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 Mapplethorpe's photos secured by L.A. museumsA vast trove of Robert Mapplethorpe's photos, drawings and collages is heading to Los Angeles, after two West Coast museums jointly acquired the provocative New York artist's archives.
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 Toronto photographer wins Hanson awardA freelance photographer from Toronto whose work has appeared in the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail and the National Post has been named the winner of the second annual Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award.
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 AUDIO: Exhibit links Juno winners with Canadian artCBC's Matt Galloway interviews Rich Terfry, aka Buck 65, about a new exhibit that matched Juno Award-winning musicians with inspiring Canadian artworks from the Art Gallery of Ontario's collection.
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 Picasso's portrait of muse fetches $40M at auctionA heated competition between bidders ended with Pablo Picasso's La Lecture soaring past expectations and fetching more than $40 million in London.
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 Winnipeg architect wins Prix de RomeAn architect who studied at the University of Manitoba has won the $34,000 Prix de Rome for emerging practititioners.
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 Blackwood exhibit honours Nfld. outport lifeIn a new exhibition Black Ice, Newfoundland artist David Blackwood chronicles the unflinching story of a vanished life in his home province, from a time when men and women struggled to survive against hostile elements.
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 Male model behind the Mona Lisa: researcherA male apprentice, longtime companion and possible lover of Leonardo da Vinci was the main influence and a model for the Mona Lisa painting, an Italian researcher said.
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 Egyptian artifacts in danger: antiquities chiefEgypt's antiquities chief expresses concern the country's valuable treasures are at risk because of the continuing chaos in the country.
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 Titian work highlights NYC auctionA large-scale Titian painting of Jesus and the Madonna accompanied by two saints sold for nearly $16.9 million US in New York Thursday night, during an evening that saw several auction records set.
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 Ottawa gallery to rent out space for porn shootsAn Ottawa art gallery struggling to pay the bills is offering its space to adult film producers looking for an "artsy" backdrop.
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 MoMA acquires controversial Fire in My Belly videoA controversial video artwork that was removed from a Smithsonian exhibit last year is now on display at New York's Musuem of Modern Art.
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 Trafalgar plinth to hold boy, roosterA giant blue rooster and a sculpture of a boy on a rocking horse have been chosen to stand atop the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.
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 Vancouver mulls downtown 'cultural hub'Vancouver City Council is considering creating a new 'cultural hub' in the downtown core, on the same site where the city's art gallery wants to relocate.
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 Chinese activist-artist's studio razedChina's Ai Weiwei's newly built Shanghai art studio was torn down this week - a demolition the noted Chinese contemporary artist ties to his political activism.
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 B.C. missing women art exhibit called offThe renowned Museum of Anthropology at UBC said it is cancelling an exhibit featuring huge paintings of missing women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside out of 'serious concerns.'
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 Hopper's shot-up Mao print fetches $300KA brilliant blue and green Andy Warhol print of Mao Zedong, pierced by two bullet holes courtesy of former owner Dennis Hopper, soared to a sales price of more than $300,000 US at auction in New York.
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 AUDIO: Brian Eno on his multimedia artworkBrian Eno, artist and former member of Roxy Music, talks to Q's Jian Ghomeshi about his multimedia artwork.
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 Warhol Expo '67 self-portrait at auctionA previously unknown self-portrait of Andy Warhol that was part of series shown at Expo '67 in Montreal is expected to sell for
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 Eli Broad unveils new L.A. museum designBillionaire Eli Broad unveiled plans Thursday for the future home of his 2,000-piece art collection and a hoped-for catalyst for the continuation of downtown Los Angeles's halting renaissance.
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 ROM's terracotta warriors show a blockbusterToronto's Royal Ontario Museum says the recently completed display of China's terracotta warriors was its biggest success in years.
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 Brian Eno unveils digital art exhibit in CalgaryDescribing a large blank TV screen he once passed as "a missed opportunity," British musician Brian Eno debuted an art exhibit inspired by that vacant electronic canvas in Calgary on Thursday.
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 Dennis Hopper's art collection up for auctionWarhol's Mao is among 300 works of fine art and memorabilia owned by the late actor-director Dennis Hopper that will be up for auction at Christie's next week.
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 Scars focus of photo exhibitScars and how they mark where we've been are the focus of a new photography exhibit at Charlottetown's Confederation Centre of the Arts.
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 Human rights museum could get more fundsManitoba Premier Greg Selinger is not ruling out more government money for the Canadian Museum For Human Rights.
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 Munch theft in Sweden gets 3 men convictedThree men have been convicted in Malmo, Sweden, in the theft earlier this year of three paintings, including one by Edvard Munch.
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