Newsmeme!
Discover News you didn't know existed
Picasso Painting
News
Related Video News
No related video news stories found.
Related Videos
No related videos found.
Looming large: the return of the tapestry
Published December 5, 2008, 12:11 am, The Art Newspaper
Collectors who covet a tapestry designed by a contemporary artist are spoilt for choice these ...
Masterwork By Georges Seurat Sells For 4.9 Million Euros Sotheby's Paris
Published December 4, 2008, 7:28 pm, Art Daily
Georges Seurat, 1859-1891, Au Divan japonais, Conté crayon and gouache on paper. Executed circa 1887-88, 750 000-1 000 000 €. Sold : 4 992 750 €. World record for a drawing by Seurat. Second highest price ever achieved for a work by Seurat at auction.
A classic case of relevance
Published December 4, 2008, 12:52 pm, The Telegraph
The celebrated American artist, Jeff Koons, known for sublimating the banal to the realms of art, is currently holding a show in the Versailles outside Paris, where his large and colourful works either pay homage to the Baroque and Rococo palace and the artists Fragonard and Boucher, or refer to actual happenings inside the Sun King’s chateau.
Sarley: Prized catches don't need stuffing
Published December 4, 2008, 8:58 am, Lake County Journals
â€There is no way you are going to hang a stuffed fish in our family room, Buster!â€
Exhibition to show how Picasso pilfered the classics
Published December 4, 2008, 7:03 am, Evening Standard
The National Gallery is to host a major Picasso exhibition in the New Year, it emerged today. Seventy paintings, including 10 of his most important works, will reveal how the artist plundered the Old Masters and Impressionists.
Gustav Klimt Clinches Top Spot for Most Popular Art in 2008
Published December 4, 2008, 5:17 am, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
The popular online art gallery, OverstockArt.com, has officially released the annual Top 10 Oil Paintings rankings for 2008. After a complete domination of the top spot by renowned Dutch master, Vincent Van Gogh, a relative new comer, Gustav Klimt, has taken over with his masterpiece, The Kiss, and blew everyone away.
Miami Art Fair Sports Slower Pace, Lower Prices, Careful Buyers
Published December 4, 2008, 4:15 am, Bloomberg
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Actress Faye Dunaway , surrounded by a pack of photographers, posed yesterday at Art Basel Miami Beach, part of a weeklong art fair that even a brutal recession can’t kill.
Peek at the Week
Published December 4, 2008, 2:38 am, Niles Herald-Spectator
Submissions for Community Calendar are required 10 days preceding the date of publication. Send to: Niles Managing Editor, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495 or e-mailed to mbottari@pioneerlocal.com.
Gallery listings -- Published Dec. 4, 2008
Published December 4, 2008, 12:01 am, The Record
» Children's Museum of Stockton: Hands-on, play-based exhibits of a small city with bank, post office, grocery store, hospital, newsroom, movie theater, fire truck, police car, ongoing. Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.; noon-5 p.m.
Monet to Picasso: The Batliner Collection on View at Albertina
Published December 3, 2008, 8:40 pm, Art Daily
René Magritte, The Enchanted Spot, 1953 (c) VBK, Vienna 2008 / Albertina, Vienna - Batliner Collection. VIENNA.-
Related News Resources:
> HGH News
News Directory
Get started fast by using a pre-defined news directory category
|
Breaking News
and Top Stories |
Business
Earnings, Economy, Personal Finance, and Stock Markets |
Entertainment
Books, Celebrity, Fashion, Movies, Music, Television, and Theatre |
Health
Aging, Diseases, Medical Conditions, Medications, Sexual Health, and Weight Loss |
Politics
Congress, Supreme Court, and White House |
|
Science
Animals, Astronomy, Biotechnology, Space, and Weather |
Sports
Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Football, Golf, Hockey, Motor Sports, Soccer, and Tennis |
Technology
Communications, Hardware, Internet, Personal Technology, and Software |
United States
and Crimes and Trials |
World
Africa, Antartica, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Middle East |