Art on Townhall

• NY art dealer tied to forgeries charged with tax fraud Tue May 21
  Reuters News
• Turks see art as good investment but also path to prestige Wed May 15
  Reuters News
• Big numbers for Impressionist art as New York auctions kick off Wed May 8
  Reuters News
• The Art of the Impossible Tue Apr 30
  Thomas Sowell
  Someone called politics "the art of the possible." But, in the era of the modern welfare state, politics is largely the art of the impossible. ... more
• In New Mexico desert, drone pilots learn the new art of war Tue Apr 23
  Reuters News
• Top NY art dealer, suspected Russian mob boss indicted on gambling charges Tue Apr 16
  Reuters News
• Top NY art dealer, suspected Russian mob boss indicted on gambling charges Tue Apr 16
  Reuters News
• Arias sells art for money, profits from notoriety Thu Apr 11
  AP News
• 'The Jew in the Box' Fri Apr 5
  Suzanne Fields
  "Art" can smooth the rough edges of life, nurturing beauty and imagination, and showing a different and provocative way of looking at the world, but artists -- and museums and galleries that show their work -- are sometimes surprised by the hostile reception their works provoke. ... more
• Billiards and the Art of Persuasion Thu Mar 28
  Krista Kafer
  The art of persuasion is a bit like billiards; finesse beats force. It’s easy to imagine the opposite is true. I’ll admit I’ve daydreamed about delivering a hard-hitting speech packed with statistics and elegant phases to family members or friends who immediately cast aside their long held beliefs convinced that my position is the one right path. ... more
• The art of the nap: Tilda Swinton at MoMA Mon Mar 25
  AP News
• Tilda Swinton performs art of sleeping in NYC Sun Mar 24
  AP News
• Experts: Chances of recovering Boston art good Tue Mar 19
  AP News
• FBI focusing on recovery in '90 Mass. art heist Mon Mar 18
  AP News
• FBI turns up heat in investigation of 1990 Boston art heist Mon Mar 18
  Reuters News
• Germany detains man trying to sell back stolen art Thu Mar 14
  Reuters News
• Dutch police arrest Romanian woman in connection with art heist Mon Mar 4
  Reuters News
• The Best of the Delta Sat Feb 16
  Paul Greenberg
  Something is terribly wrong. Used to be, I could safely attend the annual Delta show at the Arkansas Arts Center here in Little Rock with serene confidence that I would never agree with the judge's picks. ... more
• Symbol of French Republic defaced in art attack Fri Feb 8
  Reuters News
• Kraftwerk mixes art with music in sell-out shows Thu Feb 7
  Reuters News
• Spain's Prado Museum gets biggest art donation in decades Tue Jan 29
  Reuters News
• UK show puts Schwitters "rubbish" art back in frame Tue Jan 29
  Reuters News
• Romania says more suspects involved in Dutch art heist Wed Jan 23
  Reuters News
• Faking It in Art and Politics Fri Dec 28
  Suzanne Fields
  Here's a resolution for one and all as we slide down the fiscal cliff (or not): Beware of fakery in popular places. Fakery, particularly in the culture both high and low, bubbles up from the media, affecting the way we see everything -- even, for example, politics. ... more
• Illumination From Medieval Manuscripts Fri Dec 21
  Suzanne Fields
  It hasn't been an easy time -- year, decade, early century -- for organized religion. Books by atheists proliferate, some meaner than others. Fewer men and women attend church or synagogue services. The season highlights Christmas and in recent years Hanukkah, but the cultural emphasis is more materialistic than meditative. ... more

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