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University Removes 500-Pound Pendulum From Campus After Students Keep...
A giant public art pendulum on the Grand Valley State University campus has been removed after too many students attempted to replicate Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" music video, Total Frat Move...
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Award-Winning Images Of Things You Can't Normally See
Nikon has just announced the winners of its Small World Photography contest.These images are of things in the regular world around us, but magnified up to hundreds of times. Wim van Egmond of The...
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11 Strange And Clever Works Of Brand Graffiti Using Famous Products
Canadian artist Dorota Pankowska loves Nutella. She also thought there wasn't enough street art in Brampton, Ont. And so began a brilliant recent series."The first thing I came up with was to maybe...
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6 Amazing Photos Of Liu Bolin, China's Disappearing 'Human Chameleon'
Call him the human chameleon. Chinese artist Liu Bolin has an amazing "superpower:" the ability to blend into any surrounding, using incredibly detailed paint schemes.His latest installation took him...
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Steve Cohen Couldn't Sell His High-Priced Art Last Night
The New York art auction season got off to a slow start last night in another blow to embattled hedge funder Steve Cohen's week."Mann und Frau (Umarmung)" by Schiele, widely rumored to be owned by the...
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China's Richest Man Pays $28 Million For A Picasso, More Than Twice Its...
Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group, founded by the country's richest man Wang Jianlin, snapped up a Picasso painting for $28.2 million at a Christie's auction in New York – more than double the...
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Artists Share How They Make Money While Doing What They Love
Contemporary artist Sharon Louden graduated with her MFA from Yale in 1991 with $115,000 worth of debt.She has since settled all her student loans by selling her own art work, but it wasn't easy. As a...
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Eerie Photos Of Once-Majestic Bank Buildings Around The United States
New York-based photographer Michael Vahrenwald has an eye for the eerie.In his travels he's collected pictures of once-majestic bank buildings far removed for their former glory. From McDonalds' to...
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Mystery Surrounds Auction Of Banksy's Nazi Painting After Winning Bidder...
It was presented in a fanfare of publicity as the single-most valuable donation ever made to an Aids and anti-homelessness charity in New York, a "genuine" Banksy painting that was auctioned for an...
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A Project Called 'Real Life Instagram' Is Turning London Into One Big...
The next time you find yourself sightseeing in London, you might see something you recognize from your phone's home screen.Brazilian artist Bruno Ribeiro has launched a project called Real Life...
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10 Of The Most Gorgeous GIFs On The Internet
Hilary Faye is Melbourne based designer, photographer, illustrator, animator, and collagist who creates GIFs out of the images she collects on her various internet searches.“When collaging, I often...
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Family Of Jean-Michel Basquiat Claims The IRS Vastly Overvalued His Art
PARK SLOPE — The family of Jean-Michel Basquiat claims Uncle Sam has put too high a price tag on his workThe late artist's father and sisters are suing the Internal Revenue Service in United States Tax...
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Two Separate Paintings Could Sell For More Than $80 Million This Week
A 50-year-old Andy Warhol painting is going head-to-head with a Francis Bacon triptych in New York's auction houses this week to reach more than $80 millionNew sales records may be broken this week in...
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These Photos Of Couples Switching Clothes Will Mess With Your Mind
While on a camping trip in May of 2010, Canadian photographer Hana Pesut asked her friends for a small favor: To switch their clothes."One was wearing leopard print leggings, a tie dye shirt, gold...
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Here's The Painting That Just Sold For $142.4 Million — The Most Anyone Has...
A record breaking moment in the art world.From NYT:For at least 10 minutes Christie’s overflowing salesroom watched in rapt attention as a 1969 triptych by Francis Bacon sold for $142.4 million,...
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Here's What It Was Like To Watch Bidders Battle For A Painting That Sold For...
It took all of six minutes for Francis Bacon's triptych "Three Studies of Lucian Freud"to fetch a record-setting $142.4 million when it came under the hammer last night at Christie's in New York. That...
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Here's Why Someone Just Paid $142 Million For A Painting
Last night, an unknown buyer paid $142 million for Irish-born British painter Francis Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucian Freud."With a "hammer price" of $127 million plus a $15 million commission, it's a...
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The University That Removed Its Wrecking Ball Sculpture After Students...
Grand Valley State University is reinstalling a controversial wrecking ball sculpture on campus, but with a caveat — students are not allowed to ride on it.The school removed the 500-pound public art...
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23 Recent Works Of Art That Shook History
There is no denying the power of a work of art, which can evoke certain feelings or even manipulate the viewer's emotions beyond his control.But there are also works that rattle the very infrastructure...
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Andy Warhol Painting Sets A New Record With $105 Million Sale
An Andy Warhol work titled "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)" sold for a record $105.4 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York City this evening.The sale was a record high price for the artist....
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