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Art News Blog is a selection of visual art news, art reviews and art related stories online. We search the web for some of the more interesting art news stories published each day.
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Anthony Lister at Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC

Australian born artist Anthony Lister is showing at the Lyons Wier Gallery in New York City from March 19 through to April 19.A lot of my favorite artists are painters that never really give up using...

18 mar 10 1 person likes this

Art News Blog Plans

I'm really good at making lists. I'm a list person. Without lists I watch too much tv, surf the web, or read too much.I create lists that are too ambitious as I rarely ever complete the jobs on them....

13 mar 10

5000 Nude Australians on the Sydney Opera House

Spencer Tunick has encouraged 5000 Australians to get naked and pose on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.That's not my white bum on the bottom left of the image as I chose not to scare the locals....

02 mar 10

French Artist Bernard Lorjou

I like discovering interesting artists that I have never heard of before. French artist Bernard Lorjou (1908-1986) is one of them. I still don't know much about him but I like his work.Bernard Lorjou...

24 feb 10

Procrastination

"Procrastination refers to the deferment of actions or tasks to a later time. Psychologists often cite such behavior as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting and/or complet...

16 feb 10

Happy Holidays

Happy holidays!Don't eat or drink too much.RelaxDionThe santa painting was stolen here.

25 dec 09

Art Con Changes Tune - Hanks Thomas Scam

The good thing about those pathetic art scammers has been that their story never changes. They're moving from place A to place B, they need some of your wonderful art to hang in their new home, and f...

16 dec 09

Masterpieces from Paris in Canberra

Probably the best exhibition I have seen in Australia (coming from a fan of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cezanne). Masterpieces from Paris has 9 Paul Gauguins, 7 Van Goghs and 8 Cezannes. So it's more t...

12 dec 09

Painting Music - Top 10 Albums

Since discovering the iPod I now rarely listen to whole albums while I paint as I just create play lists to suit my mood. But some albums just play well all the way through so I still use them in the...

28 nov 09

Leith O'Malley Interview

Here's some quotes by fellow Australian artist Leith O'Malley, from an interview here at Art and Art Ed."Remember there are not better artists, just better publicists!"Leith O'Malley"When I am creati...

25 nov 09

Art Calendar Magazine Self-Portrait Contest

The Art Calendar magazine is accepting entries for their self portrait magazine cover competition. I'm not sure if artists outside of the United States can enter, but I entered it anyway. Entries are...

18 nov 09

Ten Excuses for not Posting Lately

People are really good at making excuses and I'm no exception. I try not to accept my excuses though as they're usually pathetic, just like all of your excuses for not getting off your butt and doing...

18 nov 09

Questions and Answers

I was asked a few questions by a student journalist at City University London recently..1) First of all can you tell me a little bit about your work? What themes do you explore in your art and why? W...

31 oct 09

Artnear iPhone Application

I can't honestly say how useful this application is as I don't own an iPhone, but it sounds like a good idea. It's a free application (I believe there is also a pro version for a small fee) available...

27 oct 09

Basquiat - The Lost Prince

Basquiat is my favorite movie about an artist.It's hard to make a good artist look interesting as they're usually just working.

23 oct 09

Why do we Make Art?

I sometimes wonder why? What's the point? Why make art at all?It's usually only after days like today, days that are physically, mentally and emotionally draining.Everything will be alright tomorrow.

23 oct 09

Damien Hirst Shop

I'm susbcribed to a whole bunch of newsletters and am bombarded with all kinds of promotional emails, most of which I never open. But one that I always open is from Other Criteria. It is a collective...

20 oct 09

Art Daily is Now a Teenager

This news is a little late as I have been a very absent blog editor lately, but I keep telling myself that it's better late than never.This month the art news site Art Daily turned 13! In internet ye...

28 sep 09

Luna Roslyn - Queen of Cities EP

Just thought I would share a nice EP called Queen of Cities put out by Luna Roslyn. They're using one of my paintings from Turkey for the cover. Hear the songs on their MySpace page here or support t...

26 sep 09

Gagosian Store

ARTINFO has reported on the new retail outlet of gallery mogul Larry Gagosian.."The sleek, 2,500-square-foot, bi-level space, which opened to the public this past weekend, also inaugurates London imp...

24 sep 09

Australian Art Connoisseur

Here's a distinguished Australian art expert talking about art. Please don't watch this video if the F-word offends.The actor is Heath Franklin (not Eric Bana) and he's playing the role of career cri...

23 sep 09

Meat and Vegetables

I have been grocery shopping and brought home some meat and vegetables.There's the t-bone steak for the carnivores.They say carrots are good for the eyes.Chicken is a popular.Potatoes are boring, I d...

07 sep 09

Home by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Home is worth the long wait if you have a slow internet connection. The makers of the film have more videos on their YouTube page.I stopped reading books and news on the environment a while ago as th...

03 sep 09

ArT nEwS bLoG iS 5 YeArS oLd!

Art News Blog is FIVE years old. That must make me some kind of blogger or arts writer or something. I'm most comfortable with the "something" label though. Someone called me an art critic recently a...

31 aug 09

And, umm.. Lucian Freud Interview

Easily the best living painter in the world.. in my humble opinion.Before seeing or hearing Lucian Freud speak I thought he might be a more forceful person. I figured that the man would have been muc...

22 aug 09

Australian Artist Leith O'Malley's Studio

Here's the art studio of the Australian artist Leith O'Malley. Leith's work was recently showing at the The 4th Wall Gallery in Dallas, Texas.Art in various stages of completion.Artist, palette and p...

20 aug 09

Jeff Carter at Expressmover and Janet Gillian

Just a quick post to try and rank on Google for two active art scammers at the moment. I have been getting emails and new comments on old art scammer posts about "Janet Gillian" and "Jeff Carter" of ...

19 aug 09

Neuroesthetics & Artists as Brain Scientists

This year I finally relented and bought myself an iPod. It's easily the best gadget I have ever bought and I really don't know how I lived without one for 33 years! I love it because I can take my wh...

16 aug 09

Art and Vaginas

I always seem to have a giggle when I look through the keywords used to find Art News Blog. I mentioned vaginas on the pussy casting post a while ago and people came up with these creative vagina sea...

15 aug 09

Bush Football - Dinni Kunoth Kemarre

Mixing sport and art is a lot like mixing oil and water, jews and muslims, christians and atheists, or any other unlikely combination which doesn't mix well. But like any generalization, it is often ...

15 aug 09

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