art

I was under the impression that only human beings had the capacity to conceptualise abstract ideas - a prerequisite for the creation of true "art". Apparently not...

http://www.wiolawapress.com/ Hmmmmmm....

I always suspected modern art was up it's own backside and that the critics hadn't got a clue. Now I'm sure: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/5081744.stm

What about games in general?

This has been brewing for some time: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/04/arts/04muse.html In essence, the Met bought a Krater (a vessel for mixing wine and water) that is probably the finast of it's type. The Italians suspected that it was stolen from a site in Italy and now, the Met has agreed...

Akiane She's immensely skilled and talented for one so young. But I feel sorry for her - her family sound like the worst sort of New Agers (she's an Indigo Child!) And her pictures, although very well executed and composed, are nearly all the same sort of gluitinously 'spiritual' fantasy...

What is your definition?

Outstanding show. I recommend anyone interested in this issue to watch the program. I don't know when it will be televised again but it is for sale. The Dark Art of Interrogation DVD Some points (as I remember them) from the movie: Contrary to claims made torture and murder occurred at the...

Thousands of Thai Baht, that is; that's how much Mrs. Phildonnia valued a "still-life with flowers" painted before our eyes by a pachyderm with some encouragement and paint-selection from his trainer. This was during my recent trip to Thailand. The elephant training center produces many...

I'd like some of you to tell me why the art of puppetry (the sophisticated, adult kind) fascinates me so much. ---SherryA.

During TAM3, I was fortunate enough to lure MoeFaux to the Monet exhibition at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. We came across one painting, where we profoundly disagreed on the sentiment of the painting. http://www.jimloy.com/arts/monet06.jpg Moe said that this gave her the impression of a joyous...

Chapter 12 Thought Reading The Art Possible to All It is really curious and astonishing to observe the readiness some persons display in ridiculing anything and everything they fail to understand. Thought reading is one of these, and people who fail to understand it simply put it down as...

A four-year-old girl is wowing the New York art world with paintings that are drawing comparisons with Jackson Pollock and Wassily Kandinsky. Marla Olmstead, from Binghampton, in New York state, has been painting since just before she was two years old. Using brushes, spatulas, her fingers and...