Vincent van Gogh

Australian composer wins Grawemeyer

Letters inspired work that won Grawemeyer A boldly scored, four-movement violin concerto dubbed "The Lost Art of Letter Writing" has won Australian composer Brett Dean the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for...

Personal touch raises the bids at Spike Milligan's sale

The late Goon would have found plenty to laugh about at the biggest ever sale of his mementos, which fetched more than £74,000 last week. Scraps of paper that Spike Milligan scribbled on were among the most popular items. Also...

Watercooler Stories

Neighbors not saluting 7-story 'flagpole'CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Auctioned car's GPS had royal addressLONDON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Steven Coulson, 31, a taxi driver, said the 2004 Jaguar XJ6 he purchased from a police...

Woman recreates art with veggies

People who read this also read ... BEIJING, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A Chinese artist said her vegetable recreations of famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci and others have sold for up to $2,000. Ju Duoqi, 35, said she has created...

The Financial Fire Trucks Are Gathering

The economic news just continues to be bad. New unemployment claims were over 529,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis. The "real" number was 606,877 lost jobs. New home sales were off by another 5% and down 40% from a year ago ...

Turnip Prize: Chinese artist recreates masterpieces which look good enough to eat

We all know how good vegetables are for us, but even the most avid vegetarian would be hard pressed to argue their artistic merits. But Chinese artist Ju Duoqi is hoping to prove just that and more by showcasing a range of...

TOP: Artists with Asperger's syndrome work outside the lines - The Boston Globe

DANVERS - The artwork is as diverse as you could find at any gallery, from a charcoal drawing of the Maine seashore to psychedelic mindscapes in bright acrylic to a painstaking collage of General William Tecumseh Sherman. ......

Light echo

Dust around supergiant star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) Source: hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/10/image/a Retouching: Lightroom 2.0 "Starry Night," Vincent van Gogh's famous painting, is renowned for its bold...

Don't Follow Trends: Set Them!

by Dmitry Fadeyev Your website represents your brand. Unlike certain other forms of art, such as painting and sculpture, Web design is very limited in its expression because more often than not your website has to serve a very...

Van Goghs ear focus of Tehran show

TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) -- A Tehran gallery has recently hung a number of artworks centering on the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh’s ear. Entitled “Van Gogh’s Ear”, the exhibition is displaying works in various art forms aimed at...

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