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Wordless Wednesday - Portrait of Amalie Zuckerkandl
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:05:00 -0500
Portrait of Amalie Zuckerkandl, 1917-18
© Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
(Say, this portrait is unfinished. How come? Click on the image!)
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Toilet Seats as Art. Well, Why Not?
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:34:00 -0500
Lucas, Kansas is holding The Great Toilet Seat Art Show and Silent Auction to raise funds to construct a public restroom. Now, before anyone says anything snarky like "We're not...
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SFMOMA Deinstalling Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:04:00 -0500
Fans of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will want to know that their eight-year window of opportunity to see the gigantic Sol LeWitt wall drawings in the Museum's...
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Are You Missing Any Works of Art?
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:06:00 -0500
The FBI is asking for your help. Long story short: William M.V. Kingsland, a Manhattan collector, died in 2006. He left no will and had no heirs, so his property...
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Wordless Wednesday - Green Car Crash
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:19:00 -0500
Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I), 1963
© Christie's Images Ltd. 2007
(Death! Flames! Record gavel price! Click on the image!)
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The Funniest Art News Headline. Ever.
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:58:00 -0500
"Giant dog turd wreaks havoc at Swiss museum"
(I would add some pithy commentary here about the relative merits of the work in question v. its subject matter, but am laughing...
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Who on Earth Was Pietro Psaier?
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:54:00 -0500
Ever experience one of those incidents where you've never, ever seen or heard of someone before in your life, then suddenly run across him or her three times in a...
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Wordless Wednesday - Pyramid Texts
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:09:00 -0500
Pyramid Texts (Egyptian, Dynasty 6, 2321-2287 B.C.)
© Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
(We have no clue who the artist was, but know exactly why he did such a precise job of...
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Taking of Christ Taken
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:22:00 -0500
I'm sorry to report here that a copy of Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ (alternately known as The Kiss of Judas) was stolen from the Museum of Western and Eastern...
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Wordless Wednesday - Andrea Quaratesi
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:05:00 -0500
Andrea Quaratesi, ca. 1528-32
© The Trustees of the British Museum
(Click on the image to find out which master draftsman's only documented portrait is seen here.)
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