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You can’t be on ArtBistro for long to notice that ArtBistro members are crazy about quotes. A good quote can be as refreshing as a mint-iced tea. If you are feeling isolated, a good quote can snap you back into the human race like a good blues song. We have gathered some inspirational quotes for artists and designers. Read on to ...

All the entries to ArtBistro Couture Challenge are in! It is time for you to vote for the winner. ArtBistro members have a very high caliber of work. Your fashion design portfolios were inventive, creative and put together with an artistic eye. Congratulations to all members who entered. We have narrowed down the entries to 15 finalists. Who deserves first, ...

Charlene Chua illustrates the cover for Santa Fe Reporter's 'Sweat' issue. The exercise focused special edition features a female kickboxer as one of the main articles.

Architectural Digest has dedicated its November issue to Neverland Ranch. Harry Benson Rumor has it that Michael Jackson's family plans to turn Neverland Ranch into a Graceland-like tourist attraction, which will include a museum, a concert venue, and amusement park. Whether or not that's actually going to happen remains to be seen, but if you're curious about the King of Pop's ...

ArtBistro asked several career designers: what should a designer never say? They gave us good advice and great responses that will help you move forward in your career. You may guess some of these right on. However, sometimes we forget these guidelines when we are in a bind. Well, here is your reminder! *#15 "I'm a jack of all trades."* *You ...

His models strutted their high-voltage, rhinestone-covered stuff on the stage of Paris' notorious Crazy Horse cabaret in a show that was every bit as thrilling - if a tad less salacious - than the strip teases usually on offer at "le Crazy," as it's often called here. In keeping with the high hemlines at Balmain and Arora, Belgian-born designer Bruno ...

PARIS - Japanese label Issey Miyake sent out a spinning wheel of color for its eye-popping spring-summer 2010 ready-to-wear collection Friday. Models in watercolor print leggings and lightweight shirts shaped like kites traced a dizzying ballet of concentric circles on the extra-wide catwalk. In the collection notes, designer Dai Fujiwara explained he had culled patterns from around the world and mixed ...

  Paris celebrated its eighth annual “Nuit Blanche” festival of contemporary art overnight on Saturday until the early hours of Sunday with riotous displays of cutting-edge art installations across the French capital.  The French capital stayed up until the wee hours of Sunday as Parisians marked “Nuit Blanche” – literally “sleepless night” – an annual nocturnal celebration of contemporary art.    ...

Is it possible today for a country to have its own national graphic design aesthetic? When any designer with a decent internet connection can view work the world over, surely the range of influences will be too great to produce distinct nation-based styles? I'm only asking because I have recently returned from chairing the Kyoorius Designyatra conference in Mumbai (see review ...

CHICAGO, IL - Fashion designer Maria Pinto has been a favorite of first lady Michelle Obama. President Barack Obama has worn suits from menswear maker Hart Schaffner Marx. Both Chicago labels have been chosen to dress members of Chicago's Olympic delegation, along with tiemaker Lee Allison, for outfits debuting at this Friday's International Olympic Committee vote on the 2016 Summer Games. ...

Donald G. Fisher, who co-founded apparel giant Gap Inc., has died at age 81 after a long battle with cancer. The company said Fisher died at his home in San Francisco September 27th surrounded by his family. Those who knew him said he was a great entrepreneur and philanthropist who helped shape the retail world. Fisher and his wife Doris opened ...

Washington, DC - The controversial communications chief for the National Endowment of the Arts resigned Thursday after drawing fire from Republican senators for recruiting artists to create works that promoted President Barack Obama's policies, The Washington Post reported. Yosi Sergant, who specialized in public relations in Los Angeles before coming to Washington, gained fame for his work during the presidential campaign ...

This is an article about the famous photographer, Eugene Atget, and about ways that we can use his techniques today to produce stunning work.  As always, please comment, subscribe, and share if you like it.  Thanks!

Fort Worth, TX - I'm not going to the State Fair to eat fried butter. Not to knock the fair -- it's a lot of fun, and I'm sure this year's version of heart attack bait is a tasty treat. I'm going to the Kimbell Art Museum for the unveiling of Michelangelo's The Torment of Saint Anthony for museum members. Whoa, ...

The following 24 fellows each will receive $500,000 over the next five years from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: Lynsey Addario, 35, photojournalist, Istanbul, Turkey. Creating a visual record of major conflicts and humanitarian crisis of the 21st century. Maneesh Agrawala, 37, computer vision technologist, Berkeley, Calif. Designing visual interfaces that enhance ability to synthesize and comprehend complex, ...

Portland, ME - Rackstraw Downes, a New York painter with deep Maine roots, is among the recipients of this year's prestigious MacArthur Fellowships. The awards, announced Monday, come with $500,000 prizes over the next five years and carry no obligations, said the John D. and Catherine T.MacArthur Foundation, which administers the fellowships. They are designed to give recipients freedom to reflect, ...

Chicago, IL - The MacArthur Foundation bestowed its fellowship — popularly dubbed the "Genius Award" — to 24 lucky winners yesterday, and three visual artists were among the honorees: Mark Bradford, Camille Utterback, and Rackstraw Downes. The winners will receive $500,000 over five years in acknowledgment of the "exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work" that they have ...

LOS ANGELES - A multimillion dollar collection of Andy Warhol portraits of Muhammad Ali and other sports superstars was stolen from a Los Angeles home, police said Friday. The 11 color screenprints were taken from businessman Richard Weisman's home sometime between Sept. 2 and 3, said Detective Mark Sommer of the Los Angeles Police Department's art theft detail. Ten of the ...

BARRY FLANAGAN, the artist best known for his large-scale sculptures of hares, has died. He was 68. In 2001 he gave a 15ft bronze hare, the Drummer, to the Irish Museum of Modern Art, and in 2006 a series of his sculptures was installed along Dublin's O'Connell Street. Flanagan, who had a major international reputation, was born in Prestatyn, north Wales, ...

All kinds of people all over the world are starting their own work from home businesses. Some of them will be successful. Most of them will struggle to make their work from home businesses successful. So what do you do when you first start your business to make sure that you are working your way towards success? First, you need to ...