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American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery on View at Taubman Museum of Art (Art Daily)

H. Call, Prize Bull, 1876. National Gallery of Art. ROANOKE, VA.- The Taubman Museum of Art presents a selection of American naïve paintings from the Colonel Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art as part of its spring exhibition schedule.

Art Critics: Get Real! (The New York Observer)

Last week, the New Museum opened its new show, "Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection," curated by mega-art-star Jeff Koons. This show has prompted a huge amount of controversy and suspicion, from The New York Times to The Village Voice , and all the blogs in between. Some journalists feel safe sounding prudish, cautious and wary of shows that are fraught with art market ...

Marcophiles: Businesses paying for public art? Wrong place, wrong time (Naples Daily News)

MARCO ISLAND —On April 5, Marco Island’s City Council may revisit a proposed ordinance that would require non-residential developers to pay for art visible to the public. Even existing businesses would have to incur the same expense for art if they improve their property by 50 percent or more of assessed value.There will be time another time, if necessary, to argue the big idea of whether ...

Fancy Free: The Birth of an American Classic (Playbill Arts)

Allen Robertson discusses the history of Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein's iconic Fancy Free . The work is one of three works making up Houston Ballet's American at Heart program, running March 11-21.

Away with the fairies (Otago Daily Times)

Dunedin artist Ivan Hill has painted a world a little less grim. He talks to Nigel Benson.

Rebel? Banksy doesn't know the meaning of the word. (The New Statesman)

In "Exit through the Gift Shop", Banksy's own art and motives are left unquestioned.

Phone-sex cleaners slip up with a half Monty script (Brisbane Times)

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New Orleans Great, Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame Member Will Punch It Out Thursday (Bayou Buzz)

And I am not so sure about that Queen of Soul thing, I thought that slot was reserved for the Woman every one knows is the 'Queen of Soul' - Aretha Franklin... Freeway of Love - Pink Cadillac lyrics... Knew you'd be a vision in white - How'd you get those pants so tight?

Fine arts move to the mall (Minnesota Public Radio)

The latest experiment in Minnesota's malls is underway at Ridgedale Center in Minnetonka, where they are creating and displaying art in the shopping complex alongside storefronts and food courts.

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