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Out of sight, but not forgotten After months of negotiations, the state of Utah and New York-based art foundation Dia struck an deal to protect and preserve the now-submerged Spiral Jetty and allow Dia to continue as the leaseholder on the state land under it. The best part is that Dia formed a collaborative oversight [...]

Delaware College of Art and Design President Stuart Baron stands in front of the former Brandywine Suites Hotel, which will be turned into student housing in a plan announced Friday. / THE NEWS JOURNAL/WILLIAM BRETZGER

A Union City high school teacher has been arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student, the latest Bay Area educator to face sexual misconduct allegations. Peter Kolesnikov, a 38-year-old art teacher at James Logan High School, had a relationship with the student from March to November, said Union City police [...]

On the campaign, we used to call Charlie Doc, because his last name was King and because this was the nickname that Dr. Martin Luther Kings close associates, such as Andrew Young and Ralph Abernathy, bestowed on their boss. Our choice of that moniker was also indicative of the relaxed soulfulness which Charlie King shared [...]

ARTS amp; ENTERTAINMENT JANUARY 13, 2012 Arts New Pecking Order Picasso and Warhol are being outsold by Chinese painters as a new wave of wealthy buyers reshapes the global market. Inside Chinas high-rolling art world.

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Artist Suzanne Lacy rolls red paint over tape on a large map outside of Los Angeles Police headquarters, boldly marking another rape in the city. CBS2s Stephanie Abrams interviewed the artist and a woman deeply affected by the arts message. The map is a temporary art installation titled Three Weeks in [...]

When we look at history, this first thing we notice is the art work they left behind. We learn so much about the past from the art these people left behind, of war , everyday life, culture, politics, buildings, natural disaster, plagues, thoughts they had and so muchmore.#160; It teaches us so much and is [...]

Clip Reprints Print November 4, 2011 7:35 pm The art market: gloom and boom By Georgina Adam

UPPER EAST SIDE — The Guggenheim has once again up-ended things in its iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building. Instead of installing art along the buildings walls or up its ramp, some 130 works by controversial contemporary Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan are suspended in a giant whirl by cables from the ceilings oculus. It took years [...]

COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – After writing her undergraduate thesis on Vincent van Gogh’s sunflowers, USC art history instructor Elizabeth Petit never really expected to work on another project involving the 19th century Dutch painter. For her master’s degree, she chose Greco-Roman art history as her specialty. “Van Gogh’s art has [...]