Damien Hirst Paintings -- New Exhibition

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High Museum Continues to Bring Great Art to the Southeast

If you live in the Southeast and love visual art, a trip to Atlanta may be well worthwhile. The High Museum of Art has had some excellent programming in the past several years. It is also a wonderful facility.

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You have Just Been Financially Raped. How Does it Feel?

So the people that screwed it all up and ripped us all off decided to allocate 108 billion dollars of the baliout (our tax money) to their own damn greedy piggy selves.

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Artist Creates Illusions of Light

This is a cool show. I have seen a lot of things done with moire patterns, but she really pulls it off well. There is a little photo gallery that goes along with this article.

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7 Picks for the New Season of the New York Art Scene

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

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Temkin Named MoMA's Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture

New Director of Painting and Scupture at MOMA

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College Presidents Discuss Drinking Age

Will lowering the drinking age reduce binge drinking on campuses? Mad Mothers and Campus officials at odds, and I have become an old guy.

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House to apologize for slavery and jim crow

Congress is poised to pass legislation to become the first federal branch of government to apologize for slavery and the Jim Crow laws that followed slavery.

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Censorship of Art -- Rehashing a National Debate

An Appreciation of Jesse Helms (1921 – 2008), Culture Warrior

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Library of Congress adds interactive feature to flickr

Just sharing info here.

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Cuban Art is a Hot Investment -- Not Everyone is Part of the Blockade

HAVANA—Cuban art today is rapidly gaining popularity and market value. While art is still relatively affordable in Havana — $500 can buy you a good piece by an up-and-coming artist — its worth is increasing beyond national borders due to demand from foreign collectors.

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Arts Institutions Face State Eviction In Moscow

MOSCOW—The Roerich Museum and other cultural institutions in Moscow are fighting to keep their property as the state attempts to take over their buildings, the Times of London reports.

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More Green Roofs!

This article and the recent story I saw about spiral farming towers makes me realize that space really is the new frontier.

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Private Art Museums Face Uphill Battle in China

With the recent explosion of the Chinese art market and the proliferation of new commercial galleries around China, it may come as a surprise to some that the country's governing laws do not in fact engender a welcoming environment for art institutions.

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