Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The curious case of the disappearing/reappearing Capitol painting

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The story so far: A Congressman selects a painting from his district to hang in the U.S. Capitol building, and the painting depicts cops a...
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Artomatic Moves into Crystal City for 2017

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Artomatic , the planet's greatest visual arts show that everyone on Earth loves and that most art critics hate, returns for its signa...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

The curious case of the most expensive photo ever sold

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So six months ago, he had an idea. Nearly every Peter Lik photograph is printed in a “limited edition” of 995; the first print sells at ...
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Monday, January 09, 2017

Portrait painting gets politico in hot water

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Former Senate minority leader Harry Reid used leftover campaign funds to pay one of his staffers to paint a portrait of himself, campaign ...

Artists and Obama

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Sarah Gottsman's editorial titled "From Chuck Close to Shepard Fairey, How Artists Captured Obama’s Historic Presidency" tak...
Sunday, January 08, 2017

Racy HRC

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A local council in Melbourne, Australia has demanded that a mural of Hillary Clinton in a swimsuit be removed from a public wall. Details...
Saturday, January 07, 2017

Looking back in time

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Just got a note in the emails about this piece being acquired by a California Hollywood-type from a secondary market dealer for a lot more ...
Friday, January 06, 2017

Portrait of Lucifer

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Satan wears many faces... this is one of them...

Multiple Exposures Gallery looking for new members

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Multiple Exposures Gallery is looking for new members... Multiple Exposures Gallery (MEG), a cooperative fine art photography gallery ...

On the second anniversary of a hero's death

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Two years ago my father died on this day... here's my eulogy from two year s ago: "Hoy se ha caido otro roble en la selva del...
Thursday, January 05, 2017

Artists & Makers Studios is hiring additional staff

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My strongest possible recommendation: Seeking positive, forward-thinking, organized & innovative individual, looking to job share O...
Wednesday, January 04, 2017

New van research

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The gallery van is closing on 300K miles, and as a consequence, I spent half a day researching the best deal for another van... then my am...

Second Art Scam Alert of the day!

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Artist Carla Goldberg in NY got this scam email yesterday: From: Mark Griffin markgoodlife1@aol.com Subject: art Greetings, 

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Latino definition gets more confusing

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At least for me... as I've just discovered that the US House of Representatives considers people of Basque ancestry to be "Latinos...

Art Scam Alert!

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Be aware of this mutant trying to rip off artists: From: Dave Gordon ( d000100g@gmail.com) Hello, I would like to make an order Do you...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2017

Campello at auction

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Details here on this vintage, framed 1994 drawing of Virginia horses... Bid for it here...
Monday, January 02, 2017

Digital work at auction

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This drawing (titled "Yoga") with an embedded digital component originally sold in new York for $3500 in 2012 - you can bid for i...

Emulsion deadline next week!

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DEADLINE: MONDAY, JANUARY 9 AT 11:59:59 P.M. EST APPLY HERE DOWNLOAD A PROSPECTUS HERE . EMULSION 2017 HIGHLIGHTS New, BIGGER L...
Sunday, January 01, 2017

Happy 2017!

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Here's a wish for a Happy New Year's wish to all planetary life, but especially to all my fellow veterans, and all Americans on...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Goodbye 2016

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Through the wonders of Al Gore's Internets, I've become aware that there are a lot of people whining about 2016 being the worst yea...
Friday, December 30, 2016

May The Purple Reign again tomorrow!

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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Super Art Scam Alert!

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It first came to my attention yesterday when DMV artists Viktor Epkuk , and then Anna U. Davis both posted on Facebook that their artwork...

Artists interpret "blue" with 140+ diverse works

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Strathmore is experiencing a different kind of blues this winter—beginning January 7, the arts center presents La Vie en Bleu , its 26 th  ...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Anatomy of an art commission

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It all started at the 2016 SOFA Art fair in Chicago last November, where my work was being shown by the hard-working Audrey Wilson, when ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Goodbye Princess

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Monday, December 26, 2016

Art Yard

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A note from a friend: Bill and I are now part of ArtYard , an arts organization that we are building from scratch with some wonderful f...
Sunday, December 25, 2016

Merry Christmas!

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Saturday, December 24, 2016

Feliz Nochebuena: Recipe for Cuban Macho Guantanamero

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For this year's Nochebuena , I tried to invent a new recipe for the customary pork dish, which for Cubans is usually lechon asado . S...

Schroader & Camargo Open Studios

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OPEN  STUDIO painting, drawing  and more Silent auction, raffle, art work for sale DECEMBER 30th, 6 - 10 pm 9...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Opportunities for Photographers

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