Does it make you nervous to see old galleries refitted?

Save Victoria and add the Modern Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea is described as a charming gallery dating to 1911 featuring period architecture and fine characteristics. Catching my eye is the collection of...

Tampa gallery practices the art of creative reuse

Tampa gallery practices the art of creative reuse By Kerry Schofield The year was 1958. Joe Brown, 8, lived next to a county dump site in Tampa, Fla. Brown found old junk, fixed it up and sold it. Brown knew he had a higher calling in life — he was...

Social Media networks... Philly may be about to sue you!

"two city councilmen threatened to sue any online social-media network that may have been used to plan a teen rampage in Center City on Tuesday." ...if that's the case why not sue the ISP provider that provided...

Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn's Swimsuit Issue

" the controversy” over Lindsey Vonn’s Sports Illustrated cover shot was ridiculous. She’s a downhill racer, the “pose” is a legitimate tuck—a tool of her trade. Then, today, the bombshell, so to...

Boston Globe Obituary writer shares 6 life lessons: from the dead

" What does an obituary writer learn about life from covering the dead? [Boston Globe] asked the Globe's Bryan Marquard, who has written nearly 800 obituaries since switching to that beat three and a half years...

Gallery Three presents, Ramblin Worker / Steve MacDonald

Gallery Three is proud to present “Upstairs Is Where The Magic Happens,” a new body of work by Steve MacDonald. Intermixing gold, silver and explosive colors, MacDonald creates enchanting worlds made of thread...

Comedian Eddie Izzard Runs 43 Marathons In 51 Days

British comedian Edward John "Eddie" Izzard, 47, ran 1,050 miles, an equivalent of 43 full marathons, over a period of 7 weeks, in order to raise £200,000 ($308,000) for Sport Relief, a charity that helps the...

Masters of the Impossible: New Work by Steve MacDonald

Masters of the Impossible: New Work by Steve MacDonaldExhibition dates: September 4 – 29, 2009; reception date: September 4, 7-9 pm.San Francisco design store and gallery, Rare Device, is proud to present Masters...

Magic Realism , Art

Painter, Alejandra Salgado

Wikipedia painting row escalates

" The battle over Wikipedia's use of images from a British art gallery's website has intensified. The online encyclopaedia has accused the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) of betraying its public service mission. ...

Nazi Garden Gnomes in Nuremberg Art Gallery Prompt Investigation

Update: July 22, 2009The Nazi garden gnomes have been ruled not illegal:"After a preliminary inquiry over the past week, prosecutors in the Bavarian city ruled that the 40-centimetre gnome is ridiculing the Nazis...

World's First James Bond Museum to Open in UK Saturday

Surely if there were any dashing, super-spy deserving of their own museum it would be the infamous agent 007. With that spirit in mind, the world's first James Bond museum is set to open this Saturday in Cumbria,...

Travels

In my travels I plan on taking this little figure with me and taking pictures of it in front of famous and/or cool landmarks! This is an odd project that I have taken on. I really enjoy traveling, and I am going...

Single Owner Art Auctions Defy Downturn

Over the last few months I have noticed a particularly interesting trend emerge that says a lot about the way people perceive, and are approaching, the art market. There have been quite a few auctions of single owner collections in recent months most of which have achieved...

Rarity is Driving the Art Market

One of the trends that has emerged since the art market began to soften is the increased desirability of works of art that that have not appeared at auction for a long period of time or have never appeared at auction. Such works are usually given the term “fresh to...

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