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$2M endowment to create chair in indigenous art at Ottawa gallery

$2M sale of Australian aboriginal painting sets record

$55-million plan to transform former Toronto brickyard

'Panoramic' architectural exhibit to represent Canada in Venice

'Virtual time machine' reconstructs ancient Rome

1297 copy of Magna Carta to be auctioned in New York

16-billion-pixel image of Da Vinci's Last Supper posted online

16th century nude portrait too racy for London's Underground

2 Canadians, 3 Chinese compete for new $50,000 photography prize

2 Chipperfield buildings shortlisted for Britain's Stirling architecture prize

2 Picasso works stolen from Swiss exhibit: police

4 A.J. Casson prints missing from Ontario archives

800-year-old Qur'an sells for record $2.26M

9 Karsh portraits to hang in hotel suite named for photographer

90 million voters pick modern 7 global wonders

A dog's breakfast in fox hunt protest

A masterpiece amid Manhattan trash

Alluring Elizabeth I portrait fetches more than $5M

Altmejd's werewolves, birdmen create buzz at Venice Biennale

Ancient Greek sculptures moving to new home

Animator Condie donates work to Manitoba university

Archeologists dig up mask of Thracian king

Archeologists uncover 11,000-year-old wall painting in Syria

Archeologists unearth 4,000-year-old temple in Peru

Archive of U.S. photographer Diane Arbus goes to Met

Art historians excited about rare painting in Prince Albert

Art lovers rally to save Spiral Jetty from oil drilling

Art student charged in ROM bomb hoax

Artifacts missing from Antarctic historic site recovered

Artist Altmejd's Biennale work headed to Toronto

Artist Askevold remembered as pioneer

Artist behind Beijing's 'bird's nest' stadium boycotts Olympics

Artist to create 4 waterfalls on Manhattan's doorstep

Artist Twombly gets one euro award for unwanted kiss

Artist wins lawsuit over statue's damaged privates

Artist would put ordinary souls on pedestal in Trafalgar Square

Artist's secret love notes revealed after restoration project

Artistic stunt sends rainbow-hued wave down Roman landmark

Artists face charges over fake nuclear blast on Czech TV

Arts, culture not an elitist pursuit: report

Auction price soars on speculation jug may be rare Islamic artifact

Auction sells 6 Thomson paintings for $3.4M

Australian gallery's van Gogh declared a fake

Authorities seek shut-down of renowned Sao Paulo art museum

B.C. artist Robert Bateman honoured for human rights work

B.C. arts projects get $1.7M in lead-up to Olympics

Bangladesh cancels Paris exhibit after statues stolen

Banksy takes Santa's Ghetto to Bethlehem

BBC apologizes to Queen, Leibovitz for misleading promo

Bears, protest signs score Turner title for U.K. artist

Beaverbrook foundation ordered to pay gallery's legal bills

Bee Movie captures inaugural world prize at gaming and animation awards

Beijing auction sets record for sale of Chinese painting

Bono's charity art auction nets $42M

Britain allocates $62M to save historic ships

British Museum ponders 24-hour opening for terracotta warriors

British sculptor charged with manslaughter

British treasure hunters unearth Viking hoard

British Underground officials retract ban on nude portrait ad

B�dard's boyfriend gets 6 months in jail for art theft

Cai blasts record for Chinese contemporary art sale

Calgary financier donates $10M to Banff Centre

Canada Council names administrator of grant programs

Canadian artist to create ice wall for Chicago waterfront

Canadian painter Ken Danby dies at 67

Canadian War Museum changes controversial wording on WWII bombing

Casino magnate promises to return looted sculpture to China

Chicago museum to return Maori head, bones to N.Z.

China's Terracotta Army to march into British Museum

Chinese artifacts at ROM have been smuggled: book

Chinese artist wins inaugural manga honour

Christo plans work made of oil barrels for United Arab Emirates

Cirque du Soleil to design Canadian pavilion at Shanghai Expo

Close-up image of Leonardo's Last Supper set for web posting

Construction of Banff's Kinnear Centre set to begin

Coupland art exhibit gives Penguins a punk twist

Critics divided over Toronto's ROM Crystal

Critics paint over Banksy Bethlehem murals

Curator, administrator Pierre Arpin named new Canada Council visual arts chief

Danish museum in talks to buy controversial Prophet cartoons

Danish police retrieve stolen gilded horn artifacts

Dark Bacon triptych fetches more than $50M in London

Dartmouth artist wins $25,000 Masterworks award

Descendants of Russian art collectors claim proceeds of London show

Design Exchange curator joins Toronto's ROM

Diamond + Schmitt opens first building in Banff Centre revamp

Diana portrait exhibit shows enduring appeal of late princess

Donors help National Gallery buy third Mueck sculpture

Dylan's art reflects his music in German exhibit

Edmonton mayor scraps sculptures after Hindu protest

Edmonton to host homage to U.S. artist Ruscha and 1950 Ford

Egypt ponders bill to copyright the pyramids

Elton John defends Goldin photo seized by police

Elton John's Goldin photo not indecent, prosecutors say

Fashion photographer Testino to put Diana image on the block

First ever hip hop exhibit opens at Smithsonian's portrait gallery

Five held in connection with mangling of Monet

Florence pondering new home for Michelangelo's David

Food for thought served up at West Coast art show

Fortin landscape sells for $807,500 at auction

France racing to save Lascaux cave paintings from fungus

France signs deal to create 'desert Louvre'

France to try out free museums

Frank falls for fado: Gehry to design Mariza's stage

Frank Lloyd Wright boathouse in Buffalo opens to the public

Free days offered at French national museums

French architect chosen to design Hollywood movie museum

French billionaire named art world's most powerful figure

French police hold 2 suspects over Picasso theft

French woman leaves lipstick kiss on $2M artwork

Gauguin's Te Poipoi expected to fetch up to $60M

German archbishop ignites furor over 'degenerate' art remark

German museum closes terracotta warriors exhibit after figures revealed as fakes

Germany releases catalogue of art stolen during WW II

Getty Museum agrees to handover of 40 artifacts to Italy

Getty sends 1st of disputed works back to Italy

Global warming protester booted from museum

Greece closes net on antiquities smuggling

Greece drops charges against Getty curator over looted golden wreath

Greece gets back Neolithic artifacts stolen 22 years ago

Greece promises fall opening for much delayed Acropolis Museum

Group seeks to restore 1916 Frank Lloyd Wright home

Halifax curator moves to Calgary's Glenbow Museum

Halifax gallery wins $30,000 endowment to buy art

Hand-carved $40M Hindu temple opens in Toronto

Hermitage enlists Rem Koolhaas to revamp displays

Hirst donates pickled cow, cigarette butt art pieces to Tate

Hirst draws A-list artists to donate to AIDS auction

Hirst's diamond-and-platinum skull fetches $100M

Hispanic cartoonist Gus Arriola, creator of Gordo, dies at 90

HudBay Minerals gives $1M boost to human-rights museum

Huge dinosaur centrepiece of new ROM galleries

Huge Hadrian statue found in Turkish archeological dig

Hundreds go naked at photo shoot to expose global warming

Iconic Canadian painter Norval Morrisseau dies at 75

Impressionist, Renaissance paintings snatched in daylight theft

Innu blast Williams over snub involving historic coats

International hits, premieres lined up for Luminato arts fest

Inuit artist accuses CRA staff of writing racist tax memo

Iraq's archives facing constant threat, bombings

Israel, France create exhibit of unclaimed Nazi-looted art

Istanbul gets new 500-seat opera house

Italian developer planned to build over ancient temple site

Italians recover looted ancient artifacts

Italy drops civil suit against former Getty curator

Italy to show off repatriated artifacts in new exhibit

Itinerant artist trades paintings for room, board and speeding ticket

Jack Diamond design part of Washington's cultural renaissance

Japan's highest court allows Mapplethorpe book to be sold

Jesus-to-Osama print sparks religious art row

Joan Miro painting sold for record $16.6M

Judge orders late cartoonist's works returned to family

Judge ready to consider deal for O'Keeffe art collection

Judging panel to hear appeal for Beaverbrook art dispute

King Tut's face revealed in display

Kiss on $2.8M painting more than just a kiss

Koons, Bacon works sold at record-setting NYC auction

Lawsuit accuses Warhol estate of manipulating art prices

Library mug shot exhibit of Bush administration called 'political attack'

Literature museum captures Stirling architecture prize

Little known van Gogh painting exhibited publicly for first time

Lohan channels screen siren Monroe for nude photo shoot

London impressionist and modern art sales stay strong

London's Kew gardens the backdrop Henry Moore wanted

Long-lost Blake watercolours shown for 1st time

Longtime artisans receive Nunavut arts prize

Looted Chinese sculpture to be sold at auction

Looted sculptures slated for return to Sicily

Louvre unveils new commissioned artwork

Luminato calling all Toronto arts lovers

Man mistakes Material Girl for Marilyn Monroe

Man pleads guilty in hammer attack on Samuel Johnson portrait

Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso paintings sell for more than $30M each

Mayor angry Charlottetown left out of picture

McCartney to unveil photo retrospective in memory of late wife Linda

McMichael gallery co-founder dies

McMichael hosts major retrospective of Bateman work

Met's de Montebello to leave prestigious museum post

Mexican archeologists hope to unearth tomb of Aztec ruler

Mexican artist aims to fill deserted hometown with clay figures

Mexico City unveils commemorative Frida Kahlo exhibit

Monet painting of Thames sells for $38M

Montreal architects win $50,000 Prix de Rome

Montreal gallery owner brings Picasso to Moncton

Montreal man moves to recover Nazi-looted Klimt

Montreal set for $120M revamp of entertainment district

Montreal's Michel de Broin wins Sobey Art Award

Morrisseau family feuds over artist's body

N.S. artist's Vatican paintings to help save Halifax church

Nashville university told it can't sell paintings from O'Keeffe bequest

National gallery not coming to Calgary building: EnCana

National Gallery to keep director for another year

National Portrait Gallery would be $2.5M cheaper in Ottawa: report

Nazi-looted work found in London to be returned to Montreal

NCC pulls historic exhibit over French controversy

Netherlands sells 1,000 items from national art collection on eBay

New Alberta museum celebrates First Nations culture

New exhibit reveals unknown sides of Kahlo, Rivera

New funding for Beaverbrook Art Gallery

New museum near Angkor Wat to show long-lost Buddhist statues

New Toronto arts venues hailed for innovative design

New York art heist shrouded in smoke

New York museums move to confirm ownership of Picasso paintings

New York's Guggenheim Museum to have $29M upgrade

New Zealander to be 1st artist to draw in space

No insurance on stolen Picasso, Portinari Brazilian museum reveals

Nuit Blanche keeps Toronto up all night

O'Keeffe museum moves to block sale of art left to university

Oda announces permanent $30M increase for Canada Council

Odile Crick, artist known for her sketch of DNA, dies

Ojibway artist Norval Morrisseau buried after month-long dispute

Once hidden artwork to get new life at N.S. Government House

One of Van Gogh's last landscapes to be auctioned

Online auction scam sold illegal Banksy prints: report

Organized crime likely behind Swiss art heist: expert

Organizers reveal Sobey art prize short list

Ottawa council waives fees to support portrait gallery bid

Ottawa galleries announce new photo festival

Painter Furey remembered as 'complete original'

Painter's nudes an homage to Canada's hockey icons

Painting in Ottawa home revealed as Tom Thomson original

Painting inspired by Tiananmen massacre on auction block

Painting inspired by Tiananmen Square massacre fetches $5.9M

Paintings taken in Sao Paulo heist recovered

Pakistan National Art Gallery opens its doors

Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee found murdered

Patrons fall for Tate Modern's fissure installation

Philanthropists donate 2nd Rembrandt to Queen's

Picasso works stolen from artist's granddaughter recovered: reports

Pitt urges New Orleans to 'build something smarter'

Pop culture mashed up as Warhol-Banksy exhibit opens

Portrait Gallery allows limited tours of its vault

Portrait gallery looks nationwide for new home

Post-Britney and Paris, controversial artist tackles Prince Harry

Prairie artist Joe Fafard celebrated with National Gallery exhibit

Precious da Vinci papers infested with mould

Premier promises $12M for Alberta's arts and culture

Priceless Monet punctured during Paris Nuit Blanche

Princeton Museum, Rome sign repatriation deal over looted artifacts

Princeton strikes deal with Italy over looted artifacts

Private buyer will return Rostropovich art collection to Russia

Private donation bolsters Montreal fine arts museum's expansion

Quebec City museum gets $37.5 million from Ottawa

Quebec, Ontario team up for new arts residency program

Queen on display in Leibovitz retrospective

Rare First Nations drawing returns to Sask.

Rare mechanical Faberge egg to be auctioned

Real-life Lisa inspired Leonardo's Mona Lisa: German experts

Red Hulk a teaser for comic fans

Relief of A.Y. Jackson unveiled in Ontario town

Researchers uncover Leonardo da Vinci's method stroke for stroke

Retrospective revisits Turner Prize controversies

Riefenstahl works among photos stolen in Germany

ROM unveils soundscape exhibit

Rostropovich art collection to be shown at St. Petersburg palace

Rothko, Freud, Warhol works sell at enthusiastic NY auction

Royal Ontario Museum shines light on new Crystal

Rubens oil sketch could reach $12M at auction

Russia creates online database of Nazi-looted art

Russia learns 160,000 artifacts missing from museums

Russia OK's London art exhibit pending new British law

Samuel Johnson portrait attacked with hammer

Sarkozy urges creative design at opening of $111M architecture museum

Saskatchewan sculptor wins award for contribution to culture

Saskatoon's Mendel gallery gets $4M for expansion

Satirist Colbert snags spot at U.S. portrait gallery

Scottish police recover da Vinci canvas stolen in 2003

Sculptor Joe Fafard looks back

Service cut will curb tours for art, museum exhibits: curators

Shock artist puts spotlight on Indian waste workers with excrement exhibit

Sin City mayor, FBI to team up for mob museum

Smithsonian director of Indian museum spends $250,000 on travel

Smithsonian needs $2.5B in repairs: U.S. gov't report

South Asian, Middle Eastern galleries reopen at ROM

Spain's Prado Museum unveils modern, $210M expansion

Stanley Park's downed trees at core of art project

Stones guitarist Wood opens art show in Paris

Supermarket tycoon leaves major collection to U.K. galleries

Tamayo painting found in dumpster sells for more than $1M

Tenants of Carnegie Hall towers fighting eviction

Thieves abandoned oversized Monet, van Gogh paintings: museum director

Thieves escape with $163M of artwork in 'spectacular' Zurich heist

Thieves make off with Botero bronzes in Tuscany

Thieves make quick work of Picasso in Brazilian heist

Thieves nab Denmark's Golden Horns in early morning robbery

Thieves take Dutch painting from Australian gallery

Thomson oil sketch soars to nearly $1.5M at auction

Thousands gather for nude shoot in Amsterdam

TIFF to host art installations at ROM, galleries

Time eroding pictograph heritage of Churchill River

Tiny lioness figure fetches hefty $57M US at auction

Tom Thomson paintings highlight Canadian fall auctions

Toronto architect wins $34,000 Prix de Rome

Toronto filmmaker wins Canada Council video art honour

Toronto gallery shows At the Crease in tribute to painter Danby

Toronto's ROM focuses on Canadiana

Trial over O'Keeffe art collection begins in Nashville

U.K. Beaverbrook Foundation left with only real estate

U.K. government donates $100M to Tate Modern expansion

U.S. agents search 4 museums in smuggling investigation

U.S. art dealer opens contemporary gallery in Rome

U.S. attempts to seize Basquiat painting smuggled from Brazil

U.S. judge rules Nazi-looted painting belongs to Max Stern estate

U.S. returns stolen 12th-century artifact to Cambodia

UN launches human rights cartoon exhibit

Up all night: Toronto's Nuit Blanche to unfold from dusk-to-dawn

Valued at $3,078, Rembrandt copy sells for $4.5M

Van Gogh painted on tea towels: museum curator

Van Gogh, Monet paintings in Swiss art heist found

Van Gogh, Picasso works fail to sell at NY auction

Vancouver Art Gallery acquires 2 works by Jeff Wall

Vancouver artist wins emerging painter prize

Vancouver artist, Montreal curator win Hnatyshyn Awards

Vancouver artists in fight to save studio space

Vancouver gallery to show O'Keeffe at her most abstract

Vancouver plays host to great paintings from Monet to Dali

Vatican restoration work offers insight into Raphael

Vatican to unveil late-life Michelangelo design sketch

Wanted: Very large wall for Queen's arena portrait

War museum should change display that riled vets: senators

War museum to rework controversial bomber panel

Washington gets taste of Canadian masterpieces

Winnipeg man named curator-in-residence at National Gallery

Winnipeg Warhol show spans early work to Campbell's cans, Conrad Black

Works by Gauguin, van Gogh on N.Y. auction block

Works by graffiti artist Banksy fetch over $1M

Writer Richard Wright, musician Paul Shaffer earn honours

Yale makes deal to return Machu Picchu artifacts to Peru

Young Toronto artist wins $10,000 award for portraiture

Yukon artists welcome $100,000 touring fund

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