Hitler-signed watercolors to be auctioned

A pair of watercolor paintings depicting farm scenes and signed "Adolf Hitler" are up for auction in the German city of Nuremberg this month.

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Calif. returns art to heirs of Holocaust victims

Two 16th century oil paintings that had been on display for decades at Hearst Castle were returned Friday to the heirs of its original Jewish owners who were forced to flee Nazi Germany and sell the art.

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Customs says art was framed with marijuana

It wasn't the beauty of the paintings that caught of the eye of Customs agents.

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Dutch police recover paintings stolen 22 years ago

Dutch police have recovered eight valuable paintings, including works by Renoir and Pissaro, 22 years after they were stolen from a gallery.

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'New Deal' exhibit opens at American Art museum

As the nation grapples with its worst recession since the 1930s, the Smithsonian American Art Museum is opening an exhibition of paintings from the first U.S. government program that supported the arts nationally during the Great Depression.

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Romania undercover police recover stolen paintings

Art thieves who tried to sell a Florentine painting worth 2.5 million euros ($3.15 million) to undercover officers for 5,000 euros ($6,300) have been arrested by Romanian police, officials said Wednesday.

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Teaching a computer to appreciate art

Is that a van Gogh?

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Cannabis Painted on High Street House Must Go

A man who spray-painted large cannabis leaves on his house has agreed to remove the bright green paintings as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.

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Picasso Portrait Sells for $95.2 Million

A portrait by Pablo Picasso of the woman who influenced him in the late 1930s and early 1940s sold for $95.2 million, the second-highest amount ever paid for a painting at auction, the auction house Sotheby's said.

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Town: Pot Paintings on House Not Illegal

Having marijuana in your house is illegal, but having marijuana images on your house is not, according to town officials.

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"A boy of seven has been hailed a genius after selling his paintings for £17,000 in just 14 minutes."

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Any decent art historian would tell you that politics lurk just beneath the surface of most art, waiting to pounce on unsuspecting owners and viewers.

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New international website art gallery openning and looking for emerging fine art artists - painters, scluptors, photographers (nudes excepted) -seems like a great way for new artists to get their work seen and perhaps make some bucks doing so too. St.

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Are you sitting comfortably? Good, because this is quite a tale.

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At first I thought most of these images were photos. They are all inspiring paintings from some amazing artists and I recommend you check out the rest of their  work by clicking on the links.

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For thousands of years, these artworks have been credited as the genius of cave men. Scientists believed these artistic visions were dreamed up and executed by male hands.

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Art is What Defines an Artist: It is Who They, Not Just What They Do

by "Bud" E. Lewis Evans M.A. (Studio Art)

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TOKYO - PIGEONS may sometimes appear to randomly target city sculptures with their droppings, but according to a new Japanese study they also have the potential to become discerning art critics.

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Thirteen paintings attributed to Adolf Hitler were put on sale at a British auction last Thursday. After their authenticity was certified by an Austrian expert, they sold for about $140,000. Do Hitler's living relatives get a cut?

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Talk about the Land of the Free - artist Justine Lai is painting herself having sex with every single President of the US!

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worlds costliest paintings

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Famous Indian painter M.F. Husain, 92, has said proceeds from his 'Rape of India' pinting exhibition will be given to billionaire Ratan Tata. Tata will then decide how to best use the donation for charitable causes.

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The National Gallery's own rich collection of Renaissance portraits is joined by loans from the UK, Europe and North America.

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Yes, he wrote the words to 'Jerusalem' and inspired rockers like The Doors and Van Morrison. But as London marks William Blake's 250th birthday, how much do you really know about the painter, poet, mystical outsider and son of the city?

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Visions of a strange America from artist Pamela Kirton.

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What's hot this season in New York. It could potentially stir some folks up.

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European scientists have discovered a hidden painting behind Vincent Van Gogh's 1887 Patch of Grass painting. Using synchrotron radiation induced X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, a portrait of a mystery woman appeared.

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DOUBTS surround the authenticity of Salvador Dali paintings to be exhibited next year at the National Gallery of Victoria.

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At least 12,000 years ago, the most popular musical events might have taken place in torch-lit caves next to walls covered in art, according to new archaeological research in France.

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The European Association of Medical and Scientific Illustrators (AEIMS) has honored Scientific American illustrator Roberto Osti with the selection of three of his paintings for inclusion in the 2008 Scientific Illustrators Exhibition in Bologna, Italy.

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Hailed by the French poet Charles Baudelaire as "giving the monstrosity the ring of truth", the work painted in 1808, or soon after, is widely considered as epitomising the artist's dark presentiment of war and social chaos unleashed upon Spaniards by Napoleon's invading army.

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Local Charlotte Artist Brooke Colby talks with Charlotte Art about her work and the community at large.

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InDigest Magazine presents a gallery of paintings from Tove Floren.

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On being a writer and an artist — a response

You know what I'm talking about, even though you pretend that you dont.

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Urban landscape paintings by Nat George and site-specific works by Nuttaphol Ma. Artists' reception: March 1st, 2008 7-10 pm at Upstairs @ The Market Gallery in downtown Los Angeles (free event)

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