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At a press conference on the eve of Mondrian. Evolution, a Piet Mondrian exhibition at Germany’s Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K20 museum, curator Susanne Meyer-Büser announced that New York City 1 (1941) has been displayed upside down since it was first seen in public, German publication Monopol reported Thursday. The first clue that the painting, an adhesive tape version of the similarly named New York (which hangs right-side up in Paris at the Centre Pompidou), was hung incorrectly came from a photograph of the artist’s studio in 1944, shortly after he passed away, the curator said at the press conference. In the...

After finding a dumpster full of unwanted "car parts," a Connecticut car mechanic traded a great story and a little elbow grease for an opportunity to save the work of a historic artist and earn an incredible windfall to boot. In September 2017, Jared Whipple, a mechanic from Waterbury, Connecticut, got a call from a friend telling him of a strange find in an abandoned barn in Watertown. Whipple's pal saw the dumpster of "car parts" and instantly thought Whipple would like to have them, the Connecticut Post reported Friday. When the amiable mechanic arrived on the scene, he found...

Earth as seen from satellites as abstract art. Images are gentle landscape abstractions. Joseph Blanchard's "Thoughts Over Coffee." Blanchard is a Boston native who plays for patients in hospitals and cancer centers. He can't read music, so he composes and "remembers" what he played. I'm absolutely awed by the man.

Earth as seen from satellites. Images are gentle landscape abstractions. Telemann - Concerto Polonois - 1st movement - Dolce Allegro.

First of a sequence of 4 new "landscape as abstract art" music videos of satellite views of earth. Done to Johann Friedrich Fasch - Trumpet Concerto in D, 2nd movement Largo. Some of the colors are created as "false color" but each image has been cropped by Earthview into a spectacular piece of modern art. If I found these in a museum, I'd sit in front of them for hours. My new Landscape and Earthview Playlist lists all 4, as well as the 2 earlier earthview videos of more recognizable landscape features, and another 4 older landscape videos of mine.

Bill Wingell for The New York Times Marla Olmstead with her painting "Ornaments." She has sold 24 paintings and put $40,000 away in savings. The artist has both her admirers and her critics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The hottest new abstract artist in town has reason to celebrate. This summer, she went from selling her work in a coffee shop to having her own gallery show. After a local newspaper's feature on her, about 2,000 people came for opening night - everyone from serious collectors to the artist's preschool teacher. She earned more money than she could comprehend. The...

A Homicide Bomber in Iraq thought he could destroy a Bradley APC by running up to it and detonating. The results are obvious.

Good thing Heinz ketchup comes in plastic bottles.