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Franco and Eisenhower Paint Portraits and Landscapes
Since he left office, most people have heard about George W. Bush and his attempt at painting. He held his own exhibit at his presidential library called The Art of Leadership, where he showed several original portraits of world leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Dalai Lama, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his … Continue reading
October Edition
James Meyer- this former assistant, of over 25 years, to the American contemporary artist Jasper Johns, pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of stolen property. According to the reports, between 2006 and 2011, Meyer, 52, stole 22 unfinished artworks from the artist’s studio and sold them as authentic/finished pieces to an unidentified Manhattan art gallery. Claiming … Continue reading
Invisible Art
It sounds preposterous, but apparently true. The Schulberg Gallery in New York displayed Lana Newstrom’s invisible art and made news on numerous publications for the past few days. And it’s truly remarkable… Only if it were true. This gag was forged by a group of Canadian satirists. Now, in this day and age, it almost … Continue reading
Major Tom Lands in Chicago
Many of us know that musicians have other talents besides creating great music. A rather large number of them go into art. John Lennon’s drawings and Joni Mitchell’s self-portraits are rather well known. But something that caught my eye lately was an article that I read about a rather famous British musician that’s going on … Continue reading
Statue Selfies
It’s one of the newest internet trends, and also one of the most bearable things that people are posting on the Internet these days. It began at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, Ireland by a visitor who took photographs of Greco-Roman sculptures with his phone in such a way to look like the statues … Continue reading
September Edition
Michael Anthony Jackson – this 45 year old convict with a rap-sheet including murder, domestic violence assaulter, assault, and negligent driving is now facing felony malicious mischief charges for damaging an 18th century Chinese urn, at the Seattle Art Museum in July. According to police reports, Jackson pushed the urn over, worth more than $100,000, … Continue reading
Alyssa T. Rehs
Lance Rehs
Nathan Scheer
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