A Year in a Cage: A Life Shrunk to Expand ArtSource: The New York Times
Art takes total commitment, but few artists maintain it around the clock. An exception is the Taiwanese-born performance artist Tehching Hsieh (pronounced dur-ching shay), specifically, the five, grueling one-year pieces he executed, mostly in New York, from 1978 to 1986.
Art Show Opens in N.Y. With Less Hedge-Fund Money for Picasso Source: Bloomberg.com
Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- At the Art Show last year, dealer Richard L. Feigen offered an $8.5 million Pablo Picasso still life. This year, he's highlighting less expensive art, including a $90,000 purple teapot painting by Georges Braque.
Louvre sets stage for "Funeral of Mona LisaSource: Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - A giant, grey version of Mona Lisa with tears in her eyes and streaks of paint running down her front goes on display at the Louvre museum this week in the room next to the original by Leonardo da Vinci.