Toronto's "Graffiti Alley" for the 2008 Style In Progress, a legal event which spans from Spadina Avenue to Portland Street in the Queen...

The Roots, Broken Social Scene Play Whistler Music Festival

There's more to alpine mecca Whistler than just year-round outdoor sports and packed ski slopes, there are increasing opportunities to see incredible live music. This weekend the inaugural Whistler Music Festival...

Paris, Not just Bar Tabac, Literary Cafes as well!

Paris has been known as the refuge for real and wannabe artists over time, be it jazz musicians, poets, painters, writers and others.Isobel Scott covers some New Cafés Littéraires for Globespotters.Amongst them Tea and Tattered Pages "with its second hand English books from...

Death Row Records Auctioned for $24 Million

Suge Knight's infamous Death Row Records has been auctioned to Global Music Group for a cool $24 million. The gives Global access to the label's extensive back catalog of multi-million selling rap records by artists...

Indie rock colouring book for AIDS

Well isn't this cute. An artist from the UK has put together an indie rock colouring book for his graduating art school project. The activity book is for a good cause too, being part of the (Red) project to raise...

The Cure, R.E.M., Modest Mouse at Sasquatch! 2008 Festival

Another big lineup announcement today, this time for the well-punctuated Sasquatch! music festival, which will be held May 24-26 at the Gorge in Oregon." Authorities confronted Sasquatch! and were able to wrest a...

American Actors Union Approves Contract with Hollywood Studios

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has voted in favour of approving a three-year deal with major Hollywood studios, that could impact similar negotiations in process with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), which has been embroiled in difficult talks...

The Developing Trend Of Selling naming Rights To Commercial Interests.

The specific locations may be in Ireland but I am sure that this problem, one of my "pet hates", is not confined to this country alone. In this instance my pet hate is the developing trend of selling naming rights to...

BEHIND LENSES ARE THE CRITICS

PHOTOGRAPHY is an art that shows the heart of the one's behind this... There are many issues concerning pictures protraying differnt aspects and styles. In the Philippines, the dilemma begins when...

Three Vietnamese artists vie for Asia Pacific award

Three Vietnamese artworks will be among the 34 entries in this year’s inaugural Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) Foundation Signature Art Prize – the most prestigious award in the region. Representing Vietnam are Hoang Duong Cam, Nguyen Quang Huy and Vuong Van Thao. Cam’s...

NowPublic Roundup: Glastonbury 2008

As NowPublic member Zichi reported on Thursday, the Glastonbury Festival has undergone some significant changes in its 36 years of existence.The 2008 edition of the UK's monster music fest featured blistering...

Bali developing into center of international arts conventions

"Denpasar (ANTARA News) - Bali is increasingly developing into a center of meetings and interaction among artists and culturalists from all parts of the world, a lecturer at the Denpasar-based Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI), Prof. Dr. I Wayan Dibia, MA, said here Friday.IAt...

Withdrawn: Govt. to Canadians...

" Update: I apologize for this document and withdraw it. The research needed for this post was not done properly and the resulting material should not have been posted. The media and internet sources that provided...

Prince Sues to Block Tribute Album

For a guy who revolutionized online music distribution, Prince seems to be getting more and more lawsuit-happy, making Lars Ulrich look like Joss Stone."Fifty artists who recorded Prince covers in honor of His...

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