ARTrageous helping troubled kids through art
Michael Cerease, a teenager living in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn,
New York, found hope, expression, and a future through art. Now, many
children in foster care, like Cerease, are getting that same chance.
ARTrageous is an organization that uses art therapy to help troubled
kids, and give them the chance to work alongside some of the city's most
well-known artists. To read more about Cerease and ARTrageous, click here.
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Anthropolgists in France discover earliest wall art
Scientists working in southern France have determined that a
1.5-metric-ton block of engraved limestone is approximately 37,000 years
old. Dating back to the Early Aurignacian humans, this would be the oldest
known wall art, surpassing art found in Grotte Chauvet, of
southeastern France, in 1994. To read more about the wall and the Aurignacians, click here.
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Hixenbaugh Ancient Art to exhibit at Brussels Ancient Art Fair
Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, an antiquities art dealer located in Manhattan,
will be exhibiting over one hundred ancient object at this year's Brussels
Ancient Art Fair. The fair is one of the few in the world dedicated entirely to antiquities. Click here to learn more about both the Brussels Ancient Art Fair and Hixenbaugh Ancient Art.
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ArtistsWanted.org holding creative competition
ArtistsWanted.org is currently holding a creative competition called
Self. Interested artists are invited to participate in an open call for
art and photography. The Grand Prize Winner will be given a gallery show
in New York City and receive a ten thousand dollar grant. Learn more about Self and enter the contest here.
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Excavation of Easter Island heads reveals bodies
The Easter Island heads are some of the most iconic, famous, and
mysterious sculptures in the world. Excavation around these heads for
the past several years has revealed that the heads have bodies,
preserving carvings and symbols that have been engraved into the stone. Click here to learn more about the Easter Island excavation and to see some photos.
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Italian Maxxi museum faces closure
The Italian national contemporary art museum, the Maxxi, is facing closure. The government has twenty days to decide the fate of the museum, which they are considering putting under special administration. Click here to learn more about the Maxxi facing closure.
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Artist David Weiss dies at age 66
Artist David Weiss died at age 66 on April 27, 2012 in Zurich. Weiss is well-known for his partnership with fellow artist Peter Fischli, with whom he started working in 1979. The pair won the Golden Lion prize at the Venice Biennale in 2003 and critics have described their work as "the poetics of banality." Click here to learn more about David Weiss and see examples of his work.
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Tate Modern dedicates underground space to live art
Tate Modern is opening Tanks, the first museum space dedicated permanently to live art, installation and performance. The space is located underground oil tank spaces and will host a 15-week festival of art on July 18, 2012. Click here to learn more about Tate Modern's dedication of Tanks.
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Irish artist Louis le Brocquy dies at age 95
Irish artist Louis le Brocquy died in his home on April 25. Le Brocquy was best known for his portraits of great literary figures, friends and fellow artists. He was the first living painter to have his work acquired by the Irish National Gallery.
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Cezanne masterpiece believed to be recovered from 2008 heist
Serbian police believe they have recovered Cezanne's impressionist masterpiece, "The Boy in a Red Waistcoat," which was stolen from a Swiss art gallery in 2008. The piece was one of four stolen during the biggest art theft in Swiss history. Click here to learn about the possible recovery of the Cezanne masterpiece.
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