http://www.newsvine.com/artNewsvine - arten-usCopyright 2013Tue, 9 Apr 2013 21:56:07 +0000Sat, 25 May 2013 02:09:59 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17673086-art-exhibit-pushes-boundaries-of-online-privacyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17673086-art-exhibit-pushes-boundaries-of-online-privacytechnologyusartprivacyasteconline-privacyTue, 9 Apr 2013 17:15:06 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This Tuesday, March 5, 2013, photo shows words from text messages and emails sent by people who tried to connect through Craigslist's Missed Connections personals in "Missed Connections" as part of Luke Dubois's installation in "The Public Private" exhibit at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. The exhibit seeks to explore the boundaries and gray areas of online privacy, surveillance and data collection in the age of Facebook and Google. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>This Tuesday, March 5, 2013, photo, shows hundreds of images of people's faces taken from Facebook as part of Paolo CirioI's and Alessandro Ludovicoa's mixed media installation in "The Public Private" exhibit at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. The exhibit seeks to explore the boundaries and gray areas of online privacy, surveillance and data collection in the age of Facebook and Google. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>In this Tuesday, March 5, 2013, photo, Students relax beside an image of a young woman taken from "Google Maps,"as part of "The Public Private" exhibit at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design, in New York. The exhibit seeks to explore the boundaries and gray areas of online privacy, surveillance and data collection in the age of Facebook and Google. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>In this Tuesday, March 5, 2013, photo, an image from Google Maps, is on display in "The Public Private" exhibit at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. The exhibit seeks to explore the boundaries and gray areas of online privacy, surveillance and data collection in the age of Facebook and Google. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>This Tuesday, March 5, 2013, photo, shows hundreds of images of people's faces taken from Facebook as part of Paolo CirioI's and Alessandro Ludovicoa's mixed media installation in "The Public Private" exhibit at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. The exhibit seeks to explore the boundaries and gray areas of online privacy, surveillance and data collection in the age of Facebook and Google. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>This Tuesday, March 5, 2013, photo shows words from text messages and emails sent by people who tried to connect through Craigslist's Missed Connections personals in "Missed Connections" as part of Luke Dubois's installation in "The Public Private" exhibit at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. The exhibit seeks to explore the boundaries and gray areas of online privacy, surveillance and data collection in the age of Facebook and Google. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618980-matisse-in-norwegian-museum-was-once-nazi-loothttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618980-matisse-in-norwegian-museum-was-once-nazi-looteuarteuropeworld-war-iiworld-newslooted-arthenri-matisseFri, 5 Apr 2013 19:14:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated image released by Henie Onstad Kunstsenter on Friday April 5, 2013, shows part of the painting "Blue Dress in an Yellow Arm Chair", circa 1936 by Henry Matisse. The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding a Norwegian museum return a Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the direction of Hermann Goering in World War II, in the latest dispute over art stolen from Jews during WWII. The Henie Onstad Art Centre says it does not dispute that Paul Rosenberg once owned the painting but argues it is uncertain whether the family still have rights to the painting, but Art Loss Register, which tracks lost and stolen artworks, Director Chris Marinello slammed the Henie Onstad art museum for “stonewalling” and said “The evidence is overwhelming.....They just don’t want to resolve it." (AP Photo/Oystein Thorvaldsen, Henie-Onstad Art Centre)</p><p>Marianne Rosenberg, granddaughter of prominent Parisian art dealer Paul Rosenberg, poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, April 5, 2013, in New York. Paul Rosenberg's family is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the direction of Hermann Goering, in the latest dispute over art stolen from Jews during World War II. The painting at the center of the dispute, Matisse's 1937 "Blue Dress in a Yellow Armchair," depicts a woman sitting in a living room. It has been among the highlights of the Henie Onstad Art Center near Oslo, Norway, since the museum was established in 1968 through a donation by wealthy art collector Niels Onstad and his wife, Olympic figure-skating champion Sonja Henie. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>Marianne Rosenberg, granddaughter of prominent Parisian art dealer Paul Rosenberg, poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, April 5, 2013, in New York. Paul Rosenberg's family is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the direction of Hermann Goering, in the latest dispute over art stolen from Jews during World War II. The painting at the center of the dispute, Matisse's 1937 "Blue Dress in a Yellow Armchair," depicts a woman sitting in a living room. It has been among the highlights of the Henie Onstad Art Center near Oslo, Norway, since the museum was established in 1968 through a donation by wealthy art collector Niels Onstad and his wife, Olympic figure-skating champion Sonja Henie. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17518375-4-decade-old-art-heist-reinvestigated-in-floridahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17518375-4-decade-old-art-heist-reinvestigated-in-floridausartstolenus-newseastersarasota-county-sheriffFri, 29 Mar 2013 16:43:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This image provided by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office shows Benjamin Stahl's painting "Jesus is Condemned To Death," from his Stations of the Cross series. This and dozens of Stahl's other works were stolen just days after Easter in 1969 from his museum in Sarasota, Fla. The paintings have never been found. Now, a Sarasota County Sheriff's detective is reinvestigating the decades-old disappearance of the art. (AP Photo/Sarasota County Sheriff's Office)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17395285-museum-to-showcase-contemporary-latin-american-arthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17395285-museum-to-showcase-contemporary-latin-american-artbrazilartlatin-americanworld-newsltlatin-american-artThu, 21 Mar 2013 06:02:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A sculpture by Maria Fernanda Cardoso titled 'Black Sun' is on display at the Casa Daros museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Local officials aiming to transform Rio de Janeiro from a sleepy cultural backwater into an art hotspot are inaugurating this week Casa Daros, a new museum that draws on one of the world's premier collections of contemporary Latin American art. Casa Daros, a 12,000-square meter (129,000-square foot) exhibition space housed in a renovated 1866 mansion, will bring to Rio some of the around 1,200 pieces acquired over the past 13 years by independently wealthy Zurich-based collector Ruth Schmidheiny. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)</p><p>A woman looks at a sculpture by Nadin Ospina titled 'Idol with Skull' on exhibit at the Casa Daros museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Local officials aiming to transform Rio de Janeiro from a sleepy cultural backwater into an art hotspot are inaugurating this week Casa Daros, a new museum that draws on one of the world's premier collections of contemporary Latin American art. Casa Daros, a 12,000-square meter (129,000-square foot) exhibition space housed in a renovated 1866 mansion, will bring to Rio some of the around 1,200 pieces acquired over the past 13 years by independently wealthy Zurich-based collector Ruth Schmidheiny. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)</p><p>A cameraman records an installation by Miguel Angel Rojas titled 'Paquita Buys An Ice Cream Cone' at the Casa Daros, museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Local officials aiming to transform Rio de Janeiro from a sleepy cultural backwater into an art hotspot are inaugurating this week Casa Daros, a new museum that draws on one of the world's premier collections of contemporary Latin American art. Casa Daros, a 12,000-square meter (129,000-square foot) exhibition space housed in a renovated 1866 mansion, will bring to Rio some of the around 1,200 pieces acquired over the past 13 years by independently wealthy Zurich-based collector Ruth Schmidheiny. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)</p><p>A man looks at a photograph by Vik Muniz, titled 'Nossa Senhora das Gracas' at the Casa Daros museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Local officials aiming to transform Rio de Janeiro from a sleepy cultural backwater into an art hotspot are inaugurating this week Casa Daros, a new museum that draws on one of the world's premier collections of contemporary Latin American art. Casa Daros, a 12,000-square meter (129,000-square foot) exhibition space housed in a renovated 1866 mansion, will bring to Rio some of the around 1,200 pieces acquired over the past 13 years by independently wealthy Zurich-based collector Ruth Schmidheiny. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)</p><p>A photographer takes pictures during a media tour in the Casa Daros at the Casa Daros museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Local officials aiming to transform Rio de Janeiro from a sleepy cultural backwater into an art hotspot are inaugurating this week Casa Daros, a new museum that draws on one of the world's premier collections of contemporary Latin American art. Casa Daros, a 12,000-square meter (129,000-square foot) exhibition space housed in a renovated 1866 mansion, will bring to Rio some of the around 1,200 pieces acquired over the past 13 years by independently wealthy Zurich-based collector Ruth Schmidheiny. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)</p><p>A cameraman records during a media tour at the Casa Daros museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Local officials aiming to transform Rio de Janeiro from a sleepy cultural backwater into an art hotspot are inaugurating this week Casa Daros, a new museum that draws on one of the world's premier collections of contemporary Latin American art. Casa Daros, a 12,000-square meter (129,000-square foot) exhibition space housed in a renovated 1866 mansion, will bring to Rio some of the around 1,200 pieces acquired over the past 13 years by independently wealthy Zurich-based collector Ruth Schmidheiny. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375292-a-look-at-some-major-art-thefts-in-recent-yearshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375292-a-look-at-some-major-art-thefts-in-recent-yearsusartmysteryglanceheistus-newsisabella-stewart-gardner-museumTue, 19 Mar 2013 21:23:45 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17372644-american-gets-back-art-taken-by-nazis-during-wwiihttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17372644-american-gets-back-art-taken-by-nazis-during-wwiieufranceartnaziworld-war-iiworld-newstom-selldorffTue, 19 Mar 2013 15:35:53 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>American Thomas Selldorff, speaks during a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, to return seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, as part of ongoing efforts to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other French museums. Selldorff reclaimed six German and Italian paintings that his grandfather, Richard Neumann, was forced to sell during World War II to flee Nazi occupation, and one other painting was returned to other recipients. In the background painting left, Sebastiano Ricci, (Belluno, 1659 - Venice, 1734), Abraham and the three angels, painting right, Gaspare Diziani(Belluno, 1689 - Venice, 1767), Allegory of Venice. Sign in front reads: ceremony of return of seven paintings spoils from the Nazi regime. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) </p><p>American Thomas Selldorff, left, and Austrian art historian, Sophie Lillie, who helped him to identify the painting, pose for the media during a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, to return seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, as part of ongoing efforts to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other French museums. Selldorff reclaimed six German and Italian paintings that his grandfather, Richard Neumann, was forced to sell during World War II to flee Nazi occupation, and another painting was returned to other recipients. Painting in the background, Alessandro Longhi(Venice, 1733 - Venice, 1813), Portrait of Bartolemeo Ferracina. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)</p><p>American Thomas Selldorff, left, listening to France's Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti, right, during a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, to return seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, as part of ongoing efforts to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other French museums. Selldorff reclaimed six German and Italian paintings that his grandfather, Richard Neumann, was forced to sell during World War II to flee Nazi occupation, and another painting was returned to other recipients. In the background are some of the returned paintings. Sign in front reads: Ceremony of return of seven paintings spoils from the Nazi regime.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)</p><p>American Thomas Selldorff, left, and Austrian art historian, Sophie Lillie, who helped him to identify the paintings, pose for the media during a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, to return seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, as part of ongoing efforts to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other French museums. Selldorff reclaimed six German and Italian paintings that his grandfather, Richard Neumann, was forced to sell during World War II to flee Nazi occupation, and another painting was returned to other recipients. In the background are some of the returned paintings. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)</p><p>France's Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti, and American Thomas Selldorff, right, pose for the media during a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, to return seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, as part of ongoing efforts to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other French museums. Selldorff reclaimed six German and Italian paintings that his grandfather, Richard Neumann, was forced to sell during World War II to flee Nazi occupation, and another painting was returned to other recipients. In the background painting left, Alessandro Longhi(Venice, 1733 - Venice, 1813), Portrait of Bartolemeo Ferracina and painting right, Franz Xaver Karl Palko(Breslau, 1724 - Prague, 1770), Apotheosis of Saint John Nepocucene. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17359468-experts-chances-of-recovering-boston-art-goodhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17359468-experts-chances-of-recovering-boston-art-goodusartmysteryheistus-newsart-heistisabella-stewart-gardner-museumMon, 18 Mar 2013 16:53:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Thursday, March 11, 2010 file photo, empty frames from which thieves took "Storm on the Sea of Galilee," left background, by Rembrandt and "The Concert," right foreground, by Vermeer, remain on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The paintings are among 13 works stolen by burglars from the museum in the early hours of March 18, 1990. The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole the art. Richard DesLauriers, the FBI's special agent in charge in Boston, says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)</p><p>FILE - In this March 21, 1990 file photo, a security guard stands outside the Dutch Room of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, where robbers stole more than a dozen works of art by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, Manet and others, in an early morning robbery March 18, 1990. The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole the art. Richard DesLauriers, the FBI's special agent in charge in Boston, says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states. (AP Photo, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Thursday, March 11, 2010 file photo, a plaque marks the empty frame from which thieves cut Rembrandt's "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee," which remains on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It is one of 13 works stolen by burglars from the museum in the early hours of March 18, 1990.The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole the art. Richard DesLauriers, the FBI's special agent in charge in Boston, says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)</p><p>FILE - This undated file photograph released by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum shows the painting "Chez Tortoni," by Manet, one of more than a dozen works of art stolen in the early hours of March 18, 1990. The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes they know the identities of the thieves, belonging to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states. (AP Photo/Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, File) NO SALES</p><p>FILE - This undated file photograph released by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum shows the painting "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee," by Rembrandt, one of more than a dozen works of art stolen by burglars in the early hours of March 18, 1990. The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole the art. Richard DesLauriers, the FBI's special agent in charge in Boston, says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states. (AP Photo/Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, File) NO SALES</p><p>FILE - This undated file photograph released by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum shows the etching "Self-Portrait," by Rembrandt, one of more than a dozen works of art stolen by burglars in the early hours of March 18, 1990.The FBI said Monday, March 18, 2013, it believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole the art. Richard DesLauriers, the FBI's special agent in charge in Boston, says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England the mid-Atlantic states. (AP Photo/Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, File) NO SALES</p><p>In this Monday, March 18, 2013 copy photo of a poster provided by the FBI, a likeness of the stolen Rembrandt painting The Storm on the Sea of Galilee is seen at FBI headquarters in Boston. The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. (AP Photo/FBI)</p><p>In this Monday, March 18, 2013 copy photo of a poster provided by the FBI, a likeness of the stolen Vermeer painting The Concert is seen at FBI headquarters in Boston. The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. (AP Photo/FBI)</p><p>Anthony Amore, chief of security at the Gardner Museum, center, stands next to a poster that shows an image of a Vermeer painting and lists a reward, right, while facing reporters during a news conference at FBI headquarters in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2013. The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)</p><p>Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent Geoff Kelly, center, looks in the direction of a poster that shows a Vermeer painting and lists a reward, right, after taking questions from reporters during a news conference at FBI headquarters in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2013. The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)</p><p>Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Richard DesLauriers, right, stands next to a poster that shows a Rembrandt painting and a reward while facing reporters during a news conference at FBI headquarters in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2013. The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. DesLauriers says the thieves belong to a criminal organization based in New England and the mid-Atlantic states. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17312550-germany-arrests-new-suspect-in-dutch-art-heisthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17312550-germany-arrests-new-suspect-in-dutch-art-heisteuartnetherlandsheistworld-newsThu, 14 Mar 2013 15:48:39 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17223910-art-found-in-ny-garage-appraised-at-30mhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17223910-art-found-in-ny-garage-appraised-at-30musartnew-yorkus-newstrovediscoveredThu, 7 Mar 2013 14:32:56 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17196272-stuttgart-museum-returns-painting-sold-under-nazishttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17196272-stuttgart-museum-returns-painting-sold-under-naziseugermanyartnazi-germanyworld-newslootedTue, 5 Mar 2013 17:34:21 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>The undated handout shows a reproduction provided Tuesday, March 5, 2013 by the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart of the painting "Virgin with Child". The Stuttgart museum has returned a 600-year-old painting to the estate of Jewish art dealer Max Stern, who was forced to sell his collection before fleeing Nazi Germany. The oil painting "The Virgin with Child," attributed to the Master of Flemaile — an unidentified Flemish artist from the early 1400s — was turned over by Staatsgalerie Stuttgart at a ceremony Tuesday at the Canadian Embassy in Berlin. (AP Photo/dpa, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17133829-for-belarusian-artist-money-is-arthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17133829-for-belarusian-artist-money-is-arteuartmoneyworld-newsbelarusigor-arinichThu, 28 Feb 2013 17:45:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, Belarusian artist Igor Arinich shows an image made of hundreds of Soviet-era banknotes in Minsk, Belarus. Arinich has used Soviet banknotes which he buys at local flea markets in Belarus for his works. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)</p><p>In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, Belarus artist Igor Arinich cuts a Soviet era banknote while making a piece of art in Minsk, Belarus. Arinich has used Soviet banknotes which he buys at local flea markets in Belarus for his works. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)</p><p>In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, Belarus artist Igor Arinich creates an image made of hundreds of Soviet-era banknotes in Minsk, Belarus. Arinich has used Soviet banknotes which he buys at local flea markets in Belarus for his works. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)</p><p>In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, Belarus artist Igor Arinich cuts a Soviet era banknote while making a piece of art in Minsk, Belarus. Arinich has used Soviet banknotes which he buys at local flea markets in Belarus for his works. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)</p><p>In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, Belarusian artist Igor Arinich creates an image made of hundreds of Soviet-era banknotes in Minsk, Belarus. Arinich has used Soviet banknotes which he buys at local flea markets in Belarus for his works. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17022035-columbia-prof-strips-shows-911-tape-during-classhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17022035-columbia-prof-strips-shows-911-tape-during-classusartprofessorus-newsperformancecolumbia-universityWed, 20 Feb 2013 02:01:42 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16882993-modigliani-portrait-sells-for-42m-in-londonhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16882993-modigliani-portrait-sells-for-42m-in-londonentertainmentbusinesseubritainartsalesThu, 7 Feb 2013 11:15:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Two Sotheby's employees adjust a painting by Pablo Picasso entitled "Femme assise pres d'une fenetre" 1932, at Sotheby's auction house during a press preview in London, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The work is estimated to sell for some 25-35 million pounds (US$ 39.5-55 million, euro 29.1-40.8 million) when sold at auction on Feb. 5, in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)</p><p>The gesturing hand of an expert speaking to a group of people is lit by a spotlight illuminating the painting entitled "Jeanne Hebuterne (Au chapeau)" by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani at Christie's auction house in London, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. The piece is estimated to fetch between 16 and 22 million pounds ($25.3 to $34.8 million or 18.5 to 25.5 million euro) in the forthcoming Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale in London on February 6. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16852615-british-museum-puts-art-from-the-ice-age-on-showhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16852615-british-museum-puts-art-from-the-ice-age-on-showeubritainartageworld-newsice-age-artTue, 5 Feb 2013 14:16:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A sculpture of an adult female bison worked from a large piece of mammoth tusk dates at least 21,000 years old, discovered at Zaraysk, Osetr Valley, Russia, is seen on display in an exhibition 'Ice Age Art : arrival of the modern mind' at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The exhibition present masterpieces create from the last Ice Age between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, drawn from across Europe, by artists with modern minds and presented alongside modern works to illustrate the fundamental human desire to communicate and make art as a way of understanding ourselves and our place in the world. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)</p><p>Backdropped by a reflection of Henri Matisse's 1950 painting 'Grand nu', a sculpture of nude created in baked clay dates from between 31,000 and 27,000 years ago, discovered at Dolni Vestonice, Moravia, Czech Republic is seen on display in an exhibition 'Ice Age Art : arrival of the modern mind' at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The sculpture The exhibition present masterpieces create from the last Ice Age between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, drawn from across Europe, by artists with modern minds and presented alongside modern works to illustrate the fundamental human desire to communicate and make art as a way of understanding ourselves and our place in the world. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)</p><p>A mammoth ivory sculpture depicts a man with a lion's head, discovered at Stadel Cave, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, dates to around 40,000 years ago is seen on display in an exhibition 'Ice Age Art : arrival of the modern mind' at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The exhibition present masterpieces create from the last Ice Age between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, drawn from across Europe, by artists with modern minds and presented alongside modern works to illustrate the fundamental human desire to communicate and make art as a way of understanding ourselves and our place in the world. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)</p><p>A mammoth ivory sculpture depicts a man with a lion's head, discovered at Stadel Cave, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, dates to around 40,000 years ago is seen on display in an exhibition 'Ice Age Art : arrival of the modern mind' at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The exhibition presents masterpieces created from the last Ice Age between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, drawn from across Europe, by artists with modern minds and presented alongside modern works to illustrate the fundamental human desire to communicate and make art as a way of understanding ourselves and our place in the world. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)</p><p>An oldest known portrait of a woman sculptured from mammoth ivory dates at least 27,000 old, discovered at Dolni Vestonice, Moravia, Czech Republic is seen on display in an exhibition 'Ice Age Art : arrival of the modern mind' at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The sculpture The exhibition present masterpieces create from the last Ice Age between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, drawn from across Europe, by artists with modern minds and presented alongside modern works to illustrate the fundamental human desire to communicate and make art as a way of understanding ourselves and our place in the world. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)</p><p>Visitors look at sculptures of pregnant women on display in an exhibition 'Ice Age Art : arrival of the modern mind' at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The exhibition present masterpieces create from the last Ice Age between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, drawn from across Europe, by artists with modern minds and presented alongside modern works to illustrate the fundamental human desire to communicate and make art as a way of understanding ourselves and our place in the world. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)</p><p>A visitor looks at a small figure of a woman sculptured from mammoth ivory around 23,000 year ago, discovered at Lespugue cave, Haute-Garonne, France, on display in an exhibition 'Ice Age Art : arrival of the modern mind' at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The exhibition present masterpieces create from the last Ice Age between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, drawn from across Europe, by artists with modern minds and presented alongside modern works to illustrate the fundamental human desire to communicate and make art as a way of understanding ourselves and our place in the world. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)</p><p>An oldest known portrait of a woman, left, a miniature sculptured from mammoth ivory dates at least 27,000 old, and a sketched human face engraved on a flake of mammoth ivory, both discovered at Dolni Vestonice, Moravia, Czech Republic are seen on display in an exhibition 'Ice Age Art : arrival of the modern mind' at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The sculpture The exhibition present masterpieces create from the last Ice Age between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, drawn from across Europe, by artists with modern minds and presented alongside modern works to illustrate the fundamental human desire to communicate and make art as a way of understanding ourselves and our place in the world. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)</p><p>A visitor looks at a small male figure sculptured from a large mammoth tusk dates around 27,000 years ago, discovered at Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic next to a skeleton of a man, on display in an exhibition 'Ice Age Art : arrival of the modern mind' at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The exhibition present masterpieces create from the last Ice Age between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, drawn from across Europe, by artists with modern minds and presented alongside modern works to illustrate the fundamental human desire to communicate and make art as a way of understanding ourselves and our place in the world. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)</p><p>A visitor looks at a small sculpture of a nude created in baked clay dates from between 31,000 and 27,000 years ago, discovered at Dolni Vestonice, Moravia, Czech Republic on display in an exhibition 'Ice Age Art : arrival of the modern mind' at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The sculpture The exhibition present masterpieces create from the last Ice Age between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, drawn from across Europe, by artists with modern minds and presented alongside modern works to illustrate the fundamental human desire to communicate and make art as a way of understanding ourselves and our place in the world. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16675200-interpol-well-recover-art-stolen-in-dutch-heisthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16675200-interpol-well-recover-art-stolen-in-dutch-heisteuartnetherlandsromaniaheistworld-newsThu, 24 Jan 2013 10:16:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16668278-rare-posters-seized-by-nazis-net-25m-at-nyc-salehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16668278-rare-posters-seized-by-nazis-net-25m-at-nyc-saleusgermanyartnew-yorkus-newslootedThu, 24 Jan 2013 02:43:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16643747-lawyer-no-proof-to-charge-romanians-for-art-thefthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16643747-lawyer-no-proof-to-charge-romanians-for-art-thefteuartnetherlandsheistworld-newsart-heistnetherlands-artTue, 22 Jan 2013 16:50:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>File - This photo released by the police in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, shows the painting 'Waterloo Bridge, London' by Claude Monet. Romanian authorities have arrested three suspects in last year's multimillion euro (dollar) theft of paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others from a Netherlands art gallery, Dutch police said Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, but the stolen works have not been recovered. The seven pieces were swiped by thieves in October in a late night raid at the Kunsthal gallery in downtown Rotterdam. It was the biggest art theft in more than a decade in the Netherlands. The stolen works have an estimated value of tens of millions of dollars if they were sold at auction, but art experts said that would be impossible following the theft. (AP Photo / Police Rotterdam, File)</p><p>File - This photo released by the police in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, shows the 1971 painting 'Harlequin Head' by Pablo Picasso. Romanian authorities have arrested three suspects in last year's multimillion euro (dollar) theft of paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others from a Netherlands art gallery, Dutch police said Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, but the stolen works have not been recovered. The seven pieces were swiped by thieves in October in a late night raid at the Kunsthal gallery in downtown Rotterdam. It was the biggest art theft in more than a decade in the Netherlands. The stolen works have an estimated value of tens of millions of dollars if they were sold at auction, but art experts said that would be impossible following the theft. (AP Photo / Police Rotterdam, File)</p><p>Doina Lupu, lawyer of Radu Dogaru and Eugen Darie, not seen, is surrounded by the media in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Lawyers for three Romanians Mihai Alexandru Bitu, Radu Dogaru and Eugen Darie, charged with stealing valuable paintings from a museum in the Netherlands last year, including works by Picasso, Monet and Matisse say there is insufficient evidence to charge them. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)</p><p>Doina Lupu, lawyer of Radu Dogaru and Eugen Darie, not seen, is surrounded by the media in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Lawyers for three Romanians Mihai Alexandru Bitu, Radu Dogaru and Eugen Darie, charged with stealing valuable paintings from a museum in the Netherlands last year, including works by Picasso, Monet and Matisse say there is insufficient evidence to charge them. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)</p><p>Daniela Dede, left, lawyer for Mihai Alexandru Bitu, not seen, speaks to media in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Lawyers for three Romanians Mihai Alexandru Bitu, Radu Dogaru and Eugen Darie, charged with stealing valuable paintings from a museum in the Netherlands last year, including works by Picasso, Monet and Matisse say there is insufficient evidence to charge them. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)</p><p>Daniela Dede lawyer for Mihai Alexandru Bitu, not seen, speaks to the media in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Lawyers for three Romanians Mihai Alexandru Bitu, Radu Dogaru and Eugen Darie, charged with stealing valuable paintings from a museum in the Netherlands last year, including works by Picasso, Monet and Matisse say there is insufficient evidence to charge them. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16628859-artists-obsession-with-twinkies-spans-4-decadeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16628859-artists-obsession-with-twinkies-spans-4-decadesusartodd-newsus-newstwinkiehostess-brands'nancy-peppinMon, 21 Jan 2013 22:23:53 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated image shows "Never Forget,'' one of the most recent of dozens of pieces of art Nancy Peppin has created over the years using Twinkies and other Hostess products. A graphic artist by day for slot machine-maker International Game Technology, Peppin doesn't like to eat Twinkies. She uses them to depict popular culture similar to Any Warhol. (AP Photo/Courtesy Nancy Peppin) </p><p>In this Dec. 14, 2012, photo, artist Nancy Peppin poses with her artwork titled "The Last Snack," modeled after Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper,'' one of dozens of pieces of art she has created over the years using Twinkies and other Hostess products, in Reno, Nev. A graphic artist by day for slot machine-maker International Game Technology, Peppin doesn't like to eat Twinkies. She uses them to depict popular culture similar to the work of Andy Warhol. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)</p><p>In this Dec. 14, 2012, photo, Artist Nancy Peppin holds one of her creations from her series "Day of the Dead Twinkies" one of dozens of pieces of art she has created over the years using Twinkies and other Hostess products, in Reno, Nev. A graphic artist by day for slot machine-maker International Game Technology, Peppin doesn't like to eat Twinkies. She uses them to depict popular culture similar to the work of Andy Warhol. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)</p><p>In this Dec. 14, 2012, photo, artist Nancy Peppin poses with her artwork titled ``The Search for the Darwin Twinkie,'' one of dozens of pieces of art she has created over the years using Twinkies and other Hostess products, in Reno, Nev. A graphic artist by day for slot machine-maker International Game Technology, Peppin doesn't like to eat Twinkies. She uses them to depict popular culture similar to the work of Andy Warhol. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)</p><p>This undated image shows artist Nancy Peppin's "The Last Snack," modeled after Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper,'' one of thedozens of pieces of art Nancy Peppin has created over the years using Twinkies and other Hostess products. A graphic artist by day for slot machine-maker International Game Technology, Peppin doesn't like to eat Twinkies. She uses them to depict popular culture similar to Any Warhol. (AP Photo/Courtesy Nancy Peppin) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16588315-polands-national-museum-expands-modern-art-winghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16588315-polands-national-museum-expands-modern-art-wingeuartpolandmodernworld-newspoland-national-museumFri, 18 Jan 2013 20:18:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Museum goers examine the art at the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. The museum on Friday opened an expanded gallery devoted to 20th and 21st century Polish art, with officials hailing it as the most comprehensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art in the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)</p><p>Museum goers examine the art at the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. The museum on Friday opened an expanded gallery devoted to 20th and 21st century Polish art, with officials hailing it as the most comprehensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art in the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)</p><p>Museum goers examine the art at the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. The museum on Friday opened an expanded gallery devoted to 20th and 21st century Polish art, with officials hailing it as the most comprehensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art in the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)</p><p>Museum goers examine the art at the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. The museum on Friday opened an expanded gallery devoted to 20th and 21st century Polish art, with officials hailing it as the most comprehensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art in the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)</p><p>A woman and child look at a sculpture at the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. The museum on Friday opened an expanded gallery devoted to 20th and 21st century Polish art, with officials hailing it as the most comprehensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art in the nation’s capital.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16570816-venezuela-art-exhibit-focuses-on-hugo-chavezhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16570816-venezuela-art-exhibit-focuses-on-hugo-chavezartvenezuelachavezexhibithugo-chavezworld-newsltThu, 17 Jan 2013 22:17:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>* CORRECTS TITLE OF EXHIBIT * A visitor poses for a picture next to a painting of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at the art exhibit titled "Chavez Vive y Vencera" or Chavez Lives and Will Prevail, displaying more than 20 paintings of the South American leader, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Normally at the center of national attention, Chavez is so ill following a fourth cancer surgery in Cuba that some Venezuelans have begun speculating about whether his cancer could force him from office and require a new presidential election. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>*CORRECTS TITLE OF EXHIBIT* Students lie down on a gallery floor to take photos of the ornate ceiling during their visit to the art exhibit titled "Chavez Vive y Vencera" or Chavez Lives and Will Prevail, displaying more than 20 paintings of the Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Normally at the center of national attention, Chavez is so ill following a fourth cancer surgery in Cuba that some Venezuelans have begun speculating about whether his cancer could force him from office and require a new presidential election. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>A visitor looks at a painting of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at the art exhibit titled, "Chavez Vive y Vencera" or Chavez Lives and Will Prevail, displaying more than 20 paintings of the South American leader, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Normally at the center of national attention, Chavez is so ill following a fourth cancer surgery in Cuba that some Venezuelans have begun speculating about whether his cancer could force him from office and require a new presidential election. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>Visitors read an artwork label next to a painting of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at the art exhibit titled, "Chavez Vive y Vencera" or Chavez Lives and Will Prevail, displaying more than 20 paintings of the South American leader, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Normally at the center of national attention, Chavez is so ill following a fourth cancer surgery in Cuba that some Venezuelans have begun speculating about whether his cancer could force him from office and require a new presidential election. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16565809-ap-interview-posters-seized-by-nazis-being-soldhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16565809-ap-interview-posters-seized-by-nazis-being-soldeuusgermanyartworld-newsiron-curtainlootedhans-sachs'Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:44:19 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this May 16, 2006 file photo Peter Sachs holds up a book with some of his father, Hans Sachs' favorite posters at his home in Sarasota, Fla. Seized by the Nazis in 1938 from a Jewish man on the orders of Hitler’s Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, then held behind the Iron Curtain in Communist East Berlin, thousands of rare posters are finally back in the hands of collector Hans Sachs' family. After a seven-year battle for their return from a German museum where they ended up after the fall of the Berlin Wall, almost entirely tucked away in storage, Sachs' heir, told The Associated Press he hopes auctioning off the majority of the posters will mean they will finally be on display for those who love them like his father did, after he failed to find a museum willing to take the whole collection on. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara,File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16474619-chinese-painter-portrays-tibet-self-immolatorshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16474619-chinese-painter-portrays-tibet-self-immolatorschinaartworld-newsastibetas-chinaimmolationliu-yiSat, 12 Jan 2013 07:12:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, portraits of Tibetans who have self-immolated over the past three years painted by Beijing-based artist Liu Yi are displayed at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi casts his shadow on his painting of portraits of Tibetans who have self-immolated over the past three years as he works at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi pauses in front of his painting of Tibetans at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi paints a portrait of a Tibetan who have self-immolated over the past three years, at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi prepares to work near his paintings of portraits of Tibetans, who have self-immolated over the past three years, on display at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi paints a portrait of a Tibetan who have self-immolated over the past three years, at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi looks at his works of portraits of Tibetans who have self-immolated over the past three years, at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15898607-nyc-artists-seek-help-to-scrub-away-sandys-stainshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15898607-nyc-artists-seek-help-to-scrub-away-sandys-stainsusartnew-yorkus-newsfloodedsuperstormsuperstorm-sandyFri, 14 Dec 2012 07:31:31 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This Dec. 3, 2012, photo provided by Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) Craig Nutt, left, of CERF+ is shown a damaged furnace at Pier Glass in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York by artists Kevin Kutch and Kevin Scanlan, right. Scanlan is describing their attempt to dry out the furnace, which was inundated with salt water from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/CERF+, George Hirose)</p><p>This Dec. 3, 2012, photo provided by Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) Craig Nutt,far left, of CERF+ talks to three artists at Pier Glass in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, from left, Kevin Kutch, Alison Ruzsa and Mary Ellen Buxton-Kutch. Pier Glass received a $3,000 grant from CERF. After beig nundated with salt water from Superstorm Sandy, the studio estimates the damage at up to $200,000. They received a $3,000 grant from CERF+. (AP Photo/CERF+, George Hirose)</p><p>This Nov. 29, 2012 photo provided by Pier Glass shows the dammage, and the flood line on the wall at Pier Glass in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York. It is among hundreds of galleries, art studios and artists facing tens of thousands of dollars in repair and renovation from the damaging force of the Oct. 29 superstorm, Sandy. (AP Photo/Pier Glass, Mary Ellen Buxton-Kutch)</p><p>John Gordon Gauld, an artist who lost paintings during superstorm Sandy, moves a painting out of his Red Hook studio on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>John Gordon Gauld, an artist who lost paintings during superstorm Sandy, moves a painting out of his Red Hook studio on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Coke Wisdom O'Neal, an artist who photographs is creations, walks through the basement of his Red Hook studio that was damaged in Superstorm Sandy, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15721143-banned-50-years-ago-exhibition-reopens-in-moscowhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15721143-banned-50-years-ago-exhibition-reopens-in-moscowentertainmenteurussiaartbannedcommunist-partyworld-newsnikita-khruschevThu, 6 Dec 2012 09:27:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2012, artist Leonid Rabichev stands near the entrance to an exhibition at Moscow's Manezh hall on Wednesday, Russia. The 89-year-old Rabichev was one of the artists whose works were banned by Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev after an exhibition in the Manezh hall in December 1962. Fifty years later, some of the banned canvases are on display again at the same Manezh hall &#8212; at a time when critics compare Khruschev's ban to recent charges against the Pussy Riot band and artists whose paintings have angered the Kremlin and Russia’s dominant Orthodox Church. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)</p><p>In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2012, artist Inna Shmelyova shows a booklet with her works at the opening of an exhibition at Moscow's Manezh hall , Russia. Shmelyova was one of the artists whose works were banned by Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev at a similar 1962 exhibition at the Manezh hall. Fifty years later, some of the banned canvases are on display again at the same Manezh hall &#8212; at a time when critics compare Khruschev's ban to recent charges against the Pussy Riot band and artists whose paintings have angered the Kremlin and Russia’s dominant Orthodox Church. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)</p><p>In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2012, visitors look at canvases banned in 1962 by Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev and now exhibited at Moscow's Manezh hall, Russia. Fifty years later, some of the banned canvases are on display again at the same Manezh hall, at a time when critics compare Khruschev's ban to recent charges against the Pussy Riot band and artists whose paintings have angered the Kremlin and Russia’s dominant Orthodox Church. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)</p><p>In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2012, artist Inna Shmelyova, second right, speaks to a visitor at the opening of an exhibition at Moscow's Manezh hall , Russia. Shmelyova was one of the artists whose works were banned by Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev at a similar 1962 exhibition at the Manezh hall. Fifty years later, some of the banned canvases are on display again at the same Manezh hall &#8212; at a time when critics compare Khruschev's ban to recent charges against the Pussy Riot band and artists whose paintings have angered the Kremlin and Russia’s dominant Orthodox Church.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15390668-smithsonian-gathers-best-art-of-civil-war-erahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15390668-smithsonian-gathers-best-art-of-civil-war-erausartpoliticswarcivil-warFri, 23 Nov 2012 18:23:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated handout image provided by the Smithsonian American Art Museum Eastman Johnson's 1859 oil on linen, "Negro Life at the South," part of a major exhibition on how artists represented the war and how the war changed art. It's on view in Washington through April and then moves to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. (AP Photo/Smithsonian American Art Museum)</p><p>This undated handout image provided by the Smithsonian American Art Museum shows Frederic Edwin Church's, 1861 oil on paper, "Our Banner in the Sky," part of a major exhibition on how artists represented the war and how the war changed art. It's on view in Washington through April and then moves to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. (AP Photo/Smithsonian American Art Museum)</p>