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Alexandre Ouiary / Tao Hongjing

Chinese Artist Tao Hongjing Comes Out as a Frenchman

A Chinese artist spent 15 years hiding his real identity and has finally come out as a Frenchman, and is now gearing up for a new exhibition featuring his Western name.

Sunburn Art: Health Authorities Warn Against Dangerous Trend

Sunburn Art: Health Authorities Warn Against Dangerous Trend

Health officials have issued warning against the crazy and hazardous trend that's been circulating in social media lately — sunburn art.

Les femmes d’Alger on Auction

Picasso Original ‘Les Femmes d’Alger’ Sells For $179 Million, Breaks World Art Record

In a record-breaking art auction, Pablo Picasso's "Les femmes d' Alger (Version O)" was sold for $179.4 million with fees last Monday night in New York.

Female Artists Dominate 56th Venice Biennale

The prestigious Venice Biennale, now on its 56th year, has opened to the public today for its seven-month run that will exhibit works by contemporary artists from 89 countries strategically located in various sites such as museums, palazzos, and churches around the historic city.

Paul Gauguin's Nativity

New Techniques Uncover Paul Gauguin’s Printmaking Process

The new techniques reveal Gauguin's use of layered images.

Phyllobius roboretanus weevils

Olympus' BioScapes Competition Reveals Hidden Images of Life

It showcases breathtaking images of life seen through a microscope.

Chinese artist 2

China Sends Artists To Countryside To Find Their Muse

China will send its artists to the countryside to learn from the masses and hone their art.

Prehistoric paintings of hoofed animals in a cave with thunderous reverberations located in Bhimbetka, India

Ancient Auditory Illusions Allegedly Reflected in Prehistoric Art

Steven J. Waller, from Rock Art Acoustics, will describe a number of ways virtual sound images and absorbers that could have appeared "supernatural" to the ancestors of humans, which could have possible inspired their creation of mysterious artistic works, at the 168th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America to be held on Oct. 27 through Oct. 31 at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown Hotel.

The mural, on Hanover Place, Bristol,as it appeared on Monday before being vandalized overnight.

Banksy's Latest Work Vandalized Soon After Appearing

Not only was renowned British street artist Banksy alive and presumably well following rumors he was dead, but his latest mural at Bristol was found vandalized Tuesday, less than 24 hours after first being seen.

Weiwei

Ai Weiwei To Be Honored In New York

Artist Ai Weiwei will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the prestigious Art Students League in New York on Oct. 9.

A Work of Art from the Embedded Arts System

New System Uses the Arts as a Form of Physical Rehab

The system transforms a patient's movements into an art form.

FRICKbits' art

App Turns Smartphone Data Into Art

FRICKbits can retrieve any kind of data to create an abstract pattern.

Texas-based Art Appraiser Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Ivory into China

Texas-based art appraiser Ning Qiu plead guilty on Tuesday to participating in the smuggling of rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory to China.

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