http://www.mail.com/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/subjects/2534-visual-arts.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2159084-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 11:55:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2159084-saatchi-admits-assault-wife-nigella-lawson.html 2013-06-18T11:55:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2156814-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 23:44:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2156814-uk-report-saatchi-cautioned-assault-wife.html 2013-06-17T23:44:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2154046-ap-impact-snowdens-life-surrounded-spycraft.html FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government spy shop next door was so ultra-secretive its initials stood for "No Such Agency." But when Edward Snowden grew up here, the National Security Agency's looming presence was both a very visible and accepted part of everyday life. ... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:13:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2154046-ap-impact-snowdens-life-surrounded-spycraft.html 2013-06-15T15:13:20Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2148858-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 10:53:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2148858-german-police-break-up-international-art-ring.html 2013-06-13T10:53:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2143182-cambodia-welcomes-statues-return-us-museum.html PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two 10th century Cambodian stone statues displayed for nearly two decades at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art were returned to their homeland Tuesday in a high-profile case of allegedly looted artifacts. The voluntary return of the pair of "Kneeling Attendants" statues by one of America's foremost cultural institutions is ... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:42:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2143182-cambodia-welcomes-statues-return-us-museum.html 2013-06-11T14:42:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2140732-ukraine-pianist-wins-cliburn-piano-competition.html FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Vadym Kholodenko, a Ukrainian pianist and music teacher, has won the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, just four months after the death of the contest's namesake. Beatrice Rana, 20, of Italy, placed second, and Sean Chen, 24, of the United States, placed third, officials announced Sunday night. The other three fina... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:57:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2140732-ukraine-pianist-wins-cliburn-piano-competition.html 2013-06-10T01:57:58Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2134780-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/entertainment/lifestyle/2134780-lofty-art-painting-visible-eiffel-tower.html 2013-06-06T17:59:05Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2132430-ap-photos-case-wears-on-manning-visible.html 2013-06-06T01:52:59Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2132690-u-iowa-to-study-options-art-museum.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa received permission Wednesday to develop plans for a new museum to store its premier collection of fine art, which has largely been stored off-campus since a 2008 flood. The university said it will study a range of potential sites for the museum near its campus in Iowa City and options for funding the building... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:27:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2132690-u-iowa-to-study-options-art-museum.html 2013-06-06T00:27:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2131240-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 18:30:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2131240-art-history-under-hammer-berlin-wall-sold.html 2013-06-05T18:30:52Z http://www.mail.com/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/entertainment/lifestyle/2131238-chimps-pics-snapped-up-76000-auction.html 2013-06-05T18:07:50Z http://www.mail.com/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/scitech/news/2127184-facebook-mogul-to-pay-25m-settlement.html 2013-06-04T08:07:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2123306-whirligig-art-creator-vollis-simpson-dies-94.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Where others saw trash, Vollis Simpson saw whimsical, wind-powered whirligigs, creations with hundreds of moving parts that turned and twirled. The whirligigs were made from recycled heating and air conditioning systems and reflector material Simpson patiently cut into thousands of tiny pieces that made the works shine when lights hit... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 23:13:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2123306-whirligig-art-creator-vollis-simpson-dies-94.html 2013-06-01T23:13:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2123326-angel-evokes-tragedies-service-ny-teen.html WARWICK, N.Y. (AP) — After Joseph and Betty Ginley's firefighter son was killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, they found some solace in the tall steel angels crafted as memorials by sculptor Lei Hennessy-Owen. The Pennsylvania artist had been erecting them to commemorate tragedies including the 2001 terror attacks, a pipeline explosion... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:50:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2123326-angel-evokes-tragedies-service-ny-teen.html 2013-06-01T15:50:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2120904-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 14:36:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2120904-prominent-pavilions-venice-biennale.html 2013-06-01T14:36:46Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2121974-roots-live-large-philadelphia-mural.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Roots are officially living large in their hometown. Members of the house band for NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" in New York returned to their roots in Philadelphia on Friday for the dedication of a multistory mural in their honor. The massive artwork occupies the back wall of a charter school on the street where the Grammy ... Fri, 31 May 2013 21:47:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2121974-roots-live-large-philadelphia-mural.html 2013-05-31T21:47:23Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2120768-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 12:23:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2120768-art-owned-ts-eliots-widow-sale.html 2013-05-31T12:23:47Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2117128-drama-egypts-opera-political-fight.html CAIRO (AP) — The Cairo Opera House has become a new battleground between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president, this time fighting over the direction of the Middle East's oldest music institution. The new culture minister fired the head of the opera house, part of a shakeup he said is aimed at injecting "new blood" across art and culture ... Wed, 29 May 2013 20:08:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2117128-drama-egypts-opera-political-fight.html 2013-05-29T20:08:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2116476-israeli-museum-finds-owner-looted-art.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's national museum has located the heir of the owner of a valuable impressionist painting that was stolen by the Nazis after a photo was discovered showing the work in the original owner's home, the museum said Wednesday. Israel Museum spokeswoman Dena Scher said the museum purchased the "Garden in Wannsee" painting by the German-Je... Wed, 29 May 2013 18:25:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2116476-israeli-museum-finds-owner-looted-art.html 2013-05-29T18:25:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2114340-chinese-artist-weiweis-mother-venice-opening.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. ... Tue, 28 May 2013 21:09:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2114340-chinese-artist-weiweis-mother-venice-opening.html 2013-05-28T21:09:35Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2104146-photographer-forester-wayne-miller-dies-94.html ORINDA, Calif. (AP) — Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94. Miller was also known for his work as a curator on an internationa... Thu, 23 May 2013 03:17:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2104146-photographer-forester-wayne-miller-dies-94.html 2013-05-23T03:17:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2102354-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/entertainment/lifestyle/2102354-monroes-photos-prague-exhibition-stolen.html 2013-05-22T14:40:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2101858-ai-weiwei-uses-music-to-mock-power-china.html BEIJING (AP) — Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power. The video accompanying the visual artist's single "Dumbass" — released Wednesday but blocked online in mainland China — is meant to reco... Wed, 22 May 2013 07:48:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2101858-ai-weiwei-uses-music-to-mock-power-china.html 2013-05-22T07:48:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101462-man-pleads-guilty-picasso-vandalism-case.html HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum — an act that was caught on cellphone video — agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Uriel Landeros had faced felony graffiti and criminal mischief charges accusing him of spray-painting "Woman in a Red Armchair" at the ... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:25:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101462-man-pleads-guilty-picasso-vandalism-case.html 2013-05-21T22:25:45Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092486-nyers-furious-photos-taken-through-windows.html NEW YORK (AP) — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap. In all the photos, taken by New York City artist Arne S... Fri, 17 May 2013 19:15:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092486-nyers-furious-photos-taken-through-windows.html 2013-05-17T19:15:55Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092842-wax-mirrors-anish-kapoor-opens-berlin.html BERLIN (AP) — Conveyor belts hum quietly, towering over piles of dark red wax. A giant mauve object that looks like a deflating balloon sprawls and sags its way across three rooms. A dark pigment circle creates the illusion of a black hole opening up in the floor. And there are lots of mirrors: convex, concave, twisting and a painted "blood mirror." Briti... Fri, 17 May 2013 12:51:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092842-wax-mirrors-anish-kapoor-opens-berlin.html 2013-05-17T12:51:15Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092178-bea-arthur-topless-painting-fetches-19m-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction. The painting is by artist John Currin and is titled "Bea Arthur Naked." It sold at Christie's auction of postwar and contemporary art on Wednesday. It had been expected to bring in between $1.8 million and $2.5 million. Christ... Fri, 17 May 2013 01:57:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092178-bea-arthur-topless-painting-fetches-19m-nyc.html 2013-05-17T01:57:59Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2089396-basquiat-painting-fetches-record-488m-ny.html NEW YORK (AP) — A Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL' BAH'-skee-aht) painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York. Christie's says "Dustheads" sold for $48.8 million on Wednesday. His "Untitled," a painting of a black fisherman, held the previous record when it sold for $26.4 millio... Thu, 16 May 2013 12:38:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2089396-basquiat-painting-fetches-record-488m-ny.html 2013-05-16T12:38:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2086950-richter-painting-sells-37-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — A monumental 20th-century masterpiece by German artist Gerhard Richter (GEHR'-hahrd RIHK'-tur) has sold for $37 million at a New York City auction. Sotheby's says "Domplatz, Mailand" (DOHM'-plahtz MY'-lahnd) set a record for any living artist at auction. It was purchased Tuesday by a private American collector. The 9-foot-by-9-foot oil was... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:45:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2086950-richter-painting-sells-37-nyc.html 2013-05-15T17:45:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2086862-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 10:32:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2086862-romanian-artist-takes-art-street.html 2013-05-15T10:32:42Z