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Sculptures Stolen for the Copper     This story doesn’t exactly belong to the category of “art found at the wrong place”, but should serve as an awareness piece: if you see something dismantled – pay attention. Sometimes people throw things away without realizing their artistic value, sometimes – they know the value, but sell [...]

While we are on the subject of lists and the things accomplished, here is what art world has to say:   “Sotheby’s, the world’s second-largest auction house, sold about 46 percent more art this year…Sotheby’s art auctions in 2007 totaled $5.33 billion, up from $3.66 billion a year earlier…Contemporary art sales in New York in [...]

Russia’s after-perestroika life with its adjustments to the capitalism, world market, freedom of speech and expression, mushrooming list of billionaires and oligarchs, attracts the attention once again.   Russia’s artists’ group “Blue Noses” presents a controversial work of art, which has world talking. The Web page of the “Blue noses” art group features a picture [...]

On November 21, I wrote about the painting found in a pile of trash. Today, I’d like to add a bit more on that subject. In the end of December of 2000, the world of San Francisco’s artist, Vladimir Vitkovsky, was jolted and nearly shattered by the news that one of his paintings was anonymously [...]

This kind of stories just keep coming up. A couple of months ago the story surfaced about a woman, who (4 years ago) went for a coffee. She happenned to walk by a dumpster, and, instead of distancing herself from such an unpleasant place, she actually looked at it. And, guess what? There, amidst the [...]

There are a few artists who never fail to attract attention. With all the talk about failing mortgage industry and economy in general, works of these artists keep getting top bids. Click the links below to see what’s happening at the world of art.   Jeff Koons: $23.6 mil for “Hanging Heart”  www.cbsnews.com   Damien Hearst, branded [...]

If you’ve decided on getting a piece of an art as a gift, consider the following: Is a recipient a minimalist with bare walls and just enough things to get by comfortably, clean and organized and probably already have everything, he/she needs? Then, don’t clutter their life unnecessarily. First of all, think of the hobbies [...]