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U2's Basquiat painting sells for 6m

The artwork entitled Pecho/Oreja by the late American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat went under the hammer at Sotheby's Contemporary Art sale in London.

Bada bing: Toronto oil executive pays $175,000 for Sopranos painting

A Toronto oil executive has paid $175,000 for a painting of the two lead actors in the TV series The Sopranos posing as the 15th-century duke and duchess of Urbino, the highest price paid for memorabilia from the former HBO show. The painting shows actors James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, who respectively played mob boss Tony Soprano and his wife, Carmela, staring at each other in profile just as the duke and duchess do in Piero della Francesca's original, painted in 1465. The painting, pictured, is the work of fellow Sopranos cast member Federico Castelluccio, who played the hit man Furio Giunta. He came up with the idea during a trip to Florence to see della Francesca's painting. Torontonian Robert Salna bought the painting.

iPod 20GB U2 Special Edition MP3 Player

Description: Like no other, iPod U2 Special Edition stands out. Jet black, it bears a prominent red Apple Click Wheel and, on the flip side, the autographs of each U2 band member. It comes with an exclusive U2 poster and, of course, the signature white ....

Tom Roberts oil painting stolen from ANU

A Tom Roberts painting, Goulburn River, has been stolen from The Australian National University.A Tom Roberts painting, Goulburn River, has been stolen from The Australian National University.

13,112-meter-long painting scroll stretches out along Great Wall

A 13,112-meter-long painting scroll is stretched out along the Juyongguan Pass section of the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, July 13, 2008, to mark the 7th anniversary of China's winning the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games. The painting scroll dubbed as Olympic Dragon features a huge dragon with a 6.6-meter-high metallic head. The body of the dragon is painted in five colours same as those of the five rings on the Olympic flag. The national and regional flages of the 205 countries and regions which will participate to the 2008 Olympics are also painted on the scroll together with blessing words in over 200 languages and patterns bearing good wishes to the Olympics. (Xinhua/Dai Xuming)

Chinese Children's Painting Competition Winners Visit Kenya

16 July 2008 - Twenty first place winners of the 2008 Chinese Children's Painting Competition organized by the Luo Hong Foundation and UNEP are in Nairobi to receive their awards from UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner. The 20 children were selected winners of the competition which was had over 1.5 million entries from all regions of China. Other winners include 100 second place winners and 500 third place winners. The theme of the Competition was Climate Change: "What can we do to make our earth cool down?" The Chinese Children's Painting Competition is chaired by Liz Rihoy of Resource Africa.

'Hidden' Van Gogh Painting Revealed

A new technique allows pictures which were later painted over to be revealed once more. An international research team, including members from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and the University of Antwerp (Belgium), has successfully applied this technique for the first time to the painting entitled Patch of Grass by Vincent van Gogh. Behind this painting is a portrait of a woman.

Not from the creators of WALL-E: Pictor, the wall painting robot

The day when robots take over all of mankind's most tedious chores has just got a little bit closer. The Pictor wall painting robot will climb walls all by itself and paint them using various science-fiction sounding techniques. It'll apparently use a "cleaning laser" to prepare the wall for painting, then use an "airless nozzle" to paint the wall - which apparently results in no "atomised spray". And apparently that is a good thing.

Van Gogh Portrait Of A Women Revealed Behind Another Painting

A new technique allows pictures which were later painted over to be revealed once more. An international research team, including members from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and the University of Antwerp (Belgium), has successfully applied this technique for the first time to the painting entitled Patch of Grass by Vincent van Gogh. Behind this painting is a portrait of a woman.

New Technique Reveals Van Gogh Portrait Of A Women Behind Another Painting

A new technique allows pictures which were later painted over to be revealed once more. An international research team, including members from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and the University of Antwerp (Belgium), has successfully applied this technique for the first time to the painting entitled Patch of Grass by Vincent van Gogh. Behind this painting is a portrait of a woman.

Van Gogh's hidden woman portrait reconstructed

Undated handout picture shows a painting underneath Van Gogh's famous work 'Patch of grass' in Hamburg. Scientists have made a coloured view of an early rejected painting underneath Vincent van Gogh's 'Patch of Grass' painting, using advanced X-ray techniques, a Dutch university said on Wednesday.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

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Painting firm wins Network Rail licence

Gateshead painting contractor Pyeroy has won a licence enabling it to tender major railway schemes as a main contractor.

Painting contest for students today

VISAKHAPATNAM: A painting competition for children from Kindergarten to class XII will be organised at 9 a.m at Vishwapriya Function Hall on RK Beach on Sunday by ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers).

Painting competition

TIRUCHI: Airtel will conduct a painting competition for the school children, which will provide an opportunity for the children to express what they admire the most about their nation.

Painting camp

KOCHI: Kerala Lalithakala Akademi will hold a national painting camp from August 1 to 11 at the Brunton Boatyard of cgh earth group. Staff Reporter

Painting Holiness

Father Giacomo da Ghazir Haddad was beatified on June 22 in Lebanon. A painting by the Russian artist Natalia Tsarkova now graces the Church of Our Lady of the Sea.

Painting contest

Guntur District Education Officer B. Chandramohan has appealed to school children to participate in a painting competition to be organised by the NEDCAP in Guntur district on August 15 at mandal level for students studying in 9th Standard or lower class.

Painting The Polar Landscape

At the limits of geography and physical endurance, artist-explorers found the ultimate inspiration in polar vistas they encountered in the 19th- and early 20th centuries. Featuring more than 50 works depicting the drama and magnificence of setting out to sea in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, To the Ends of the Earth, Painting the Polar Landscape opens November 8, 2008 and runs through March 1, 2009 at the Peabody Essex Museum.

Read "Turf Painting Goes Green"

Lawn painting was once a novelty used at golf courses and athletic stadiums to touch up withered pockets of turf. During the recent real estate boom, some homeowners used turf coloration to give their lawns an evergreen look.

Painting exhibition focusses on Yakshagana

Udupi: A painting exhibition, “Yaksha-Varna”, focusing on the art form of Yakshagana will be held at Vibhuti Art Gallery here from August 29 to 31.

Inmould Painting imparts high gloss to...

A new inmould painting process to produce tractor engine covers recently went into operation at Harita TVS Technologies Ltd., Bangalore, India. The covers, made of fibre-reinforced PUR in a LFI process, are given their high-gloss surface finish inmould. Harita is the world's first PUR processor to use this technique in series production.

Family finds old painting will bring big money

A painting owned for generations by a Cape Cod family who had no idea what the piece was worth could fetch up to $500,000 at auction.

Tom Roberts oil painting stolen from ANU

The painting - Goulburn River - was taken from University House on Balmain Crescent in Acton, in central Canberra.

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