Painting News http://www.topix.com/arts/painting http://www.topix.com/rss/arts/painting.xml News on Painting continually updated from thousands of sources around the net. en-us 240 Copyright 2008, Topix Topix http://www.topix.com/ http://www.topix.com/pics/topix_homepage_logo2.png Obama warns of dire consequences without stimulus http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/obama-warns-of-dire-consequences-without-stimulus?fromrss=1 President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that the nation's recession could 'linger for years' unless Congress acts to pump unprecedented sums from Washington into the U.S. economy, making his highest-profile case yet on an issue certain to define his early presidency.

'I don't believe it's too late to change course, but it will be if we don't take dramatic action as soon as possible,' Obama said in a speech set to be delivered at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., outside Washington. Excerpts from his prepared text were released in advance by his transition team.

]]> The Associated Press Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:58:22 GMT 090108DSDIP4 0 Who Does She Think She Is? http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/who-does-she-think-she-is?fromrss=1 Pamela Tanner Boll's absorbing documentary film is a feminist twist on a classic torch song: it cost her a lot / but there's one thing that she's got -- it's her art.

]]> EDGEnewengland.com Entertainment Feed Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:51:38 GMT 090108AKIAE8 0 Seattle Art Museum presents Iconic Paintings of Edward Hopper's Women http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/seattle-art-museum-presents-iconic-paintings-of-edward-hoppers-women?fromrss=1 The Seattle Art Museum presents some of Edward Hopper's best known paintings in the exhibition Edward Hopper's Women.

]]> Art Knowledge News Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:44:05 GMT 090107OJ9BLT 0 Exhibition Toddler's art on show http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/exhibition-toddlers-art-on-show?fromrss=1 Tiny genius? Aelita Andre at work. Her paintings are being exhibited with adult artists.

]]> The Age Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:29:43 GMT 090107C8M72O 0 Race team co-founder agrees to tax plea in Va http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/race-team-co-founder-agrees-to-tax-plea-in-va?fromrss=1 A co-founder of Morgan-McClure Motorsports has agreed to plead guilty to tax fraud charges.

]]> Kentucky.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:09:01 GMT 090107VT467C 0 Top 10 weird attractions to see in the U.S. http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/top-10-weird-attractions-to-see-in-the-u-s?fromrss=1 The pride of Nebraska is Carhenge, a structure that resembles Britain's Stonehenge.

]]> Star Phoenix Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:05:06 GMT 090107BD3DO2 0 Lucian Freud's 'Still Life with Aloe' Goes on View at the J. Paul Getty Center http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/lucian-freuds-still-life-with-aloe-goes-on-view-at-the-j-paul-getty-center?fromrss=1 The J. Paul Getty Museum, has put on view Lucian Freud's Still Life with Aloe alongside the Getty's Still Life with Peaches, a Silver Goblet, Grapes, and Walnuts by Jean-Simon Chardin and Still Life with Bowl ...

]]> Art Knowledge News Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:04:35 GMT 090107US7RRT 0 Tacoma Art Museum opens Speaking Parts: Between Works in the Collection http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/tacoma-art-museum-opens-speaking-parts-between-works-in-the-collection?fromrss=1 "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.

]]> Art Knowledge News Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:49:51 GMT 090106RVPEK0 0 Painting of a nude Shivaa under fire http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/painting-of-a-nude-shivaa-under-fire?fromrss=1 With four hours left for his solo exhibition to conclude, Delhi-based artist Nitai Das chose to wrap up early, a day after five of his canvases were withdrawn from Jehangir Art Gallery at Kala Ghoda.

]]> Hindustan Times Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:34:10 GMT 0901065OLNBP 2 Church wall paintings to be saved http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/church-wall-paintings-to-be-saved?fromrss=1 Medieval wall paintings in a Suffolk church are to be preserved thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund grant.

]]> BBC Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:24:26 GMT 090106JGPE05 0 Alte Pinakothek to show the Art Collection of Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/alte-pinakothek-to-show-the-art-collection-of-elector-johann-wilhelm-von-der-pfalz?fromrss=1 The collection of paintings amassed by Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz at the beginning of the 18th century in his residence in Dsseldorf was one of the most important of its kind in Europe.

]]> Art Knowledge News Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:14:37 GMT 090106HT97VG 0 Paintings to highlight evils of terror http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/paintings-to-highlight-evils-of-terror?fromrss=1 KOZHIKODE: The Kozhikode-based Painters Club will conduct a painting exhibition to highlight the horrors of terrorism and the hazards of ecological destruction.

]]> The Hindu Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:10:14 GMT 0901054O2154 0 Fisk University appeals ruling on Georgia O'Keeffe artwork http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/fisk-university-appeals-ruling-on-georgia-okeeffe-artwork?fromrss=1 A court order has forced Fisk University to reopen the gallery displaying a collection donated by artist Georgia O'Keeffe, but the school isn't giving up its legal fight for the right to sell the artworks.

]]> TwinCities.com Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:02:04 GMT 090105NGNUIP 0 It turns out that dog art does sell http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/it-turns-out-that-dog-art-does-sell?fromrss=1 Diesel looks up sadly next to an empty box of dog biscuits; nearby, another painting depicts the basset hound, fur audacious and orange, wearing a headband with red hearts poking out like antennae.

]]> Valley Morning Star Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:40:16 GMT 090105FJ25F0 0 The Morris Museum presents ' The Abstract Expressionism of Grace Hartigan ' http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/the-morris-museum-presents-the-abstract-expressionism-of-grace-hartigan?fromrss=1 "Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight.

]]> Art Knowledge News Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:38:05 GMT 0901043STKSO 0 Painter captures animals on canvas http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/painter-captures-animals-on-canvas?fromrss=1 For Centralia artist Dee Dee Murry, putting her signature on a painting is the hardest part.

]]> The Seattle Times Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:18:45 GMT 090104NKVQIA 0 Feeling moody? Maybe it's the color of your room http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/feeling-moody-maybe-its-the-color-of-your-room?fromrss=1 Would you consider painting your kitchen cabinets bright purple with lime green accents, your media room sunflower yellow or your bathroom cherry-blossom red? Kim Brooks and her husband embraced those very ...

]]> The Cincinnati Enquirer Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:05:08 GMT 090103HLN010 0 The Museo del Prado major exhibit 'Rembrandt ~ Painter of Stories' http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/the-museo-del-prado-major-exhibit-rembrandt-painter-of-stories?fromrss=1 The Museo del Prado is about to close the exhibition Rembrandt: Painter of Stories.

]]> Art Knowledge News Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:04:42 GMT 09010314OP34 0 Jenny Morgan 'Abrasions' opens at Like the Spice Gallery http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/jenny-morgan-abrasions-opens-at-like-the-spice-gallery?fromrss=1 Like the Spice Gallery presents Jenny Morgan: 'Abrasions', a selection of the artist's recent figurative oil paintings , the artist's first solo show at Like the Spice Gallery and in New York.

]]> Art Knowledge News Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:49:10 GMT 090102QBKL7V 0 Eclectic Artist http://www.topix.net/arts/painting/2009/01/eclectic-artist?fromrss=1 For William Kyle Wimmer, making art - all kinds of art - has been a lifelong avocation.

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