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Washington, DC - You can't see it, but there's a quiet cultural revolution under way at the White House. The Obamas are decorating their private spaces with more modern and abstract artwork than has ever hung on the White House walls. New pieces by contemporary African-American and Native American artists are on display. Bold colors, odd shapes, squiggly lines have arrived. ...

New York, NY - The best new park in the Big Apple isn't for baseball, and it won't cost you a dime to visit. The High Line floats magically over Manhattan's once-gritty Meatpacking District, an unexpected carpet of trees, grass, flowers and rusty rails three stories above the street. You won't find a more interesting or accessible path to stroll along ...

Celebrities. We love to hate them. We also love to watch their every move, laugh at their mistakes and scrutinize their decisions. Like them or not, their celebrity status means not only have they achieved career success, they’ve also got a hell of a lot to lose. And sometimes, whatever actions have helped catapult them to fame or rendered them ...

Fraebel studio announced today that President Obama has commissioned thirty-four "Glass Tree" sculptures created by world renowned flamework glass artist Hans Godo Fraebel. The exquisite glass sculptures will be presented to world leaders at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 24-25 September 2009. For more information and high resolution pictures, go to: www.frabel.com/obama-gift. "I am honored that President Obama has selected ...

AMSTERDAM - While Vincent van Gogh has become almost as famed for his troubled mind as for his paintings, a new exhibition in the Van Gogh Museum seeks to remind us there was more method than madness to his style. In honor of the publication of a new compendium of all the artist's known correspondence, the museum has put more than ...

The Libeskind Villa, the first of a series of 30 prefabricated homes by Daniel Libeskind to be distributed worldwide, has opened to the public. Libeskind and his wife and practice manager Nina opened the 380sq m prototype on Tuesday, built on the premises of Rheinzink, the Berlin-based manufacturer that is developing the zinc facade for the Libeskind Villa. "This is really ...

Walnut Creek, CA -From the moment one delves into the new Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco's Presidio, it becomes apparent that this is no Mickey Mouse operation. Yes, the cartoon rodent who helped spawn a vast entertainment empire is here in all his glory. But he's just a small part of a wide-ranging, state-of-the-art presentation intended to please ...

You can’t see it, but there’s a quiet cultural revolution under way at the White House. The Obamas are decorating their private spaces with more modern and abstract artwork than has ever hung on the White House walls. New pieces by contemporary African-American and Native American artists are on display. Bold colors, odd shapes, squiggly lines have arrived. So, too, have ...

You voted and the winners have made history. Our first place winner was a clear favorite across ArtBistro. Five wonderful designs had a heated competition for the second and third places. It was very close! Congratulations to the winners and all the semi-finalists. This year, the submitted designs were extremely creative and very professional. The 2009 T-Shirt Design contest proves ArtBistro ...

NEW YORK—Deaccessioning has always been an issue of much discussion and debate in the art world, but for months now, ever since the onset of the Rose Art Museum debacle in January, it’s been a hotter topic than usual. The public eye has been focused more closely on museums selling off pieces from their collections, according to guidelines from the Association ...

PARIS - The Louvre Museum has invited Italian writer Umberto Eco to be a guest curator in coming months. Eco, whose novels include medieval murder mystery "The Name of the Rose," was given carte blanche to propose a series of readings, conferences, concerts and visits at the museum, centering on a theme of his choice. True to form, the author, philosopher ...

It’s funny for me to think that there was a time several years ago when I absolutely swore I would never make artist’s books, because I really felt that the whole medium had become this ghetto that women artists for whatever reason gravitated to, only to have relatively few people/institutions collect them… and in that way it was a sort of ...

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 ...

Entering is simple: Record a two-minute video showing us why you love what you do for a living, and upload it to our "I Love What I Do" category. The 5 videos with the most thumbs-up on October 24, 2009 at 11:59pm will be chosen as finalists. Submission by finalists will be reviewed by editors who will screen each finalist's video ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

For a first-time visitor, the 53rd Venice Biennale is a thrill of traipsing through the city in search of art in churches and palazzos among the tourist throngs. This year there were 77 national pavilions, with some new inclusions from Asia and Africa, but because of the cost, there was still a glaring under-representation of anything in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

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 ...