Throw Away Painting Could Fetch One Million

Be careful what you throw away. A Rufino Tamayo painting found lying in the trash could auction for more than a million. Story Here

Damien's Skull Sells for $100 Million

Well it wasn't if, but when someone would buy the diamond-encrusted platinum skull. Now someone has.Story Here

Debate Continues Over Discovered Pollocks

Nothing new or earth shattering about who painted the recently discovered Pollocks, but the debate continues. Hopefully we will find out one day if Pollock did in fact paint these. I've been following this story closely. Story Here

Thieves Make Daring Daylight Raid--Steal Four Paintings From French Musuem

Masked raiders have stolen four paintings in a daylight raid on an art gallery in Nice in the south of France. Story Here

Van Gogh Found Under Another Painting

BOSTON -- Art expert and historians in Boston and Amsterdam announced Friday that they have discovered a valuable lost work by the painter Vincent Van Gogh hidden under an existing canvas at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Story Here

Damaged Painting Caused by Kissing Bandit

A woman was arrested for kissing a Cy Twombly painting in France. Story Here

Paintjam Dan Dunn

Thanks to David P. who emailed me this link. You have to wait until the end to get an idea of the finished piece. Video Here

Simon Schama's Power of Art on PBS

There is a great series on PBS that covers a wide range of artists from the Old Masters to Rothko. Unfortunately I missed the epsidode on Van Gough and I hope it will re-aire sometime. Here is a link for more information about the series and episodes. Series Info Here

Follow up to the $325 painting

Here is a follow up story to Ira Spanierman's Raphael painting which he purchased for $325 in 1968. Last evening it sold for $37.3 million. Story Here

Banksy--Is he the best British Artist?

With the ongoing mega movement and even bigger names in the London art scene, many think Bansky is the best of the bunch. Story Here

The White Series is Now Posted

My White Series is up on my site. Surface and its relationship to external light were the inspiration behind it. To see more examples, I've inlcuded a link. Click here for White Series

$325 Painting may Auction for $30 Million

It takes a good eye and some luck, but for Ira Spanierman he has both. Story Here

Fifty-Thousand Bottle Rockets in Five Seconds

I love Youtube. With the 4th of July coming in just one week, I thought I would share a clip about a chap who goes for a world record attempt to launch 50,000 bottle rockets in under five seconds. By my estimate, he falls a bit short, but the results are spectacular. Video Here

Looks like New York has a Serial Splasher

From the looks of it, New York has a serial splasher who has lobbed paint on prominent pieces of street art . However there are some new clues to the identity of the culprits. Story Here

Monotone Symphony

Yves Klein is one of my favorite artists. I can only imagine what it must have been like to be there for the opening his Monotone Symphony and his Anthropomety. Imagine sitting there with the audio and visual images running through you head. Here is a link to a remake of the monotone symphony that I just discovered on Youtube--at least the musical portion. Video Here