"Tramp art has a quirky and eccentric quality to it, a strangeness of form, " says Gerard C.
Whether or not art has a duty to be historically accurate is an old and insoluble question.
Bad art has a way of becoming confused with ingenuity, mostly by those who stand to profit from the confusion.
At a time when much contemporary art has a taste of cardboard about it, it is encouraging to see a true original.
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Islamic art has a rich and ancient history but none of it in the small fishing towns or nomadic encampments that the emirates were until 50 years ago.
These and other convincing results make a case that art has a quite tangible health value, even apart from the qualities we admire and value for more obvious reasons.
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"Art has a special role in society, " he said.
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Art has a lot to learn from forgery.
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And a second line of reasoning leads to the idea that art has quite a specific function that of showing off to the opposite sex.
In Washington, a group of pro-Israel activists operating as the Committee Opposed to Propaganda Masquerading as Art has begun a campaign to end Federation funding for anti-Israel activities.
To be blunt, Portland's art scene has a lot of no-no on its lips but yes-yes in its eyes.
The art marketplace has a vested interest in overturning Hughes's low opinion of Andy Warhol, Richard Prince, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst.
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One disappointment, however, is that the show will not go on to London, where a lack of a suitably big art space has been a factor.
As a business owner, art collector and someone who has a passion for bedazzling, unique, art-centric interiors, I was utterly disappointed when I started buying art 11 years ago.
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Architect and academic Fritz Haeg, whose work has been exhibited at Tate Modern in London and the Whitney Museum of American Art, has written a book, "Edible Landscapes", in which he calls for our lawns to be replaced by beautiful spreads of fruit and vegetables.
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The home also has a hidden art vault, a projection 3-D movie theater and a wine cellar accessed with fingerprint identification.
And Gabriel Weisberg, a University of Minneapolis art professor, has had a major hand in preparing the catalogue.
This is the second time in a decade that the Chinese art market has slowed after a spurt of growth, Hu noted.
The horse I'm riding (Martial Art) has got a chance so I'm just hoping.
His now infamous declaration that video games could never be art has always been a sticking point.
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Comic book art has had only a few notable forgeries ( here, here, and a few here).
"And being able to survive from my art has given me a strong sense of fulfillment and self-worth, " he says.
From the runway to main street, nail art has emerged as a democratic form of self-expression in which anyone can participate.
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But perhaps the world's most successful at this is New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has a chain of 40 shops, from Texas to Tokyo, selling replicas of its exhibits though the Met declines to say how much profit these stores make.
My husband, Clay, has a dual degree in art and English and has loved drawing since he was a child.
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This o ld-school Italian spot on South Olive Street has a sumptuous 1920s Art Deco interior and a menu with items like lobster linguini with tomatoes and bacon-wrapped veal chop.
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Part of that though, is that the city has to have a state-of-the-art arena, a convention center that has at least 500, 000 square feet and 6, 000 hotel rooms in four to five star hotels.
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The gallery is owned by the art collector Charles Saatchi, who has become a champion of modern art in Britain, and the photographs are part of Mr Saatchi's private collection.
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