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Many of Britain's best artists split for foreign shores.  Why?

Mixing art with real estate in the nation's capital.

Van Gogh continues to astonish.

The growing roster and importance of African-American artists.

How they've been influenced -- and influential -- down through the years.

Conservationists at the Metropolitan Museum in New York have a new project -- repairing damage done to a Picasso last week.

Chris Ofili's not standing still -- despite his early successes.

A look at the New Acropolis Museum and the treasures it holds.

Terry O'Neill's been taking pictures of Hollywood royalty for years.  Now -- many of those photographs are going on display at a London gallery.

You may not know the name Theo van Doesburg or his work, but he's well worth a look, and he's about to have his art exhibited at the Tate Modern.

The traveling exhibit of Chicago designer Nick Cave has hit L. A.

What do the latest published photographs of Tiger Woods tell us about him?  About ourselves?

A new exhibit of Agnolo Bronzino's work is on display at the Metropolitan in New York.

His name was Bentley . . . and he was obsessed with snowflakes.  He was also a pioneer in macro photography.

A new exhibit of Tara Donovan's works raises the age-old question:  Is it 'Art?'

Martin Scorsese continues to preach the gospel of film preservation.

Elinor Carucci describes how she snapped her favorite.

Did you know that the man who so deliciously played Hannibal Lecter is an accomplished painter?  Meet Mr. Anthony Hopkins.

A furor's erupted over an award-winning wildlife photograph.

Amazing artists . . . very prickly people. 

Lucien Freud turns a dust-up with a cabbie into a painting that could fetch millions at auction.

Vincent van Gogh was not only a masterful painter, he was a prolific letter-writer.  Now, both his words and his works are on display at the Royal Academy in London.

The mother of Lawrence Higgins remembers her son, the promising, extraordinary artist who died by his own hand at age twenty-four.

Richard Wilson's 20:50 newly installed -- again -- at the Saatchi in London.

A new exhibit featuring the work of Katja Strunz. 

An interview with famed photog Raghu Rai.

The French artist Honore Daumier as part of the Phillips Collection.

How to handle the economic downturn.

On the passing of the great caricaturist.