Sir Paul Nurse, Celebrated With A New Commission at National Portrait Gallery (Art Daily) Sir Paul Nurse by Jason Brooks, 2008. Copyright: Jason Brooks / National Portrait Gallery, London. LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery unveiled a commissioned portrait of the Nobel Prize winning scientist, Sir Paul Nurse. us.rd.yahoo.com
Turning cancer cells into a work of art (Times Online) Stefanie Reichelt, a scientist at the Cambridge Research Institute, believes that cancer cells are beautiful. In fact, when viewed under a microscope, she thinks that all parts of the human body - from chromosomes to sperm - are visually arresting. us.rd.yahoo.com
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Kimberly Brooks: Electric Kool-Aid Art Test: Mike Quinn (HuffingtonPost) This week is the 40th Anniversary of Tom Wolfe's famous "Electric Kook-Aid Acid Test" and I thought it would be high time we take a... us.rd.yahoo.com
Artist who dared to mock Nazis gets exhibit at Akron Art Museum (The Plain Dealer) Many observers looked the other way as Germany slid toward war, genocide and madness under the Nazis. Not John Heartfield. The German-born artist was acutely aware of what was happening in his country and foresaw exactly where it would lead. us.rd.yahoo.com
Art Galleries (Palo Alto Weekly) "Barnyard Portraits" by Karen Barone Exhibition of new oil paintings titled "Barnyard Portraits" by artist Karen Barone of Campbell. Reception Sept. 6, from 1-4 p.m. Exhibit runs through September. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 650-321-0220 or visit www.portolaartgallery.com . Portola Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park us.rd.yahoo.com
Art is Jane Seymour's medicine (Miami Herald) Jane Seymour is full of surprises lately. Best known for roles in Somewhere In Time, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and Lifetime tragedies, the actress shed her prim image -- and top -- in 2005's Wedding Crashers. Her hysterical turn as a lushy cougar got almost as much press as Mary Poppins ( Julie Andrews) did when she bared all in 1981's S.O.B. us.rd.yahoo.com
The Return of Infanticide; Frogs and Art (Zenit News Agency) ROME, SEPT. 1, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- For historians, who inhabit the remote world of the past, the injustices and sufferings of people are sufficiently distant in time to ever have much emotional impact on them. us.rd.yahoo.com
Exhibit puts best face forward (yorkregion.com) Markham us.rd.yahoo.com
Pittman figural paintings shine light on society (Contra Costa Times) Paintings, ceramics and quilts highlight Peninsula art shows. us.rd.yahoo.com
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