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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:48:02 MST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gary Tinterow Named Director of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:48:02 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gary Tinterow has been named director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and will leave his position at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ellsworth Kelly’s Wood Sculptures in Boston]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/ellsworth-kellyrsquos-wood-sculptures-in-boston/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/ellsworth-kellyrsquos-wood-sculptures-in-boston/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:48:03 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ellsworth Kelly, known for his hard-edge painting, worked in wood, too, and his sculptures are on display in Boston.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2 Painters Named Church; Fabergé Eggs]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/2-painters-named-church-faberg%3F-eggs/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/2-painters-named-church-faberg%3F-eggs/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:48:01 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The late-19th-century painter Frederick Stuart Church was burdened with a name sounding too similar to that of the Hudson River School artist Frederic Edwin Church.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Contemporary Art Finds New Homes in Boston]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/contemporary-art-finds-new-homes-in-boston/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/contemporary-art-finds-new-homes-in-boston/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:48:01 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Boston is known for its wealth of Old Masters, Impressionist paintings and historic American art, but it is also nurturing more living artists.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[‘Degas and the Nude’ at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Review]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/lsquodegas-and-the-nudersquo-at-museum-of-fine-arts-boston---review/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/lsquodegas-and-the-nudersquo-at-museum-of-fine-arts-boston---review/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:48:01 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A new exhibition in Boston explores the unstinting, even cruel naturalism Degas brought to the female form.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Art Truly Is Long: Museum of Modern Art to Buy 'The Clock']]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/art-truly-is-long-museum-of-modern-art-to-buy-the-clock/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/art-truly-is-long-museum-of-modern-art-to-buy-the-clock/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:48:01 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The 24-hour video installation by Christian Marclay was a surprise hit with the public.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Linde Family Wing at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Review]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/linde-family-wing-at-museum-of-fine-arts-boston---review/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/linde-family-wing-at-museum-of-fine-arts-boston---review/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:48:02 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The new Linde Family Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, features a sprawling, uneven, crowded hodgepodge of about 240 works from the museum's permanent collection.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[John R. Eckel Jr. Pieces Go to Whitney and Houston Museum]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/john-r--eckel-jr--pieces-go-to-whitney-and-houston-museum/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/john-r--eckel-jr--pieces-go-to-whitney-and-houston-museum/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:48:02 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Modern furniture and paintings from the John R. Eckel Jr. collection benefit the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In Texas, Replacing a Museum Director Who Was a Rare Find]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/in-texas-replacing-a-museum-director-who-was-a-rare-find/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:48:01 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is looking for a new director, but finding someone who can fill the shoes of Peter C. Marzio, who died in December, is a tall order.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[At Cosmopolitan Resort in Las Vegas, Yoko’s on View]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/at-cosmopolitan-resort-in-las-vegas-yokorsquos-on-view/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/at-cosmopolitan-resort-in-las-vegas-yokorsquos-on-view/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:48:01 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A public art project at the new Cosmopolitan resort in Las Vegas has Yoko Ono, among others, on the marquee.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Sotheby’s Catalog With Some Juicy Details]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/a-sothebyrsquos-catalog-with-some-juicy-details/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/a-sothebyrsquos-catalog-with-some-juicy-details/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:48:01 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Mark McDonald, the consignor for a March 10 auction, delves into family disputes and the state of some of the objects.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Velázquez Portrait Is Reinstated at the Met]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/a-vel%3Fzquez-portrait-is-reinstated-at-the-met/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/a-vel%3Fzquez-portrait-is-reinstated-at-the-met/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:48:01 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.artette.com/category/News/a-vel%3Fzquez-portrait-is-reinstated-at-the-met/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In 1973, a 1624 image of Philip IV was found to have been made by Velázquez's studio, not the artist. A reassessment has reversed that conclusion.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Peter C. Marzio, Houston Museum Director, Dies at 67]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/peter-c--marzio-houston-museum-director-dies-at-67/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/peter-c--marzio-houston-museum-director-dies-at-67/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 03:48:01 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Mr. Marzio, the director of Houston's Museum of Fine Arts for nearly 30 years, elevated it to the status of a major institution.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Art of the Americas Wing of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/new-art-of-the-americas-wing-of-museum-of-fine-arts-boston/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/new-art-of-the-americas-wing-of-museum-of-fine-arts-boston/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:48:01 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The new Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is home to more than 5,000 pieces spread over 53 galleries.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[‘Fresh Ink’ on China, at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/lsquofresh-inkrsquo-on-china-at-museum-of-fine-arts-boston/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/lsquofresh-inkrsquo-on-china-at-museum-of-fine-arts-boston/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:48:01 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<description><![CDATA["Fresh Ink: Ten Takes on Chinese Tradition": responses to works in the Asian art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Art of the Americas Wing at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/art-of-the-americas-wing-at-museum-of-fine-arts-boston/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/art-of-the-americas-wing-at-museum-of-fine-arts-boston/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:48:02 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Five years after breaking ground, the new Art of the Americas Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is opening, and it's a wow.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Boston Museum Casts Wide Net for Growth]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/boston-museum-casts-wide-net-for-growth/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/boston-museum-casts-wide-net-for-growth/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:48:01 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.artette.com/category/News/boston-museum-casts-wide-net-for-growth/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Helped by new donors and those outside New England, the institution's fund-raising has outshone that of much larger cities like Los Angeles and Chicago.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brinckle’s Fantasy Movie House Is Saved]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/brincklersquos-fantasy-movie-house-is-saved/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/brincklersquos-fantasy-movie-house-is-saved/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:48:03 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.artette.com/category/News/brincklersquos-fantasy-movie-house-is-saved/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The photographer Kendall Messick saves a fantasy movie house made from common objects.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Has a New Addition]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/the-museum-of-fine-arts-boston-has-a-new-addition/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/the-museum-of-fine-arts-boston-has-a-new-addition/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:48:01 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will open its new Art of the Americas wing this fall.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Questions Grow About Ansel Adams Discovery]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/questions-grow-about-ansel-adams-discovery/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/questions-grow-about-ansel-adams-discovery/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:48:00 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.artette.com/category/News/questions-grow-about-ansel-adams-discovery/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A dealer with a troubled past and an unknown photographer complicate claims of a found Ansel Adams trove.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When Famous Owners Sell Famous Paintings]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/when-famous-owners-sell-famous-paintings/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/when-famous-owners-sell-famous-paintings/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:48:01 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.artette.com/category/News/when-famous-owners-sell-famous-paintings/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When Famous Owners.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Corrections]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/corrections/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/corrections/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:48:00 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Correction of Jan 15 art column about Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jean Nouvel and Wolfgang Tillmans at Serpentine]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/jean-nouvel-and-wolfgang-tillmans-at-serpentine/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/jean-nouvel-and-wolfgang-tillmans-at-serpentine/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:48:01 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[At the Serpentine Gallery in London, the architect Jean Nouvel is at work outside, and the photographer Wolfgang Tillmans is preparing a show inside.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Melting Pot of the Americas, Illustrated]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/the-melting-pot-of-the-americas-illustrated/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/the-melting-pot-of-the-americas-illustrated/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:48:02 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A new wing, opening this fall at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, will cover the entire Western Hemisphere.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Time-Traveling With the Muses in Boston]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/time-traveling-with-the-muses-in-boston/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/time-traveling-with-the-muses-in-boston/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:48:02 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.artette.com/category/News/time-traveling-with-the-muses-in-boston/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On the Fenway, a habitué's secret map uncovers a universe you can inhabit, just by looking.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Depending on the Culture of Strangers]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/depending-on-the-culture-of-strangers/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/depending-on-the-culture-of-strangers/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:48:01 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.artette.com/category/News/depending-on-the-culture-of-strangers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Packaging art by the decade isn't realistic; art doesn't come in squared-off units.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Michael Mazur, Artist of Realism and Abstraction, Dies at 73]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/michael-mazur-artist-of-realism-and-abstraction-dies-at-73/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/michael-mazur-artist-of-realism-and-abstraction-dies-at-73/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:48:05 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.artette.com/category/News/michael-mazur-artist-of-realism-and-abstraction-dies-at-73/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The work of Mr. Mazur, a relentlessly inventive printmaker, painter and sculptor, encompassed social documentation, narrative and landscape while moving between figuration and abstraction.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is memorizing a form of art?]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/is-memorizing-a-form-of-art/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/is-memorizing-a-form-of-art/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:48:04 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[TeaserDoes writing the theory of relativity from memory make one a math genius?Let us distinguish between outstanding memory capabilities and phenomenon of art, as we do between crafting the rook and playing chess......"Stephen Wiltshire, ma main man"Do the innate absolute criteria of fine art judge Stephen Wiltshire's art, or is it only the jealousy of one private subjective ego?Stephen Wiltshire became famous after appearing in some TV show where he presented his remarkable photographic memory abilities. First, I would like to honestly state, that I am truly empathic and happy for his success and have nothing in person against him. He really seems like a cute guy. What I am more concerned about is the definition of art in regards to Stepen Wiltshire's abilities. I'll break this down to art's three basic components, as I perceive them.  The three aspects of fine artFormationStephen Wiltshire's art scales from basic sketching lessons to advanced architectural drawings at the most. Som<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HOW TO COLLECT ART-THE MOST EXPENSIVE LIVING ARTIST !!!]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/how-to-collect-art-the-most-expensive-living-artist-/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/how-to-collect-art-the-most-expensive-living-artist-/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:48:06 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.artette.com/category/News/how-to-collect-art-the-most-expensive-living-artist-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[* INSTINCT AND INTUITION *CONVICTION *PASSION * HAVE AN (ACQUIRING MIND) * PRACTICE AND CULTIVATE PATIENCE * OBSERVE * USE YOUR IMAGINATIONA big part of the pleasure in collecting art has been the educational process and the gradual development of greater self confidence. Lucian Freud is a British Painter type: Contemporary Art, is said to be the "most expensive living artist at auction of the 21st Century "...,with a "Big Sue"painting.The painting called: " Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" sold for $ 33.6 million or £17.2 million at Christies in May 2009.The Sitter is (Sue Tilley ) and she sat for Freud over a four year period.The London based Russian oil billionaire Roman Abramovich is said the buyer of Lucian Freud's Big Sue and Francis Bacon's triptych which sold for $ 86.3 Million or £43 million. Trust your instinct especially if you want to collect art meaningfully. Meet someone who will take the time to educate you more to have confidence in your tastes and if you are a couple,you<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/speaking-engagement/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/speaking-engagement/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:48:05 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[So, I just got another speaking engagement for art's sake.  It's pro bono and should be fun.  I'll be keynote speaker at the National Association of Independent Artists' (naia-artists.org) annual conference at the end of September.  This will mark the second time I've spoken at this conference.  Cool. This year, it's set for Peoria, Illinois, not the art capital of the world, but here's the thing.  It's not that far away.  I can drive there within a day, stay in a nice hotel overnight and maybe even see some art in a city I've never visited.  What can be better?  It'll kick off Peoria Fine Art Fair weekend which I won't be able to attend.  Work beckons.As I've gotten older, I've learned to drop my preconceived notions about people and places.  It's the only way to travel.  You just have to get up early, pack your bags, do a little Googling, get in your car or hop a plane and GO.  Just GO.  I've never been to Peoria, but soon I will be able to say I have.  The cool thing is ... if you'<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Success and the Unconnected Artist]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:48:04 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[For those of us who live immersed in the digital world, which certainly includes you as an Absolute Arts blog reader, it is most likely nearly incomprehensible how a modern day artist, or businessperson of any sort, could not be partially, if not fully, connected in the social marketing world. Truly, these days most would think how can anyone serious about getting ahead not be wholly represented on ?The Social Marketing Grid? with a Facebook page, Twitter and Linkedin accounts et cetera?The reality is there are plenty of people with serious careers and serious career ambitions who have not and are not interested in joining the minions on the great social networking experiment that consumes so many others. Is it really possible to be successful or to grow a meaningful career without issuing a single tweet? The simple answer as always remains yes.  Here?s a last century example that remains germane to the argument today. For many years, I sold advertising and show space for Decor magazi<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Ruling Class]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:48:05 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Back in April 2009 a reader of my Blogs for AbsoluteArts posted the following comment:?On the www.albertosughi.com website there is a very powerful painting called "Ruling class". Would love to participate in a discussion on that piece.?  Since then I committed myself to holding such a discussion and today I will try to maintain that promise. Possibly in order to understand The Ruling Class (?La Classe Dirigente, Oil on Canvas, 165x140cm, 1965) we need to place and read it in the context of another group of works also painted between 1964 and 1965. So let?s start by examining the Historic Moment (L?Ora Storica), a work I painted at the end of 1964 and that clearly is a prelude to The Ruling Class itself. This is a triptych, 165 by 420 centimetres, one of the paintings that most reflect if not the world of Bacon, at least Bacon?s style, clawing at the canvas, his very open way of painting first on unprepared canvas, with a great sweep of background colouring, that had a strong influenc<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clearly Canadian: Phil & Kat Taylor]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:48:04 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Phil and Kat Taylor are husband and wife art collectors.  They live just outside Toronto, Canada which is a cool art city.  One day, out of the blue, Phil emailed me and we started chatting about our common interest.  I thought that he would make a great interview subject.  He has a forthright, down to earth, yet very polite air about him.  To me, this makes him "Clearly Canadian."  Read on and you'll see. MICHAEL: Hi Phil.  Thanks for talking with me.  You and your wife Kat (Katherine) are collectors.  What got you into collecting?  How did you begin?PHIL: Well, my parents were both professional actors in Canada, so I grew up in an arts saturated environment - literature, music, acting, and of course visual arts. My early passion was photography since I could not draw very well, but I was always drawn to the fine arts of painting and sculpting. As a young adult I started to buy prints of popular master works though I always kept an eye on the contemporary scene as well. But it took m<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Packing Up & Starting Over]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/packing-up--starting-over/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:48:07 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Four years have gone by and it?s getting harder to keep time from slipping by. Is it age-related or just the fact that I?ve been keeping busy? I really don?t give it much thought, it?s just a fact I?m confronted with now that I?ve packed up my studio and shipped my things off to a new destination where I?ll start all over again.In the past year, though, keeping busy had something to do with it. One of the reasons I decided to stop posting on aa was because there was too much I needed to tend to, and the lure of the ethereal world was sneakily keeping me away from the real one. But I also felt that a break from blogging and commenting might actually be a good healthy thing. Too many things kept popping up on my screen asking me to join and I needed to distance myself from my computer ?routine? to be able to focus on the concrete things I wanted to achieve at the studio. What?s the point of being on 8 different sites if you can?t get anything worthwhile completed in the real world to ta<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[To Walk Where Rembrandt Walked]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:48:04 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[As photographer of details of architecture, I am conditioned to observe my surroundings carefully.  I notice buildings, but I hone in on the line of a corner; the angle of a gable; a fashioned decorative vine on a wrought iron gate and the stone carvings on a faÃ§ade.  Fine tuning a bit more, I visually thrive on the textures used for building: grainy granite, polished marble, satiny wood, rough brick, smooth cold iron.  These elements create an environment that promotes creativity for me.  And above all the light that permeates the scene sets the tone of my photography.   Rembrandt 's art and the light of his world are the reasons that I recently went to Amsterdam.  To know and to understand an  artist 's work on an intimate level, it is essential to see the light with which the artist worked.  I believe that the light of Amsterdam defined  Rembrandt 's paintings, drawings, etchings.  The way that the master saw his subjects, gave him the framework for the art he created.  Amazingly,<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[(LOUISVILLE) - It?s really a no brainer.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:48:04 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.artette.com/category/News/louisville---it%3Fs-really-a-no-brainer-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Combine air, space, track lighting, concrete, glass, metal, a cool king-size bed to rest your sleepy head and you?re totally there.You?ve got what may or may not be your typical hip hotel.  However, as I write these oh so urbane words, I?m not in your run of the mill sleek abode.  I?m taking up pricy space in this totally hip place.21C.My trip here actually began a couple of years ago when I first heard about it.  ?When I finally decide to visit Louisville for another art trip, I going to stay there,? I thought to myself.But of course, time and expenses or lack thereof intervened and my arrival was much delayed ? but here I am slumping over the keyboard in a thick groove as Marvin Gaye croons, ?What?s Goin? On? through the speakers piped in overhead.  I?m sitting in what can only be described as an art gallery because that?s exactly what it is ? an art gallery.  I?m on the basement floor below and adjacent to the main lobby of the 21C Museum Hotel.  Within my line of sight are lookers<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Last post from the UAE ?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:48:04 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[This will be my last post from the UAE. In fact by the time you read this I will already be on my way back to gorgeous grey clouds of the average UK summertime. The last two years of living first in Dubai and then in Sharjah, have been a decidedly mixed experience but I have learned a lot and really enjoyed the exposure to the diverse international art I have seen here. What is perhaps most bizarre is that it took me several months to find an actual Emirati artist but now they seem to be everywhere. It has been very interesting to see how phenomenally the cultural sector has grown just in the last two years and how arts development can become a kind of nationalism in the absence of any other type of overt political statement! I actually arrived in Dubai in May 2007 in the final week of the 8th Sharjah Biennale so I didn?t get to see very much of it. However, 2007 seems to have been the key year. Dubai held its first international Art Fair and fringe in March and not to be outdone, Abu<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is art?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:48:14 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Is art exactly this or something else?Is it revealed or created?Is it contained or merely channeled?Is art natural like the sweat dripping down my back on a hot day?Is art artificial like a phoney smile from a hypocrit person?Is art deliberately superficial like arching an arrow to a distant target?Is it casual yet intentful as the autumn fall?Is it innocent yet provoking like a nude baby?Is it bright yet temporary like falling inlove?Is it straight-forward emotional yet deceiving as a Heroin addict?  Art is an occupation rather than a vocation;It is a means rather than an aim;Is is the scenery rather than the path;It is a tool rather than a Force?Spontaneous yet controlled;Truthful yet compassionate;Deep yet immediate;Aware art is the face of man;Spiritually aware Art is the face of God.Art is nothing without us.   Created by findigart On 06/15/09 At 11:10 AM<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Great view, great energy savings Sliding glass windows a plus for environmentally conscious modular home]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:48:14 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[It began with a story in Sunset Magazine on a new style of modular home that is compact, energy efficient and eco-friendly.The story on homes built by Michelle Kaufmann Designs caught the eye of woman I know who lives with her husband in a suburban community in the San Francisco Bay area.  For years they have enjoyed spending weekends on the coast of west Sonoma County, an area of sprawling ranches, picturesque towns, and gorgeous beaches on the Pacific coast.The couple had thought about building a small home there as a retreat from their more urban home in the East Bay. My friend saw it both as an investment and a way to take advantage of the great view.Early this spring, my wife and I spent a day visiting my friend, who asked not to be named to protect her family's privacy. Early on our only morning there, we awoke to see the fog curling through the valley below us, filling the gaps in the green hills.Personal values and the ability to get approval from local planning officials both<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brad Everett Kirkman: The Messenger]]></title>
<link>http://www.artette.com/category/News/brad-everett-kirkman-the-messenger/</link>
<comments>http://www.artette.com/category/News/brad-everett-kirkman-the-messenger/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:48:04 MDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aaronpike</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Kentucky born and bred artist Brad Everett Kirkman is what some people might call an "outsider artist." He isn't trained, but some might say he's anointed. Looking at his work, you can clearly see that he's not only driven by art, but also a message. He works full-time for a precision manufacturing company, but art is his true calling and message.  Incidentally, we had this chat long ago and begin by talking about his old website which has since changed to www.brevki.com and www.BradEverettKirkman.blogspot.com However, his message remains the same. MICHAEL: Hey Brad.  First of all, your website is called, mainrinse.com. Why do you have a website and where did the name come from? BRAD: I felt I needed a space of my own that I could have complete control.  No ads to distract and no restrictions etc. Main Rinse is an anagram of "I'm a sinner." I named it this so I would always be reminded that I am no better than anybody else on this planet. I will always be in need of a Savior that can <br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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