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Downtown Gotham laments closure of Meatpacking District eatery :: EDGE

After 23 years of serving countless steak frites, muscles and Boudin Noire in an area more known for beef racks, leather daddy's, transgender prostitutes, club kids and Hogs and Heffers, the modern landmark 24 hour French diner that served the fashionable alongside the "freaky" has closed its doors. News reports account Morellet signed a lease for $6,000 in 1995. The landlord reportedly sought to increase the rent to around $700,000 per year-or $58,000 per month-this past year. And Morellet was left with little choice but to close shop after a period of unsuccessful negotiation.

Public Art: Olafur Eliasson's Waterfalls Transform New York

The buzz on "The New York City Waterfalls" was loud enough that a boatload of reporters chugged out into New York Harbor one recent steamy morning with the installation's artist, Olafur Eliasson, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg for a first, up-close look at the project: four cascades, ranging in height from 90 to 120 feet, installed at sites along the East River. The falls work by an elaborate system that pumps water up from the river, then lets it tumble down a tower of scaffolding.

The Complete Collection Of John Lennon Artworks

Liverpool will celebrate being awarded European Capital of Culture this year with artwork by one of its most famous sons being shown in the capital. The exhibition, which begins today, will feature the Complete Collection of John Lennon's artwork for the first time in their entirety in Liverpool.

The exhibition runs at the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo building from 23 May until 2 June, before embarking on a museum tour of Germany.

Here's a taste: Slideshow of John Lennon's art

The Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art has been creating lots of buzz in the New York City art world

Amid hipsters, eclectic restaurants and expensive SoHo real estate, the Swiss Institute is subtly conveying a modern interpretation of Switzerland's identity. ... »

Giacometti sculpture sale breaks record - swissinfo

Sculptor Alberto Giacometti has retained his title as the most expensive Swiss artist after one of his pieces fetched a record price at a New York auction.

Purported abortion art dupes media, public

"The entire project is an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman's body," said Yale spokeswoman Helaine Klasky.

Yale Student Aliza Shvarts Disturbing Abortion Art Project | Bitten and Bound

Aliza Shvarts, an art major at Yale University, is stirring up controversy with her senior art project. Documenting 9 months of repeated artificial inseminations, followed by drug-induced abortions, Shvarts is exhibiting video recordings of the miscarriages, along with preserved collections of blood from the process.

Samsung's art slush fund

Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee set up a $225 million slush fund to buy art for his art museum director wife.

Photo Essay: Color, Imagination, Emotions, Fantasy And Sexuality

Body Painting is an art medium that allows one to express the freedom of their mind body and soul. It s a rare, but beautiful art form filled with color, imagination, emotions, fantasy and sexuality, the ingredients that drive the human spirit. This is the work of Filippo Ioco: A Photo Essay.

Egypt's Oldest Known Art Identified, Is 15,000 Years Old

Rock face drawings and etchings recently rediscovered in southern Egypt are similar in age and style to the iconic Stone Age cave paintings in Lascaux, France, and Altamira, Spain, archaeologists say.

Smithsonian art museums have reached a “critical point”

A report compiled by leading US museum directors, which assesses the eight art museums funded and run by the Smithsonian Institution, concludes that they are failing on many levels. Surprised?

Revealed: six paintings in Maritime Museum were seized by British troops from Nazi Germany

The Art Newspaper can reveal that five paintings in the National Maritime Museum in London (NMM) were taken by British forces from Nazi Germany

eBoy's FooBar poster

via Waxy: Is it just me or is this the technorati's deepest mirror-gazing?

Entertainment _ Paris Hilton targeted in CD prank

Hundreds of Paris Hilton albums have been tampered with in the latest stunt by "guerrilla artist" Banksy.

Pensito Review: Politics & Media » Bankrollers of Swiftboat Vets and ...

I certainly hope that Artists will join in a boycott against Michaels. As I see it, they have not only contributed to attack ads, but they owe many Artists/ buyers a lot of money due to inferior products purchased there. Mainly canvas that warp, as no one will purchase an original piece of artwork that has warped to the point of being not able to be framed due to the degree of warping that takes place using Michaels' Brand canvases. The canvas work will hang properly on any wall and will jut out from the wall by 4 inches or more. This is not appropriate and I am PO'd for Michael's backing of the Bush Adm. But I am extremely PO'd for being responsible for the damage to many fine art originals that cannot be offered for sale. I am stuck with many canvases which have great art, but are rendered useless by shoddy workmanship and inferior woof strtcher bars. I actually think they use bals wood?