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Fashion: "Work of Art," Meet "Project Runway": Art Crowd Turns Out for Cynthia Rowley Fall 2011 Fashion Week Show

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 With a "model factory" concept courtesy of artist Ryan McNamara, the velvet- and sparkle-rich fashion event was a sumptuous success.

Style: Bow Wow!: Pooch Portraitist Wins First-Ever Westminster Dog Art Contest

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 Amber Sena's charcoal dog portraits are the official face of the legendary dog show — and have launched her on a new career path.

The Daily Checklist: Smithsonian Lets Fans Vote on Video-Game Art Canon, LaChapelle Slaps Rihanna With "S&M" Suit, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, Jasper Johns gets the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Arts Policy: Shutterbugs Invade Musée d'Orsay to Protest No-Photo Policy — By Taking Photographs

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 A group called Orsay Commons recently swarmed the institution with cameras in hand.

Art and Technology: Virginia Museum Launches "Augmented Reality" Picasso Shows in New York, Philadelphia, D.C., Starbucks

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 Cubist masterpieces can be accessed in virtual space via smartphone as a promotion for "Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris."

Art & Crime: Raid of Moscow Gambling Den Uncovers $5 Million Rembrandt and Picasso Stash

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 Exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky formerly used the building housing the illegal syndicate, and papers relating to his offshore businesses were also seized.

Museums: Thomas Kinkade's America Invaded by Faceless Clown Posse

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 Patricia Hernandez's "Parody of Light" features faux Kinkade paintings, and even memorabilia, all of it haunted by clowns.

The Daily Checklist: Rose McGowan's Art-Collecting Mystery Lover, Bloomberg Doles Out Art Dough, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, Barbara Kruger on how life is.

Museums: After Two Decades of Secrecy, A German Museum Can Finally Unveil Its Mystery Monet

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 "Spring Mood in Vetheuil" was kept in the basement according to an eccentric donor's wishes.

Art and Technology: Will "Red Bull Street Art View" Give Street Art Wings?

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 Fans can find images of graffiti greats tagged in Google Street View, courtesy of the canny energy drink company.

Postwar & Contemporary Art: The British Art Show Returns to London With Uncanny Nudes and an Absurdist Sitcom

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 The seventh edition of this national survey inspired heated debate among private preview guests about the selections of the chummy co-curators.

Art and Technology: Versailles Welcomes Wiki-Geek in Residence

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 The 27-year-old Benoît Evellin is appointed to a six-month official role polishing the historic palace's Wikipedia page.

The Daily Checklist: Marclay's "Clock" Achieves "Star Wars" Status, Meet the Next Crop of PS1 Young Architects, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, people are having fun in the old Deitch Projects space.

Art & Crime: Ousted Tunisian Dictator Accused of Looting and Despoiling Carthage

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 Ben Ali and the Trabelsi family are accused of masterminding an antiquities trading ring, as well as constructing illegal luxury apartments on top of ruins.

Museums: Is That a Shakespeare Which I See Before Me?: The Contested Cobbe Portrait of the Bard at the Morgan

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 The New York insitution's exhibition poses the question: "Was Shakespeare a hottie?"

Postwar & Contemporary Art: Mission (Im)Possible: Europe's Political Art Avant-Garde Comes to the Wallach

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 Curator Kerry Oliver-Smith explains how a new wave of artists from the Continent take up hot button issues with poetry and conviction.

The Daily Checklist: Freakonomics Calls Koons's Balloon Dog Suit "Chilling," China Makes All Museums Free, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, the Economist discovers that CEOs have much to learn from artists.

Museums: The Barnes Battle, Redux: Foes of the Foundation's Move File Fresh Accusations of Conspiracy

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 The Friends of the Barnes Foundation claim that footage in the 2009 doc "The Art of the Steal" proves that the attorney general was not a neutral player.

The Daily Checklist: Iowa Republican Drops Plan to Sell Pollock Mural, Kate Moss Taps Tracey Emin as Her Wedding Planner, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, maybe "The King's Speech" should get a street-art campaign too.

People: Votes for Ai Weiwei as China's "Artist of the Year" Spur Censorship Panic

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 The poll, held on the popular Web site Sina, was joined by another vote that named the dissident figure both the best and worst artist of 2010.
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