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Police: Con artist stole Picasso etchings (UPI)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:12:48 GMT PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Suspected con artist Marcus Patmon stole two Pablo Picasso etchings from a gallery in Palm Beach, Fla., police allege.

Pop artist Alain Jacquet, 69, dies (New York Daily News)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:46:46 GMT Alain Jacquet, a French pop artist known for his reinterpretations of famous paintings, has died in Manhattan. He was 69.

Critic blasts UK artist as 'tacky' (Daily Telegraph)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:31:00 GMT WORLD renowned Australian art critic Robert Hughes has publicly attacked leading British artist Damien Hirst over the decline in contemporary art.

French Pop Artist Alain Jacquet Dies (TheCelebrityCafe.com)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:35:36 GMT The artist died of cancer at age 69.

Police: Con artist stole Picasso etchings (Moldova.org)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:11:30 GMT Suspected con artist Marcus Patmon stole two Pablo Picasso etchings from a gallery in Palm Beach, Fla., police allege.Police have arrested the 37-year-old man at his Miami home and charged him in the disappearance of the Le Repas Frugal and Jacqueline Lisant etchings from the Gallery Biba, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Sunday.La Repas Frugal dates back to 1904 and is widely credited as ...

Welcome to Childree's Carnival: Artist brings his sex show to Wynwood (Miami Herald)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:52:03 GMT On the sort of sweat-lock afternoon when Miami feels like a junkyard on the hot bottom of the Earth, Clifton Childree -- installation artist, experimental filmmaker and devotee of decay -- is dressed in a paint-splattered T-shirt and running his hands lovingly over the turn-of-the-century Singer sewing machine set to be put to novel use for his DREAM-CUM-TRU exhibition opening Saturday night at ...

Alain Jacquet, 69, French pop artist (Boston Herald)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:21:38 GMT NEW YORK - Alain Jacquet, a French pop artist known for his reinterpretations of famous paintings, has died, the French Embassy said. Mr. Jacquet, who lived in New York...

LAist Interview: Artist Lesley Reppeteaux (LAist)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:52:06 GMT After several years as a resident of Los Angeles, artist Lesley Reppeteaux lived as an ex-pat in Paris, Barcelona and Berlin before making a more permanent move to Portland, Oregon. Known for eclectic, poignant painting and illustration that often includes portraits of quirky lasses, Reppeteaux’s art mixes the sublime with a shadowy expressionism. Art Ltd. magazine recently listed Reppeteaux ...

Hughes hits at 'tacky' UK artist Hirst (The West Australian)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:04:55 GMT World renowned Australian art critic Robert Hughes has publicly attacked leading British artist Damien Hirst over the decline in contemporary art.

Artist files suit against Wooster School (The News-Times)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:34:24 GMT DANBURY -- A Brooklyn artist is suing Wooster School, alleging several sculptures she loaned for display in 2001 were damaged or have gone missing.The artist, Suk Semoon, filed the suit June 30, naming Wooster School, the Wooster Community Art Center and its director, Wendy Northrup, as defendants.

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