http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/2534-visual-arts.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/2534-visual-arts.html http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2158980-saatchi-admits-assault-wife-nigella-lawson.html LONDON (AP) — Prominent British art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assault and accepted a police caution after published photos showed him grasping the throat of his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. In Tuesday's editions, The London Evening Standard newspaper quoted him as saying that he had approached police to discuss the incident after seek... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:56:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2158980-saatchi-admits-assault-wife-nigella-lawson.html 2013-06-18T11:56:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2156804-uk-report-saatchi-cautioned-assault-wife.html LONDON (AP) — Art collector Charles Saatchi has been cautioned over a dramatic assault on his TV presenter wife Nigella Lawson captured by a tabloid photographer just outside a fancy London restaurant. The Daily Mirror said late Monday that Saatchi, 70, had accepted the official warning after a five-hour grilling over dramatic photographs published in its... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:44:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2156804-uk-report-saatchi-cautioned-assault-wife.html 2013-06-17T23:44:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2148856-german-police-break-up-international-art-ring.html BERLIN (AP) — German police said Thursday they have broken up a multi-million-euro (-dollar) international forgery ring which specialized in producing bogus works attributed to Russian avant-garde artists including Vasily Kandinsky. Two suspects were arrested at their homes in the western German city of Wiesbaden as alleged leaders of a group of six forge... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:52:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2148856-german-police-break-up-international-art-ring.html 2013-06-13T10:52:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2138822-east-german-artist-willi-sitte-dead-92.html BERLIN (AP) — Willi Sitte, one of East Germany's most eminent artists and a key representative of Communism's preferred socialist realism painting style, has died at 92. The head of the Willi Sitte Foundation, Hans-Hubert Werner, told German news agency dpa that Sitte died on Saturday morning after a long illness. Sitte's paintings depicted factory worker... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:44:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2138822-east-german-artist-willi-sitte-dead-92.html 2013-06-08T15:44:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2134500-lofty-art-painting-visible-eiffel-tower.html PARIS (AP) — Art is often seen as lofty — but perhaps none more than a new roof installation in Paris that's only visible from the top of the Eiffel Tower. The work, a huge 700-square-meter (7,500-square-foot) painting of black and white horseshoe shapes, was unveiled Thursday to bird's-eye spectators some 116 meters (380 fe-et) up the iconic iron monumen... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:59:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2134500-lofty-art-painting-visible-eiffel-tower.html 2013-06-06T17:59:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2132430-ap-photos-case-wears-on-manning-visible.html FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — In November 2012, after nearly a dozen times photographing the routine arrival and departure of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning for his pretrial hearings outside a courthouse on a Maryland military post, something caught me off-guard. He smiled. In the past, the soldier who leaked thousands of documents to WikiLeaks had occasionally crook... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:52:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2132430-ap-photos-case-wears-on-manning-visible.html 2013-06-06T01:52:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2131234-art-history-under-hammer-berlin-wall-sold.html PARIS (AP) — Pieces of the Iron Curtain's most iconic symbol, the Berlin Wall, are being put up for auction in Paris after being decorated by some of the world's top artists. Slabs of the smooth concrete that divided East and West Berlin from 1961 until 1989 totaling 60 meters (66 yards) were given to artists including France's Daniel Buren and the late E... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:31:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2131234-art-history-under-hammer-berlin-wall-sold.html 2013-06-05T18:31:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2131238-chimps-pics-snapped-up-76000-auction.html LONDON (AP) — They're askew and out of focus, but a set of photos taken by a talented Russian chimpanzee sold at auction Wednesday for 50,000 pounds ($76,680). The blurry images of Moscow's Red Square by simian snapper Mikki were part of a sale of Russian photography at Sotheby's in London. They were snapped up by a Russian buyer. Mikki, a performer with ... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:07:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2131238-chimps-pics-snapped-up-76000-auction.html 2013-06-05T18:07:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2127184-facebook-mogul-to-pay-25m-settlement.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook billionaire Sean Parker's lavish, $10 million Big Sur wedding got even more expensive. The California Coastal Commission and Parker said Monday they have reached a $2.5 million settlement to pay for coastal conservation programs after the Napster co-founder built a large movie-set-like wedding site in an ecologically sensitiv... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:07:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2127184-facebook-mogul-to-pay-25m-settlement.html 2013-06-04T08:07:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2120870-prominent-pavilions-venice-biennale.html VENICE, Italy (AP) — The 55th Venice Biennale, the world's most prestigious art fair, features national pavilions from 88 countries, 10 presenting work for the first time — including the Vatican. No official theme ties together the pavilions, but several ideas are emerging as favorites, including greed, collective actions and the boundaries of the physical world. ... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:45:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2120870-prominent-pavilions-venice-biennale.html 2013-06-01T14:45:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2120274-art-owned-ts-eliots-widow-sale.html LONDON (AP) — It's the collection that "Cats" built. A multimillion-dollar trove of works by artists including J.M.W. Turner, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Winston Churchill that were owned by poet T.S. Eliot's widow will be sold in London later this year, Christie's auction house announced Friday. Valerie Eliot, who died in November... Fri, 31 May 2013 12:23:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2120274-art-owned-ts-eliots-widow-sale.html 2013-05-31T12:23:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2116108-chinese-artist-ai-weiweis-mother-venice.html VENICE, Italy (AP) — When a mother views scenes of her son's imprisonment, sometimes no words are needed. Tears will do. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was prevented by Chinese authorities from traveling to Venice for the opening of two new works of his on the sidelines of the Biennale contemporary art show, so his mother came in his stead. ... Wed, 29 May 2013 13:23:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2116108-chinese-artist-ai-weiweis-mother-venice.html 2013-05-29T13:23:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2102352-monroes-photos-prague-exhibition-stolen.html PRAGUE (AP) — A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen. Alice Titzova of the PR agency 2media says the photos, stolen late Monday, were to be on display starting May 30 at the Prague Castle. Titzova says mannequins and display cases which were part of the exhibition also disappeared... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:40:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2102352-monroes-photos-prague-exhibition-stolen.html 2013-05-22T14:40:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2087938-richter-painting-sells-37-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — A monumental 20th-century masterpiece by German artist Gerhard Richter has sold for $37 million at a New York City auction. Sotheby's says "Domplatz, Mailand" set a record for any living artist at auction. It was purchased Tuesday by a private American collector. The work was commissioned by Siemens Elettra in 1968 for its Milan offices. I... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:58:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2087938-richter-painting-sells-37-nyc.html 2013-05-15T17:58:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2086844-romanian-artist-takes-art-street.html BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian artist Vasile Muresan, known as Murivale, thinks art belongs on the street. The white-bearded painter can often be seen sitting on the colorful canvases that he displays in the street, while he is followed by the street dogs who are his companions and also inspire his work. The 56-year-old from Bistrita — the Transylvani... Wed, 15 May 2013 10:35:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2086844-romanian-artist-takes-art-street.html 2013-05-15T10:35:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2083882-vatican-re-enters-art-world-with-venice-biennale.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. The Holy See on Tuesday unveiled details of its Venice p... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2083882-vatican-re-enters-art-world-with-venice-biennale.html 2013-05-14T17:38:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2080292-banksy-graffiti-will-up-sale-london.html LONDON (AP) — An artwork by secretive graffiti artist Banksy that sparked controversy when it disappeared from the side of a north London store has been put up for sale in the U.K., months after it was yanked from the block in Miami. The stencil of a young boy sewing Union Jack bunting vanished in February, upsetting art lovers in the gritty Turnpike Lane... Sun, 12 May 2013 16:35:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2080292-banksy-graffiti-will-up-sale-london.html 2013-05-12T16:35:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2065774-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html ROME (AP) — Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad. One of Italy's most important postwar figures, he helped draft the country's constitution after World War II, served seven times as premier and spent 60 years in Parliament. But the Christian Democrat who was friends with popes and cardinals was also a controversial... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:39:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2065774-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html 2013-05-06T19:39:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2058434-ferran-adria-brings-elbulli-exhibition-to-london.html LONDON (AP) — You've eaten at the restaurant — or probably you haven't. Now visit the exhibition. Spanish chef Ferran Adria, the man behind the late, lamented elBulli restaurant, is bringing an exhibition dedicated to the art and science of his distinctive brand of molecular gastronomy to London. Diners lucky enough to get reservations at elBulli before i... Thu, 02 May 2013 15:43:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2058434-ferran-adria-brings-elbulli-exhibition-to-london.html 2013-05-02T15:43:19Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2055674-van-gogh-museum-reopens-with-display-craft.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has reopened after a seven-month renovation, kicking off with "Van Gogh At Work," an exhibition that shows the famously tortured artist's working methods right down to his paints, brushes and other tools. Appropriately, the final painting curators hung Wednesday was a self-portrait in which Vincent Van Gog... Wed, 01 May 2013 15:29:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2055674-van-gogh-museum-reopens-with-display-craft.html 2013-05-01T15:29:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2054668-artist-replaces-paintbrush-with-jet-engine-thrust.html WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — The hurricane-force thrust from a jet engine pushes Tarinan von Anhalt into the air as she splatters an array of colors into the wind and onto a blank canvas to create the abstract designs she has become known for. Instead of paintbrushes, she uses $10 million jet engines from a Learjet to hurl blues and purples with a forc... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:02:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2054668-artist-replaces-paintbrush-with-jet-engine-thrust.html 2013-04-30T21:02:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2046620-artists-turn-bosnia-nuke-bunker-art-gallery.html KONJIC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A once-secret bunker built to shelter Yugoslavia's communist leadership from nuclear war has temporarily reopened as an art gallery, with some exhibits pondering what would have happened if more mushroom clouds had hit the world's skies. The 280-meter- (920 foot) deep, U-shaped complex is dug into a mountain and took 26 y... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:34:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2046620-artists-turn-bosnia-nuke-bunker-art-gallery.html 2013-04-26T15:34:17Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2044938-official-greeks-pull-nudes-qatar-art-exhibit.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has pulled two ancient statues of nude males from an Olympic exhibition in Doha after Qatari authorities insisted on veiling them. A Culture Ministry official says exhibition organizers wanted to avoid scandalizing female visitors. Greek Deputy Culture Minister Costas Tzavaras, who visited the Muslim country last month for the... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:14:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2044938-official-greeks-pull-nudes-qatar-art-exhibit.html 2013-04-25T19:14:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2043692-4-artists-up-uks-contentious-turner-prize.html LONDON (AP) — British art's prestigious Turner Prize embraced the playful and the satirical Thursday, announcing a list of four finalists including a cartoonist known for his scathing humor and an artist who orchestrates encounters that break down barriers between people. The contenders include popular humorist David Shrigley, 44, who specializes in squig... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:55:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2043692-4-artists-up-uks-contentious-turner-prize.html 2013-04-25T14:55:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2041822-artist-decorates-louvres-iconic-pyramid.html PARIS (AP) — An Italian artist decorated the Louvre museum's glass pyramid Wednesday for the first time in the iconic monument's history, in a protest against capitalism. The artwork, a huge three-looped infinity sign made of mirrors, faces due west onto France's business district, La Defense. Michelangelo Pistoletto, one of the world's leading conceptual... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:10:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2041822-artist-decorates-louvres-iconic-pyramid.html 2013-04-24T18:10:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2031216-uks-tate-plans-matisse-turner-2014.html LONDON (AP) — London's Tate Modern says it will stage the largest-ever exhibition of late works by Henri Matisse next year. "Henri Matisse: the Cut-Outs" will be devoted to the colorful paper compositions the French artist created late in his career. The 120 works on show will include the 33 foot-long (10 meter-long) "Large Composition With Masks," loaned... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:07:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2031216-uks-tate-plans-matisse-turner-2014.html 2013-04-19T15:07:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2022522-art-crashes-authority-play-ai-weiwei.html LONDON (AP) — Ai Weiwei appears to be standing in front of a London theater, which would be some trick, even for the provocative and unpredictable Chinese artist. The sculptor, photographer and installation artist renowned for his bicycles and sunflower seeds spent almost three months in detention in 2011 and remains barred from leaving China. At second g... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:00:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2022522-art-crashes-authority-play-ai-weiwei.html 2013-04-17T03:00:12Z