With Britain overcome by matrimonial hysteria, ARTINFO checked out what artists are making to cope with and profit from the hype.
Art and Politics: Attack of the Royal Wedding Art!: The Sexiest, Strangest, and Most Sickening Works Captivating the U.K.
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Art & Crime: Police Nab Europe's Most Notorious Art Thief And His Mom, Too
Stéphane Breitwieser allegedly hid some 40 artworks at his home, while his mother stashed objects at the bottom of a pond.
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Art and Politics: Maine Judge Backs Controversial Mural Censorship Under "Government Speech" Doctrine
The ruling supported Republican Governor Paul LePage as within his rights to take down the pro-labor mural.
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Performing Arts: The Jesus Lizard's David Yow on Selling His "Crappy" Paintings to Brain Surgeons and Turning People On
The punk-rock wild man, famed for his outrageous stage antics, has a similarly, um, energetic approach to his visual art on view in a new Berlin show.
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Art and Politics: Doing Push-Ups, Naked, for Freedom: Meet Chinese Political Artist Ou Zhihang
Celebrated in China, and a former comrade of Ai Weiwei, Ou is known for exercising au naturale in charged locales.
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Art and Technology: Selling Spam to Saatchi: A Q&A With Hacker Collage Artist James Howard
Howard spins some psychadelic art from the depths of his junk email folder.
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Impressionist & Modern Art: Do All Fertile Women Really Find Georgia O'Keeffe's Art Sexy?
Scientists have set out to unlock the secrets of female desire, with art.
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The Daily Checklist: "Calvin and Hobbes" Creator Returns From Seclusion With a Painting, Another L.A. Street Artist Arrested, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, a Chinese collector denies buying the world-record fish vase.
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Performing Arts: Filmmaker Flees Capital After Beijing Documentary Festival Shutters Amid Crackdown on Intellectuals
Zhu Rikun, the festival's artistic director and a longtime champion of films challenging the Chinese government's actions, has closed shop.
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Performing Arts: Filmmaker Quits Capital After Beijing Documentary Festival Shutters Amid Crackdown on Intellectuals
Zhu Rikun, the festival's artistic director and a longtime champion of films challenging the Chinese government's actions, has closed shop.
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Museums: In Latest Smithsonian Controversy, Scholars Assail Clough's Plan to Showcase Disreputable Undersea Treasure
The 1,200-year-old Chinese cache was excavated for profit instead of through academic methods.
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Museums: Divisive Dale Chihuly Glass-Art "Museum" Approved for Former Seattle Amusement Park
The Seattle City Council has given the green light to a museum for the famed artist's work, though some see it as an overly commercial venture.
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Design & Architecture: Should Gaudí's Sagrada Familia Remain Unfinished?
Some critics allege that it will never truly represent the visionary architect's own design.
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The Daily Checklist: Picasso's Sleepy Mistress to Headline Christie's Sale, Ai Weiwei's Rock Star Friend Detained Too, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, a gigantic statue of Tutankhamum's pharaoh grandpa has been found in Egypt.
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Photography: The Naturalist: Finnish Photographer Sanna Kannisto Ventures Into the Rainforest to Mate Science and Art
The artist, whose works are on view at the Aperture Foundation, goes into the field with teams of scientists to document animals, as well as research stations.
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Galleries: Yvon Lambert to Shutter His Deluxe New York Gallery
In a step toward retirement, the veteran Paris dealer is closing the outpost, causing rivals to salivate over the luxurious space.
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Art and Politics: "Clough Stands for Censorship!": Impromptu Protest Enlivens Rote Smithsonian Forum on Wojnarowicz Scandal
Adrian Parsons attempted to hang a sign that read "Censor" around the Smithsonian secretary's neck.
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Performing Arts: "A Little Lost," Regained: The Dirty Projector's Nat Baldwin on His Homage to Experimental Music Icon Arthur Russell
The bassist and songwriter discusses his cover of the late legend's song on his new solo album "People Changes."
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Design & Architecture: What's a "Burble Bup"? Why, It's Goverors Island's First Secret Art Hideout, Of Course
The structure, made from soil and inflatable toys, is the brainchild of design farm Bittertang.
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The Daily Checklist: Ai Weiwei and Justin Bieber Make Time 100 List, David Bowie Gets Museum Show as "Artist," and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, Blanton Museum director Ned Rifkin unexpectedly resigns.
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