French fashion brand Ungaro taps Lindsay Lohan as part of new design teamNEW YORK — Lindsay Lohan’s high-fashion shopping habits are well documented — and now she’s putting that to work: The house of Emanuel Ungaro has hired her as artistic adviser. Spokesman: Photographer Annie Leibovitz, lender working to resolve loan as deadline passesNEW YORK — Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz was continuing to try to resolve matters with her lender, her spokesman said Wednesday, a day after the deadline passed for her to repay a $24 million loan or lose the rights to her life’s work. For sale: Luxury NYC duplex where Madoff fraud came crashing down; Fla. estate also availableNEW YORK — It’s where Bernard Madoff broke down and confessed to his massive fraud, frantically wrote checks for millions of dollars as the scheme unraveled and appeared in a bathrobe to greet the FBI agents who arrested him. Deadline for celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz to repay $24 million loan passesNEW YORK — The deadline for celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz to repay a $24 million loan passed Tuesday night without word from either involved party. Art by ‘Caps for Sale’ author in Naples, Fla., and later Lincoln, Neb.GLEN HEAD, N.Y. — An exhibit of art by the late author of the beloved children’s tale “Caps for Sale” is opening Oct. 1 in Naples, Fla., and will travel to Lincoln, Neb., and to the New York City area next year. Celeb photographer Annie Leibovitz’s $24M loan repayment due; risks losing copyright to imagesNEW YORK — Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz risks losing the copyright to her images — and her entire life’s work — if she doesn’t pay back a $24 million loan that is now due. Technology brings long-lost NC Wyeth illustration out of hiding, in living colorPHILADELPHIA — Just beneath the surface of a painting of one of America’s best known artistic families lies a dark tale that had been hidden for decades. Panthers racing to catch up with Steelers on and off field ahead of preseason finaleCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson has long said he wanted his young franchise to emulate the family-run Pittsburgh Steelers. Man butts heads with Colorado town officials over bare-bottom statueSILT, Colo. — At least one critic in the western Colorado town of Silt said a new sculpture of a bare-bottom rock climber is exposing the public to a little too much art. The statue shows a climber of undetermined gender scaling a cliff. It stands at a downtown intersection. Allentown, Pa., museum acquires collection from estate of modernist artist Peter GrippeALLENTOWN, Pa. — An eastern Pennsylvania art museum has received one of its largest gifts ever — about 500 works and property once owned by modernist artist Peter Grippe. Jackson will join thousands of celebrities in the beauty, history that is Forest Lawn GlendaleGLENDALE, Calif. — Michael Jackson’s life played out on a world stage, headlines screaming his every move, frenzy following his footsteps. Morenatti among 9 winners of AP’s 2009 Gramling Awards for staff excellenceNEW YORK — Emilio Morenatti, the award-winning photographer who was wounded last month in a bombing in Afghanistan, is among nine Associated Press staff members selected as winners of the 2009 Oliver S. Gramling Awards for excellence. Picture This: Detroit Institute of Arts shows off collection of rare, early photos in exhibitDETROIT — Sir John Herschel made important contributions to the nascent field of photography more than a century and a half ago, inventing a chemical process that allowed an image to be fixed onto photosensitive paper. Vietnamese art exhibition to premiere in HoustonHOUSTON — An exhibition of Vietnamese art, with more than 100 objects never before seen in the U.S., will premiere at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston Sept. 13. It will remain on view through Jan. 3. Tickets on sale for Chinese terra cotta warriors exhibit in WashingtonWASHINGTON — Fifteen of China’s famous terra cotta warriors are coming to Washington in November for an exhibit at the National Geographic Museum. It’s the final U.S. venue for the extraordinary statues, which have also been on display in Santa Ana, Calif., in Atlanta and in Houston. Annual arts festival coming up in Jackson Hole, Wyo.JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — Thousands of art-lovers attend the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival each year, scheduled this fall for Sept. 10-20. Barcelona: Take it all in by cable car, bike, or on a strollBARCELONA, Spain — By metro, tram, bus, bike, car or on foot, taking in the streetscapes, panoramas and often-startling architecture of Barcelona can make for a full itinerary. But while you’re here, you’ll also want to check out what’s inside — art, history, and of course, tapas and wine. Stars behaving badly: Vampires, werewolves, liars and fakes lead Hollywood’s fall film castLOS ANGELES — Hollywood might be telling its own life story this fall, presenting a lineup of liars, phonies, smooth talkers, bloodsuckers and greedy old men. Risking Islamic ire, Saudi Arabia opens a rich history to foreign archaeologistsRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Much of the world knows Petra, the ancient ruin in modern-day Jordan that is celebrated in poetry as “the rose-red city, ‘half as old as time,’” and which provided the climactic backdrop for “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” Paraguay court upholds architect’s conviction, 2-year sentence in deadly supermarket fireASUNCION, Paraguay — A Paraguayan court has upheld a two-year prison sentence for architect Bernardo Ismachowiez, designer of a supermarket where 420 people died in a 2004 fire. Well-traveled rare American goose decoy to be auctioned in NYC after time in Pa., ArgentinaNEW YORK — A rare, 19th century hand-carved goose decoy that once plied Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River before being sold in Argentina, and considered by some to be a floating sculpture, is going on the auction block. It could bring in as much as $400,000. Doubts cast on authenticity of alleged Picasso find in IraqBAGHDAD — Authorities in the art world cast doubt Thursday on the authenticity of an alleged Picasso painting that was seized by Iraqi police south of Baghdad. National Portrait Gallery displays Andy Warhol silkscreen portrait of Sen. Edward M. KennedyWASHINGTON — The National Portrait Gallery in Washington is installing an Andy Warhol portrait of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in its remembrance gallery. Nude model briefly adds self to permanent collection at The Met museum in NYC for photo shootNEW YORK — It seems the only nudes allowed at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art are the ones in the collection. Iraqi forces recover stolen Picasso during raid of house south of BaghdadBAGHDAD — Special forces have recovered a stolen Picasso and arrested a man planning to sell the painting during a raid of his house in southern Iraq, Iraqi police said Wednesday. The big tease: As burlesque grows in popularity, some ask: Is it art or X-rated entertainment?CHICAGO — In the Depression-era days of Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque dancing was about as naughty, and as nude, as it got in public. The emphasis was on the tease more than the strip, until Playboy and harder-core pornography came along in the 1950s. Fashion designer campaigns for Kidman to wear his winning ‘Runway’ dressNEW YORK — Fashion designer Daniel Vosovic has someone very A-list in mind for the winning dress he created for the “Project Runway: All-Star Challenge.” Stanford scientists try to unwrap mysteries of ancient mummy using latest computer technologyPALO ALTO, Calif. — Scientists trying to unwrap the mysteries of a more than 2,500-year-old mummy believed to be an ancient Egyptian priest conducted computer scans Thursday to help determine how the man died, what was buried with him and what he looked like. If you go to the office furniture design show featuring manufacturer Herman MillerIf you go to “Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller” at the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Mich.: Design the focus of Michigan museum exhibit showcasing Herman Miller office furnitureMUSKEGON, Mich. — It is a museum show about office furniture as art — but with designs on being more. New exhibit showcases the art of office furniture design, focusing on Herman MillerMUSKEGON, Mich. — The art of office furniture design is the focus of a new exhibition of Herman Miller Inc. products, prototypes, models and drawings that opens Friday. German police confiscate hundreds of sculptures attributed to GiacomettiBERLIN — German police have confiscated hundreds of bronze and plaster statues alleged to be the works of Alberto Giacometti and arrested an art dealer and two others on suspicion of selling the fakes across the globe. Andy Warhol’s portrait of Michael Jackson sold to anonymous buyer at NY gallery auctionEAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — A New York art gallery has sold an Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson, but won’t reveal the purchase price or the buyer. President of elite RI art and design school faces turmoil over museum director’s resignationPROVIDENCE, R.I. — As president of the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, John Maeda enjoys a reputation as an innovative graphic designer and a prolific blogger with an MIT pedigree who encourages students to call him by his first name and join him on morning jogs. NY gallery expects brisk last-minute bidding on Andy Warhol’s portrait of Michael JacksonEAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — A New York art gallery is expecting some brisk last-minute bidding on an Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson. |
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