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Artist Wyland Begins 'Green' Wall of China Project

WHAT: Renowned environmental artist Wyland, who began his mission to create 100 giant murals of marine life around the world more than 27 years ago, will complete the landmark project in the lead up to the Olympic Games in Beijing. With the help of thousands of children from around the globe, the artist will create a "Great Green Wall of China" spanning more than a mile with life-size canvas segments representing endangered or threatened marine wildlife from 205 nations. Joining Wyland in the effort will be renowned Chinese environmental artist Xikun Yuan. The project is a featured event of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Cultural Festival to promote the Green Olympics.

"Music And Spirit" Blog Now Has "Awesome Artist Of The Month"

The "Music and Spirit" blog now has a new feature, called "Awesome Artist of the Month", which consists of an interview with an (awesome) artist (duh!) combined with a song by that artist on the profile page of the blog.

Top reggae artist launches album

One of Ghana’s sensational reggae lyrical artists known in showbiz as Okumfo Kwame 1 Afrika has launched his third album in Accra.

Young artist seeks social peace and awareness through painting

Artist Almıla Kursar poses for a photograph at İstanbul’s Gallery Artist Çukurcuma, where her third solo exhibition, “Kirli Ağustos,� is on display until Aug. 20.

Interscope Artist, M.I.A., Exposed For Questionable Use Of Lyrics and Artwork

Sri Lankan/American hip-hop artist, DeLon, questions Interscope recording artist, M.I.A., for using images representative of the terrorist group, The Liberation Tiger Tamils of Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE has long been recognized by the FBI as one of the deadliest terrorist groups in the world, and has been credited with the perfection of the use of suicide bombers, invention of the suicide belt, mass recruitment of child soldiers, and pioneering the use of women in suicide attacks.

An artist in his own right, and a model for the Wyeths

Jimmy Lynch, 63, formerly of Chadds Ford, "an appealing vagabond," artist and artist's model who was the subject of several important paintings by Andrew Wyeth and his son, Jamie, died of hypertension and heart arrhythmia June 4 at his home in Lewisburg, W.Va.

Leonardo: Artist, inventor, matchmaker?

This photo provided by prof. Alessandro Vezzosi of the 'Museo Ideale Leonardo Da Vinci' Monday Aug. 4, 2008, is a reproduction of a 15th century portrait of a young woman. Experts say this artwork previously attributed to an anonymous German artist, is likely a drawing made by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci for a long-distance marriage proposal. The drawing, which could be worth millions if the new attribution is confirmed, was bought in 1998 for US$21,850 (€14,029) by a private collector at an auction in New York, said Alessandro Vezzosi, the director of a museum dedicated to the artist in his hometown of Vinci. 'Every element points to Leonardo,' said Vezzosi, one of the experts who examined the drawing.

Paintings of physically challenged artist on display

A physically challenged artist with arm atrophy is showing his new watercolour paintings of Bangkok landscapes in an exhibition at Siam City hotel. His work is proof a disability does not need to limit an artist’s capability to create magnificent artworks. We have more details in this report from Thai News Agency.

My Son the Artist

I've always wanted to be a visual artist. After college, I was accepted into the Whitney Museum's studio program, but had just founded an organization for young women. Instead of following my own dream, I followed a way to give other women their dreams. Which created some problems. Which is why I abandoned ideology and became an artist anyway.

Natural Born Make-Up Artist

I always tell people that a make up artist is born," says Desiree Neto a specialist make-up artist who has worked with people like poet Lebo Mashile, Morning Live anchor Leanne Manas, and the prestigious Miss SA, Miss World and Face of Africa pageants.

The short, turbulent life of artist Wolf Kibel

On Wednesday 3 September at 17:30 at Iziko South African Museum, artist and gallerist Joe Wolpe discusses the painter, Wolf Kibel, who, despite his short and turbulent life, is regarded as one of the foremost South African expressionists of his time. Scene of Anguish in a Polish Village, signed and dated 1918, watercolour, 31 by 35,5cm. It was exhibited at the SANG in 1984 at the Master Works on Paper Exhibition, and at the Wolf Kibel Retrospective Exhibition in 1976. It sold for R80 000 which was a record for the artist

Britain's No 1 chat up artist

It never used to be a career, picking up women. But here he is, Richard La Ruina, a man whose job is to be “Britain's No 1 superstar chat-up artist�. In the loose-knit online subculture known as the Seduction Community, his nickname is The Gambler, which seems somehow incongruous, given that he was 21 before he even kissed a girl. Still, his uneventful past comes in useful now that he has flowered into a professional pick-up artist - a PUA, as it is referred to in the business.

I'm very much looking forward to reading this work. I loved the Fate of the Artist an...

Growing up in Scotland, Eddie Campbell had two ambitions: to be a cowboy and to work in the circus. After neither of those panned out, he shifted his sights to comics, gaining renown for his down-to-earth depictions of the Jack the Ripper slayings in Alan Moore's From Hell. More recently, Campbell has partnered with publisher First Second on the more experimental books The Fate of the Artist and The Black Diamond Detective Agency. This summer marks the third partnership between Campbell and First Second, as the publisher releases The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard in August (it's coauthored by Dan Best). From his home in Australia, Campbell spoke with PW Comics Week by e-mail about Leotard, which is set in the 19th century and follows the bizarre life of a man who stumbles into becoming a trapeze artist for a traveling circus.

Art world draws collectors with shows

KOLKATA: Retrospective shows of artists, combined with book launches on the artist, are hitting the popularity charts in the art world. Collectors are not only getting exposed to a sweep of the artist’s works in the retros, the book titles, which are generally comprehensive, lend an insight into the life and creativity of the artist.

Colin Self: Art in the Nuclear Age

Pallant House Gallery presents the summer exhibition Colin Self: Art in the Nuclear Age, the most comprehensive display to date of works by leading British Pop artist Colin Self (b.1941). This challenging exhibition considers the artist’s engagement with modern culture in the era of the Cold War, and is the first show of its kind to bring together the most important pieces from each period of the artist’s life, from the 1960s to the present day. This important exhibition, which comprises around one hundred paintings, drawings and sculptures by Self, includes iconic works such as Leopardskin Nuclear Bomber (1962-3); pieces never shown before such as Strike: Waiting Women on the Shore (1963/2008); important contemporary works including New York Disaster (1998); and the controversial Trilogy: The Iconoclasts (2007).

Artist to Put Ancient Curse on Boris Johnson

ARTIST Mark McGowan is so fed up with Boris Johnson that on Friday he is to aim an ancient curse at the London Mayor.

Artist Explores Dreams for Fame and Profit

Performance artist Nancy Lang (29) sat down with the Weekly Chosun to discuss her wide range of activities. Lang hosts culture and arts programs on KBS 2TV, Christian broadcaster CBS and English-language station Arirang TV. She will also take part in the 2008 Asia Art Network "Emerging Asia" show to be held July 15~29 at KEPCO Plaza. And in addition to her TV work and exhibitions, she also works as an art director for a fashion brand and a model for product advertisements.

Artist: California Must Halt Use of Whale Tail Plates

June 25: Artist Robert Wyland, who shot to fame for his fanciful murals of whales roaming the seas, poses next to car and his personalized plate.

Artist creates portraits made entirely from type fonts

An American artist has created four striking portraits of women - entirely of type from particular fonts.

Artist transforms physical cubes into virtual game

Madrid-based “electronic artist� Julian Oliver has created a highly original piece of interactive entertainment called levelHead that turns a plain white cube into a three-dimensional room players can manipulate through touch.

Artist documents final days of 2,000-yr-old Chinese city

Beijing: A Chinese artist has documented Kaixian, the last of the cities that will be submerged to become a part of a reservoir near the Three Gorges Dam, which is the world’s largest hyrdroelectric project.

Artist-in-Residence Program: Berlin -- 3 Months 24/7

A new German-Israeli artist-in-residence program for young Israeli filmmakers is set to launch in 2009. The project "Berlin -- 3 Months 24/7" is the result of an initiative undertaken by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and the scholarship will be awarded in cooperation with the German Federal Film Board (FFA) in the form of a stipend.

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