What are artists and art-lovers talking about? Here are the latest twitter art related tweets from March 9th, 2010

@4PointsChicago: Get out of the rain! The Museum of Contemporary Art is #FreeTuesday! http://bit.ly/bdbjDQ – 09 Mar 10 22:51

@OneArtWorld: Sotheby's contemporary art auction in New York today. Results are in. …

Welcome to Week in Review, our Sunday round-up of the last 7 days of activity here at Contemporary Art Daily.
This week’s featured exhibitions:
Bernd and Hilla Becher at Konrad Fischer
Oscar Tuazon at Kunsthalle Bern
Ann Veronica Janssens at Alfonso Artiaco
Thomas Eggerer at Daniel Buchholz
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster at Dia at the Hispanic Society
Tony Just …

Artist profile: street art. From the slums of Kenya to the Paris banlieues, the guerilla photographer JR aims to put a human face to the most impoverished areas of the world. Just don’t ask him who he is
The Parisian photographer JR is a man routinely touted as the hippest street …

Photographer who specialises in large-scale nude installations is asking for 1,000 volunteers to reinvigorate the spirit of LS Lowry. Cloth caps not needed
Just a week after coaxing 5,200 Australians to pose naked on the steps of Sydney Opera House, photographer Spencer Tunick has announced he will tackle an altogether chillier …

What are artists and art-lovers talking about? Here are the latest twitter art related tweets from March 8th, 2010

@thefuschiatree: Towards A New World – An Exclusive Seminar On Contemporary Indian Art – http://p0.vresp.com/qRZfDm – 08 Mar 10 09:21

@miekla: Find out if you can agree to my opinion, as far …

Image by stryker66
Taking a glance at upcoming family friendly activities in London. Please only continue reading if accompanied by child.
Today:
The LSO St. Luke’s is hosting another free lunchtime concert from 12:30-13:15. This time children can learn about the double bass.
In the afternoon, head to the Lancaster Youth Club for a …

Every art form involves discipline unique only towards its application. In the visual arts for example, like oil, acrylic, pastels, charcoal etc., there are the basics that are common. Some of the basics may include the ability to interpret images into visual form, intrinsic artistry, and skills gained and learned. …

But creating tones in watercolor is very important. Sometimes it is even more important than the color itself. To draw an analogy, a pianist for example might be good at reading sheet music and might have perfectly disciplined fingers to run throughout all the keys with ease but if he …

Tuscan art
Writers and poets have tried their best to describe the wonders and beauty of Tuscany. Their words are, for the most part, insufficiently shallow. But where the pen has failed, the eye and the brush reveal what can only be captured through the lines and form of color. Only …

To get the most out of the brush and execute washes and details, it will be well to practice and notice how paints and strokes behave differently when other points in the handle of the brush is used. Varying the grip from the base of the ferrule to the tip …