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The peculiar delights of mannerist art (Guardian Unlimited)

For some it's an ugly, unspiritual perversion of Renaissance art. But mannerism's eccentric poetry has a rightful place in history

Portrait of an artist (People's Daily)

&$ &$Based in Paris, Chu Teh-Chun's works are seen as poetic abstraction. [Photo: China Daily]&$ &$ An unusual opening was held at National Art Museum of China in Beijing for a master painter, in celebration of his 90th birthday this year. Though his family and friends, joined by throngs of people from the art community, attended the event, Chu Teh-Chun was absent. The Chinese-born abstract ...

Artist finds benefits of creativity are multidimensional (Capistrano Valley News)

Shelley Rapp Evans is an artist who got hit by the creative bug as a kid when she was asked to do a project with milk cartons. Since then, she hasn't looked back and continues to be a creative force in the art world with 3-D inspirations.Here's a...

Regional News (Bluffton Today)

Sculptures by Kishel are an “alloy of nature and technology, of metal in a plastic world,” according to a press release. “On display will be sculptures for the home and garden of all sizes; small tabletop, wall, ceiling, patio and garden. His unique style runs from nonrepresentational to figurative, minimalist, naturalistic and green.

Tribute to First Lady of Sculpture (The Herald)

IT was a great loss to the Zimbabwean art community and its international counterparts to learn of the passing on of Colleen Madamombe in February 2009.

Martin Puryear's Prints Are Mysterious, Compelling (Cincinnati CityBeat)

If I were to pick the three best contemporary sculptors working on public art today, they'd be Richard Serra, Mark di Suvero and Martin Puryear. Serra unashamedly trumpets the strength inherent in large steel pieces, but Puryear does something different and especially liberating. A current show of his prints at Cincinnati Art Museum, on display now through June 13, offers insight into his ...

Street Art That’s Finding a New Address (New York Times)

Pop Pluralism is the skateboarding, graffiti-tagging, sometimes bratty and rebellious younger sibling of the art shown in most Chelsea galleries.

Calendar | Visual arts, March 11-17 (The Kansas City Star)

DOWNTOWN EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MERCHANTS: 2nd Fridays Art Crawl. Appetizers, live music, wine tastings and more. 5 p.m. March 12. (816-630-5060) SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART: Poet Laureati: A Reading. 4 p.m. March 14. University of Kansas, Lawrence. www.lawrenceartscenter.org (785-843-2787)

Institute comes to Capitol Heights to teach youth history of genre (Gazette.net)

After asking the crowd of William W. Hall Academy students who they thought started hip-hop, Stan Robinson of the Hip Hop Institute of Baltimore received a flurry of answers that came close but missed the mark.

Zimbabwe : Tribute to First Lady of Sculpture (AllAfrica.com)

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