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This Sprawling Outdoor Sculpture Garden Is The Perfect Day Trip From New York...
Located about an hour north of New York City in Mountainville, NY Storm King Art Center is a fascinating mix of art and nature. The 500-acre property was founded in 1960, and is open from April to...
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British Painting Sells For Record $35 Million After Causing Uproar In Spain
John Constable's "The Lock" sold for $35 million, a record for the artist and one of the most expensive British paintings ever sold, according to ArtInfo. The painting was sold by Carmen...
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This Crazy Mosquito Sculpture Sits On A Gazprom-Owned Oil Field In Western...
You can go to MoMA or The Louvre, but sometimes you'll find great art where you wouldn't expect to find much of anything. Such is the case in Western Siberia, where scientists hoping to create an...
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FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS FRIDA KAHLO: A Look At The Artist's Most Iconic Works
Today is the birthday of famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. If she were still alive today, she'd be 105 years old. Kahlo is known for her colorful self-portraits that prominently portray her most...
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Andy Warhol's Big Artistic Break Came 50 Years Ago Today
If Andy Warhol is known as the leading figure in the pop art movement of the latter half of the 20th century, perhaps we could wish pop art a happy 50th birthday today. July 9 is the 50th anniversary...
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A Billionaire Art Collector Can't Get A Sewer Hookup For His Museum
Billionaire businessman Mitchell Rales is an avid art collector who owns an incredible 25,000-square-foot art gallery at his Glenstone estate in Potomac, Md. Rales, the co-founder of manufacturing...
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Leon Black Revealed As Mystery Buyer Of $120 Million 'The Scream'
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that financier Leon Black is the buyer of Edvard Munch's "The Scream," which sold for a record-breaking $120 million at an auction in early May. It cites as...
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The National Gallery In London Is Hosting A Peeping Tom Exhibition
As you fumble through a dark room, light peeps through a hole in the wall. When you peer through, a young naked woman is bathing. While this scene sounds like something from a creepy movie, it's...
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10 Hotels With Museum-Worthy Art Galleries
Read the original post on Oyster.com. There’s a reason tourists flock to museums while on vacation: time goes by way too fast in the real world for individuals to set hours to wander an art gallery....
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The FBI Just Recovered A Matisse Painting That Disappeared From A Caracas...
An FBI sting operation in Miami led to the recovery of a Matisse painting entitled “Odalisque in Red Pants” owned by the Sofia Imber Museum of Modern Art in Caracas. The FBI agents posed as customers...
View ArticleThe Czech Artist Behind A London Bus That Does Push-Ups Says It Is Designed...
In this video, produced by the Telegraph, Czech artist David Cerny his statue featuring a bus doing push-ups is "actually meant for all fat Americans, they could sort of exercise to get skinnier"....
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The World's Most Awe-Inspiring Sculpture Gardens
There is something almost otherworldly about viewing art in the outdoors. Strolling among large-scale sculptures dotting acres of rolling hills can have a certain sci-fi quality, the looming...
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Check Out These Beautiful Realistic Portraits Of Famous Fictional Families
We stopped in our tracks when coming across these celebrity family portraits done in colored pencil–yes, colored pencils. From Nic Cage in "Raising Arizona" to Jon Hamm in "Mad Men," we noticed the...
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Incredible Photos Of Human Chameleon Liu Bolin
Liu Bolin is the amazing artist who paints himself into any background. He has been disguising himself to blend in urban or nature backdrops, creating the illusion of a human chameleon or a ghost....
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Christie's Must Reimburse Russian Oligarch $2.7 Million Over 'Fake' Painting
Viktor Vekselberg, one of the world’s richest men, paid £1.7 million for Odalisque, a nude said to be the work of Russian artist Boris Kustodiev. The price was 10 times the pre-sale estimate and...
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The Rare Stamps Market Is Booming
The market for rare and desirable stamps has increased worldwide. Philately – or stamp collecting – is perhaps one of the least likely areas that you might think of making an investment, but if you...
View ArticleJason Silva's Latest 'Awe' Video Is Designed To Blow Your Mind
"Filmmaker, futurist, epiphany addict" Jason Silva has produced a series of videos that combine natural imagery with philosophy. Silva contacted us after reading our article on a study by Melanie Rudd...
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There's A Huge Black Market For Art And Collectibles Stolen From The Rich
As a growing number of the world’s wealthiest are looking for safe places to store their millions, many are turning to “investments of passion,” including famous works of art, rare collectibles and...
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A Swiss Company Is Building A $100 Million, Tax-Free Vault For Wealthy...
Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Swiss logistics group Euroasia Investment SA plans to build a $100 million tax-free storage facility next to Beijing Capital International Airport to tap the booming Chinese art...
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Roy Lichtenstein Painting Turns Up In A Warehouse 42 Years After It Disappeared
A painting by the late pop artist Roy Lichtenstein that disappeared 42 years has turned up in a warehouse in New York City. Lichtenstein's black and white "Electric Cord" was reported as stolen after...
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