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NC junior cadet brightens school walls with art

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:51:08 -0400

PINETOPS, North Carolina - Two years ago, students likely would not have paused to look at the nondescript yellowing walls of the hallway at SouthWest Edgecombe High School leading to the Air Force JROTC classroom. These days, people often stop and admire the vibrant colors on the walls refreshed by JROTC Cadet Chris Varnell.

Bea Arthur topless painting fetches $1.9M in NYC

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:01:05 -0400

NEW YORK - A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction.

Basquiat painting fetches record $48.8M in NY

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:40:12 -0400

NEW YORK - A Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL' BAH'-skee-aht) painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York.

Vatican re-enters art world with Venice Biennale

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:19:35 -0400

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals.

Romanian artist takes his art on the street

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:34:04 -0400

BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian artist Vasile Muresan, known as Murivale, thinks art belongs on the street. The white-bearded painter can often be seen sitting on the colorful canvases that he displays in the street, while he is followed by the street dogs who are his companions and also inspire his work.

Vatican re-enters art world with Venice Biennale

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:39:46 -0400

Rare Sargent painting coming to NYC auction

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:42:05 -0400

NEW YORK - A rare painting by American artist John Singer Sargent is coming to a New York City auction.

Conn. man thought linked to heist gets 2½ years

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:52:32 -0400

HARTFORD, Connecticut - A reputed Connecticut mobster was sentenced Thursday to 2½ years in prison in a weapons and prescription drugs case that revealed federal authorities' belief that he knows something about the largest art heist in U.S. history.

Forgotten painting brings $750K to Pa. school

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:44:11 -0400

PITTSBURGH - A painting that the art world considered lost for 80 years has brought $750,000 to the cash-strapped Pittsburgh Public Schools district.

FDR grandson drilling for oil in West Texas

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:06:14 -0400

DALLAS - The Permian Basin in West Texas is dotted with famous oil fields with names like Slaughter-Levelland, Seminole and Vacuum, where oilmen have made their fortunes for decades.

Pa. man accused in art thefts at NYC-area estate

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:31:18 -0400

MINEOLA, New York - A Pennsylvania man was being held on $1 million bond following his arrest in the theft of six artworks, including an etching by Pablo Picasso from a suburban New York City estate, prosecutors announced Monday.

Italy's ex-premier Giulio Andreotti dies at 94

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:42:06 -0400

ROME - Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad.

AP PHOTOS: Buenos Aires a street art Mecca

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:57:18 -0400

BUENOS AIRES. Argentina - In most major cities, street artists create their works under cover of darkness, spray-painting their graffiti quickly to elude arrest. Not so in Buenos Aires, where painters have found a surplus of empty walls to splash their colors on, building owners who readily consent to having their walls painted, and a local government that has subsidized some of the urban murals.

Van Gogh Museum reopens with display on his craft

Wed, 01 May 2013 11:29:50 -0400

AMSTERDAM - The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has reopened after a seven-month renovation, kicking off with "Van Gogh At Work," an exhibition that shows the famously tortured artist's working methods right down to his paints, brushes and other tools.

Lawmakers advance bill to halt oil fracking

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:56:53 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - Critics of hydraulic fracturing urged lawmakers Monday to impose a moratorium on the controversial drilling technique, saying there is too much uncertainty about its health and environmental effects.

Correction: Travel-Trip-New Mexico story

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:32:34 -0400

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - In a travel story April 26 about New Mexico, The Associated Press provided the wrong website for Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs. The correct website is http://www.ojospa.com .

NYC exhibition depicts ancient Buddhist caves

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:51:08 -0400

NEW YORK - The China Institute Gallery has been transformed into an ancient cave, taking visitors back more than a millennium to a dazzling world where Buddhist worshippers adorned the walls with colorful frescoes, silk prayer banners and lavishly painted life-size clay sculptures.

Ind. woman finds success in Chinese art exhibit

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:08:59 -0400

LOGANSPORT, Indiana - A 1969 Logansport High School graduate has recently returned to her Blackford County home as the first non-Chinese artist to exhibit work in the prominent LiRen Gallery in Anshan, China.

NYC exhibition depicts ancient Buddhist caves

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:46:09 -0400

It's Plantsville to Paris for artist Deckert

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:08:13 -0400

SOUTHINGTON, Connecticut - Dozens of vibrant and mysterious paintings hang on walls, some stacked in piles on tables, desks and on the floor, and others leaning against walls. Almost every area of Clinton Deckert's home is filled with his artwork.

NY's Met acquires 17th c. work at Paris auction

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:01:06 -0400

NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired a French Old Master painting by Charles Le Brun at auction.