After a half-century of making art, Brother Mel looks for fresh ideas ( bi13650624 The St. Louis-based artist has been at for over 50 years, but he says religious life gives endless inspiration

Christie's to Offer the Private Collection of the Hon. Simon Sainsbury (Art D bi13650624 Paul Signac (1863-1935), Collioure. Les Balancelles, signed and dated `P. Signac. 87' (lower left); inscribed `Op. 167' (lower right) oil on canvas. 18 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (46.5 x 65.5 cm.) Painted September - October 1887 Estimate: £1,800,000-2,500,000. © Christie's Images Limited

Artist makes the street her canvas (Louisville Courier-Journal) bi13650624 An anamorphic artist coming to town and, no, she neither too thin nor too heavy. You may want to up your art/math vocabulary before Tracy Lee Stum gets to Louisville Wednesday to begin a four-day process of mind-boggling illusionism

Sun-Times staffers do what they do best: write (Chicago Sun-Times) bi13650624 When rains pours at the Sun-Times sometimes, and currently it's raining books. Several colleagues have books out now, and a couple more are due out fall

Zimbabwe's Leading Sunday Newspaper (The Zimbabwe Standard) bi13650624 "THERE?S nowhere the world like Bulawayo" my late mum used to say, and she?s right six years after her death

Hexham Courant (The Hexham Courant) bi13650624 WYLAM First School and friends jumble sale and auction tomorrow from 2pm 5pm at Wylam Institute. Jumble can be left at the Institute tonight between 7pm and 9pm and tomorrow morning 10am noon

Exhibit showcases seasons of New England (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) bi13650624 I ducked the Beaman Library West Boylston week to escape the heat wave and find a light summer read for my upcoming vacation. What I found instead was more refreshing than what I had come for

Bates painting CWS picture (The Charlotte Observer) bi13650624 North Carolina relief pitcher Colin Bates saving plenty of good memories of the College World Series head. When he gets home, he may put them on canvas. When the redshirt freshman isn't striking out foes, he can sometimes be found painting acrylics or drawing colored pencils. He's so good that teammate Tim Fedroff even "commissioned" a sketch of hitting at year's ..

Alexis Rockman paints Mother Nature a foul mood (The Daily News Tribune) bi13650624 Anyone ever scorched by a forest fire or lost a blizzard might wonder how a painter like Alexis Rockman knows what natural calamities feel like. The rest of us might just hope the coming environmental catastrophe really as gorgeous as monumental paintings on display at the Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University. Video: Walk through the exhibit..

Attorney Pleads " No Contest" Over Death Of Law Partner (News On 6 Tulsa) bi13650624 A Tulsa attorney has entered a plea agreement over the death December of law partner. ..

Exhibition Inspires Play - EN PLEIN AIR brings Impressionist Giverny to Life bi13650624 Actor Christopher Eaves performs newest work, EN PLEIN AIR?Impressions of Painting Giverny & Old Lyme, against a backdrop of artwork from the Florence Griswold Museum?s current exhibition, Impressionist Giverny: American Painters France

Portsmouth area community calendar (Portsmouth Herald) bi13650624 Portsmouth..

His scattered dreams (Guardian Unlimited) bi13650624 Arts & entertainment: Scribbles and smears, hearts and hieroglyphs - what are Cy Twombly's paintings trying to tell us? Adrian Searle visits the Tate's new show..

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