A long-lost art collection owned by Nazi German autocrat Adolf Hitler has been discovered by Czech historian and writer Jiri Kuchar.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has banned Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen from attending the 2012 Oscars ceremony in fear he will show up dressed as the character from his upcoming film, The Dictator.
On the renovated 13th floor of an imposing government building sits Clocktower Gallery, wedged on Leonard street somewhere between Tribeca, City Hall and Chinatown; on Tuesday, Feb. 21 Taraka Larson presented a lecture on the formation of Now Age aesthetics and their implications for Ghost Modernism-an examination of the Symbol's loss of power and it's occult move to kitsch, all within an architecture of Utopia.
On the heels of sulking in shame at the water cooler for epically losing that Super Bowl office pool you were forced to engage in, why not try your luck at an Oscar pool for the 84th Academy Awards? Here is a guide for setting up the betting pool, tips for how to win and a guide for selecting the best of the nominations on the 2012 Oscars ballot.
Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” one of the most recognizable paintings in the world, will be sold by Sotheby’s in New York on May 2. The version of “The Scream” being auctioned off is the only one privately owned. The primary version of the painting is in the National Gallery of Norway.
Shadow Days is the first track off Born and Raised, Mayer's fifth studio album.
The 5-step instructional video includes sticking to thin and simple smiles.
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Love is in the air for music's newest couple.
Houston portrays the mother to Jordin Sparks' character in Sparkle, a remake.
Glee pays tribute to the late singer with one of the biggest hits of her career.
From Ben and Jen, to SJP and Matthew Broderick, some couples have stuck together despite
Bruce Springsteen has released a new song and music video for We Take Care of Our Own, a debut track from his new album, Wrecking Ball. The video features Springsteen singing in black and white amongst images of sullen, downtrodden Americans. In anticipation for the release of Wrecking Ball, Springsteen will also be appeared at the 54th Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12. Springsteen and the E Street Band also have an extensive Wrecking Ball World Tour planned for 2...
Samuel Aranda took top honors in the 2012 World Press Photo contest with a photo of a veiled woman holding her wounded relative during the 2011 protests in Yemen.
The world has come together to oppose the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, sparking artists' creativity. These posters are some of the best anti-ACTA art that can be found on the Web.
A new trailer for the highly anticipated film, The Hunger Games, was released Thursday. The Hunger Games, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, will hit theaters on Mar. 23, 2012. Watch the video of the new trailer here.
A copy of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa painting thought to be the earliest replica of the sixteenth century masterpiece has been unraveled at Madrid's El Prado Museum.
Leonardo da Vinci's ink drawing of 'Vitruvian Man' that is famed for its symbolic connection of man and universe, could have been copied from an earlier drawing by Da Vinci's associate Giacomo Andrea da Ferrara, according to an Italian architectural historian.
Starting Jan. 30, Janeane Garofalo will be gracing the stage of The New Group production of Russian Transport. Although Garofalo has extensive experience in stand-up comedy, television and film, Russian Transport is the 47-year-old actress' first role in an off-Broadway production.
The Art Institute of Chicago has received a grant of $500,000 from the Government of India as part of a new professional exchange program between the museum and the country.
The classic novel has been typed on four rolls of toilet paper.
Two thieves broke through a skylight and stole two artworks from a Washington gallery, sometime early on Saturday or late on Friday, after the closure of the Matter Gallery in Olympia.
Boston-based Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has officially launched a new wing to the original building designed by award winning architect Renzo Piano. The current addition is to preserve the historic building and also to kick-start a whole new season of events and exhibitions.
German film-maker Fritz Lang hardly had any clue that his 1927 science-fiction movie Metropolis will be the inspiration for someone after decades to build a racetrack sculpture and name it Metropolis II.
Changes are coming for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the hopes of becoming a serious contender in the arena of contemporary art, the museum is bringing prominent London curator Sheena Wagstaff on board to head the museum's Modern and Contemporary Art Department.
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso’s painting and a sketch by Dutch painter Piet Mondrian were among the three valuable artworks stolen by thieves from Athen's National Art Gallery on Monday.
36-year old Carmen Tisch was charged on Wednesday after she was arrested for punching, scratching, and rubbing her butt on the $30 million “1957-J no.2” abstract painting
Two art experts on advisory committee for the Louvre in Paris have submitted their resignations because of a dispute over the method employed to restore a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece.
Pop artist and Brooklyn native James Rizzi died Monday in his SoHo, New York art studio from a heart condition at the age of 61, according to a statement written by manager Alexander Lieventhal, an executive at Art 28 GmbH & Co. in Stuttgart, Germany, which manages and sells Rizzi's work.
Abstract expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler died in her home on Wednesday after a long illness. The famous painter behind 'Mountains and Sea' was 83.
