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Zhu Weibing, China b.1971 and Ji Wenyu, China  b.1959, 'People holding flowers' (detail) 2007

Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary art grows out of modern art gallery

The sixth installment of the APT at the Queensland Art Gallery, the only major exhibition to exclusively showcase contemporary art hailing from Asia, the Pacific and Australia, will now encompass the region's modern art gallery and several other galleries, including the watermall. .

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Warhol only made one of the work he called Eight Elvises

The $100m Warhol

Sunday, 29 November 2009

Unique print projects pop artist into top-10 sellers list

A visitor studies one of the Art Barter exhibits by anonymous artists at The Rag Factory, off Brick Lane, east London

Art Barter: Artists and Artisans

Sunday, 29 November 2009

You can swap almost anything for a painting, photo, or sculpture.

Paris ballet 'flashmob' hits Louvre pyramid

Paris ballet 'flashmob' hits Louvre pyramid

Sunday, 29 November 2009

Fifty dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet astounded museum-goers Sunday when they suddenly emerged from the crowd under the Louvre's glass pyramid entrance and started strutting their stuff.

French artist sells work in 'game' with the devil

Saturday, 28 November 2009

A French artist has struck an unusual deal to sell his latest work: instead of paying up front, the buyer will hand over a regular fee until the artist dies.

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Weekly global art events agenda: Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Miami

Friday, 27 November 2009

Miami will become the center for contemporary and modern art during the week of November 30. Art Basel Miami Beach will take place from December 3 to 6 and will run parallel to many other large satellite shows based in Miami including Art Miami and Photo Miami.

US actress Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson, Catherine Zeta-Jones join Hollywood lineup on Broadway

Thursday, 26 November 2009

Lately it seems the New York theater world cannot stage a show without Hollywood stars attached, and the trend continues as this season's new plays and musicals launch. Certainly Jude Law's marquee value helps keep Hamlet alive and it signals a big name can fill the house.

Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews to return to London stage

Thursday, 26 November 2009

Julie Andrews, the star of "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music", is returning to the London stage for the first time in 30 years with a one-off show in May, the organisers announced Wednesday.

The restored 'Charles I Insulted by Cromwell’s Soldiers'

Blitzed Paul Delaroche artwork restored for show

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

A canvas by the artist peppered with shrapnel damage during a bombing raid is to go on public display.

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Weekly art websites: graffiti

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

This week's selection includes five art websites that feature graffiti.

The annual opening of the RCA secret postcard sale

Postcard art: Having a cool time. Wish you were here

Sunday, 22 November 2009

A Slice of Britain: At the annual lucky dip for postcards by famous and emerging artists, the sharp-eyed and patient scoop up bargain masterpieces.

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FIVE BEST EXHIBITIONS

Bridget Riley (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool)
A brief survey of the work of this abstract magician, from the early black-and white optical cabaret to the later flickering dance in colour. (0151-478 4199) to 13 Dec

David Hockney (Nottingham Contemporary)
The gallery launches with a show of 60 works by Hockney from 1960-1968, a period of stylistic ferment, culminating in A Bigger Splash. (0115-924 2421) to 24 Jan

A Model of Order (Dean Gallery, Edinburgh)
A survey of the early 1960s international Concrete Poetry movement, where typography was a visual force: with Eugen Gomringer and Ian Hamilton Finlay. (0131-624 6200) to 3 Jan

Sophie Calle (Whitechapel Gallery, London)
The French artist constructs obsessive stories involving herself and strangers that explore issues of control and risk. (020-7522 7888) to 3 Jan

Ed Ruscha (Hayward Gallery, London)
He paints the out-of reach: distances, invisibilities, words against clouds and mountains, maps stretching away, silhouettes, blurs... (0871 663 2500) to 10 Jan

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