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Final portion of Elizabeth Taylor Collection to go on sale

The leading highlight of the sales is Le livre, an important Cubist still life painted by Juan Gris between 1914 and 1915.

Oscar nod 'surreal' for Gatineau filmmaker Falardeau

Gatineau filmmaker Philippe Falardeau 's 2011 film talks about the long journey that brought his heart-warming film into the Oscar race.

'Visions of the Apocalypse': S. Florida artist paints all 404 verses of Revelation

Peter Olsen's life changed in 1974 with a book. He read a striking, surreal description of a muscular angel in the Book of Revelation -- robed with the sun, standing on land and sea, haloed with a rainbow, shouting a divine message. He got a vivid mental picture of the being and had to paint it.

South Florida artist paints all 404 verses of Revelation

Peter Olsen recently finished pictures of all 404 verses in the book illustrating Earth's last days -- just in time for those who think the Maya calendar predicts the world's end this year (though he says he didn't plan it that way).

Biblical reading, picture by picture

Peter Olsen's life changed in 1974 with a book. He read a striking, surreal description of a muscular angel in the Book of Revelation — robed with the sun, standing on land and sea, haloed with a rainbow, shouting a divine message. He got a vivid mental picture of the being and had to paint it.

Mint Museum gets surreal on screen

The Mint Museum of Art will host a "Surrealist Sundays" film series at its uptown location at 500 S. Tryon St. Films begin at 2 p.m. and are free with museum admission; lectures or workshops follow.

Top auction houses to put art market rally to test

LONDON (Reuters) - Auction houses pinching themselves after bumper 2011 sales are now turning their attention to 2012, amid cautious optimism that the two-year bull run for top works of art will continue. Sotheby's and Christie's, the world's leading auctioneers, hold a series of big sales in London over the next two weeks at which the old rivals expect to raise more than 500 million pounds ...

Fort Lauderdale artist paints ‘Visions of the Apocalypse’

A Fort Lauderdale artist has produced more than a thousand paintings and collages about the joys, hopes and horrors of the apocalypse.

Goings on About Town: Art

PageBreak -- MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)—“The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini.” Through March 18. | “Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904-1965).” Through April 15. | “Photographic Treasures from the Collection . . .

Art review: Jonas Lipps at Thomas Solomon

An art review of Jonas Lipps’ watercolors at Thomas Solomon Gallery. Reviewed by Sharon Mizota for the Los Angeles Times.

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