Stolen Renoir turns up near Venice, after 15 years Jun 4, 2009
In September 2008, police in Italy, acting on a tip from an art critic, recovered a Renoir nude stolen 33 years earlier from a private collection in Milan. Three suspects were arrested. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Nude Madonna fails to stir interest Jun 1, 2009
A painting of pop diva Madonna in the nude with her ex-husband, film director Guy Ritchie, flopped at an auction ... au/news/entertainment/arts/nude-madonna-fails-to-stir-interest/2009/06/01/1243708382337. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bucket Of Spitzer May 28, 2009
"Well," she says, "it's not like I'm sitting there naked onstage. I do appear, as Eliot, in a shirt and black socks. Hmm. Maybe I should be nude.". lect. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Saturday's TV: New Tricks May 28, 2009
For example, some of Weston's most evocative nudes evolved from Charis deciding on the spur of the moment to throw herself naked down a sand dune. Cheetah Man. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Room With Askew May 28, 2009
The pungently atmospheric staging is by Austin Pendleton, who makes a few missteps: The actors parading through the side and rear aisles suggest a constant stream of latecomers, while a lengthy, full-frontal male nude scene the other night elicited loud gasps from an elderly audience. VIEUX CARRE Pearl Theatre Company, 80 St. Marks Place; 212-598-9802. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Success of abstinence in cutting teen pregnancies is a 'myth' May 27, 2009
" In Britain, experts say that the Government missed its target of cutting the under-18 pregnancy rate by 15 per cent from its 1998 level in spite of the 150 million campaign to reduce pregnancies among young girls. It was also likely to miss its target of halving teenage pregnancies by 2010, probably achieving a reduction of about 17 per cent. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1535684/Success-of-abstinence-in-cutting-teen-pregnancies-is-a-myth.html External Links More on Advertisement... (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
'Only a matter of time before terrorists use weapons of mass destruction' May 26, 2009
A one-winged duck, a zombie's eyeball, and people in nude suits. An archive of 50 million images from the second half of the 20th century. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
He made despair glamorous, but was Francis Bacon truly great? May 24, 2009
In paintings like "Lying Figure" (1969), "Triptych - In Memory of George Dyer" (1971), and the Matisse-like nude "Henrietta Moraes" (1966), Bacon set up thrilling tensions between the rectilinear areas of flat, unmodulated color he used for his backgrounds; the liquid, bulging outlines of his figures, which cast shadows like spilled blood; and the scumbled, layered brushstrokes he used to convey flesh. The commentary on Bacon focuses always on the flesh. (Boston Globe)
In Lesley Dill's installations, words and images coalesce May 23, 2009
"White Threaded Poem Girl" (1996) features a photo of a nude woman covered with the white, bold letters of Dickinson's line "I took my Power in my Hand. . ." The letters glow on the woman's dark skin, echoing the way Henna shines on the bodies of Indian brides. The image hangs high on a 13-foot length of tea-stained silk. (Boston Globe)
Daniel Phillips exhibit regards the video monitor as a painting May 20, 2009
Still, "Drawing With Light" captivates beyond the light show; in it, the nude artist interacts with a couple of paintings, setting his own figure against the ones on canvas. It sounds cheesy, but it turns out to be startlingly effective. (Boston Globe)
Blood, elephants and naked cyclists May 20, 2009
To the bizarre: Belgian director Felix can Groeningen cycling nude up the Croisette ... And, Belgian director Felix can Groeningen raised eyebrows last week by cycling nude through the city to promote his film "La Merditude des Choses.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
Woman who lost gems fears release of nude pics May 20, 2009
During the confrontation, the man threatened to expose the nude pictures if the victim lodged a police report. They were staying together prior to their break-up recently. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Heat wave blankets Bay Area May 18, 2009
Across town, along the Embarcadero's waterfront, Bay to Breakers (known by nude runners as "Bare to Breakers") was barely registering in the minds of out-of-state visitors Keith Marotti, 57, a scientist at Pfizer Inc., and his wife, Hope, 57. The couple, residents of Kalamazoo, Mich. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Some trends are fresh off (last year’s) runways May 17, 2009
At the top of her list right now would be jumpsuits, animal prints or items that are nude, sheer or shiny. Lame gold, silver or copper is hot, according to Doris Raymond, owner of Los Angeles vintage store The Way We Wore, with older formal pieces getting a modern makeover as daytime or restaurant-nightclub wear. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
OZ TV AIRS NEW TORTURE PHOTOS May 16, 2009
Others yet to be released reportedly show military guards threatening to sexually assault a detainee with a broomstick and hooded prisoners on transport planes with Playboy magazines opened to pictures of nude women on their laps. The images emerged from Australia where they were originally obtained by the channel SBS in 2006 in the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal. (The Drudge Report)
Palin decries attacks on Miss California May 16, 2009
Questions about her work with gay marriage opponents and nearly nude photos taken of her when she was a teenager had put her title in jeopardy, but pageant owner Donald Trump decided to let Prejean keep her state crown. Palin says she respects Prejean for staying true to her beliefs and can relate to her "as a liberal target myself.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Graphic Abuse Photos Emerge May 16, 2009
the Telegraph, photos not yet released reportedly show "military guards threatening to sexually assault a detainee with a broomstick and hooded prisoners on transport planes with Playboy magazines opened to pictures of nude women on their laps." The American Civil Liberties Union has sued for the release of up to 2,000 photos. UPDATE: Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Patrick Ryder that these images appeared in Wired magazine in February of last year. (CBS News)
Miss California And "Hate Groups" May 16, 2009
Prejeans anti-same-sex marriage comments during the Miss USA competition caused a stir and, along with semi-nude photos of her that surfaced since, put her title in jeopardy ... "But at the same time, I think it's wrong to start screaming that you're being persecuted and then you go and align yourself with organizations like NOM that are particularly -- I consider them hate groups. (NOM is) the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex marriage. Moakler, Miss USA in 1995, is... (CBS News -- Early Show)
A young Alma May 16, 2009
She realized that the big model money was for posing in the nude. Popular local artists were willing to pay well for the opportunity to paint Alma in all her glory. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
CAN'T STAND THE HEAT? TRY SOME SUMMER ART May 15, 2009
You wouldn't mistake him for a modernist like Rodin, but he was good at his job: His supple nude "Diana," which caused a riot of controversy when unveiled in the 1890s, is still bootylicious today. (June 30-Nov. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Craigslist 'erotic' ads still drawing fire May 14, 2009
They posted nude photos of the girl on Craigslist and claimed the girl was 19, according to the FBI.. In 2007, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin demanded Craigslist take responsibility and remove child prostitution ads. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
KOREAN COOL AT TRADE SHOW May 14, 2009
The Nude Toaster, By S Park Ltd.. The secret behind this see-through toaster is a glass coating called "ATO Plus" that prevents warping or other damage even in extreme heat. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Double standard on gay marriage answers (36) May 12, 2009
patriot wrote on May 11, 2009 12:46 PM:" curmudgeon, let me clear up my use of the term, "hollywood type", how about "elitist hollywood type". I have also lived in L.A. I am also glad you are proud of your Helena roots. So your only gripe is that I used that term. And gun961960, what the heck does the divorce rate have to do with maintaining the sanctity of marriage. I am just opposed to gay marriage. Whether or not Ms. Prejean has posed nude or has breast implants is not relevant to her... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
To see The Limits of Control’ May 9, 2009
Paz de la Huerta (Choke ) also deserves mention for her part as the Nude, who as you can guess, is always naked. She s an annoyance of a character. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Court reinstates Yahoo lawsuit over fake profiles May 9, 2009
A U.S. appeals court on Friday reinstated a breach of contract claim against Yahoo Inc by an Oregon woman who said the company failed to remove nude photos and fake profiles posted by her estranged boyfriend after promising to do so ... The Yahoo profiles included nude photos of Barnes and her boyfriend taken without her knowledge, her office phone number, email and address and "open solicitations" for sex, the opinion said. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
'Little Ashes': Tortured Artist, By Kurt Loder May 8, 2009
" We see the boys recumbent on a beach, Dal? with his head propped on his friend's thigh as Garc?a Lorca reads his poetry aloud. There's an artsy nude moonlight swim that with only the tiniest of adjustments could be converted into a cologne commercial. And there's a spectacularly lurid interlude in which Garc?a Lorca, desperate to demonstrate an acceptable manliness, has sex with a woman on a bed while Dal? watches (possibly masturbating, not sure) from a dark corner of the room. For a movie... (VHI.com -- Music News)
- Voice: Glorifying an eyesore 0 May 7, 2009
Would it be just as acceptable to paint pictures of nude bodies fornicating, label it art and paint it where the public has no choice but to see it. I think not. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Racy Pic May Cost Miss Calif. Her Crown May 7, 2009
Sources Say Pageant Officials Mulling Move After Web Site Posts Semi-Nude Image Of Her ... They say she may have violated her contract by posing semi-nude as a model, and also by working -- without the pageant's permission -- for a group opposed to same-sex marriage, reports CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy ... So her good Christian life includes nude pictures, breast implants, and demeaning gays. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Russian Art Market Shaken as $3 Million Painting Joins List of 900 Fakes May 7, 2009
5-inch painting which features a nude woman reclining in bed ... The catalog for the sale says Odalisque appears to have been based on a charcoal drawing, Reclining Nude, dated 1915. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Music stirs a change of art and courage to go naked May 6, 2009
She is his first nude. "It's a secret wish. I've always wanted to paint the naked female form. I told her I'd really like to see her body." Her reply. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Project Gallery open May 5, 2009
In addition, Victoria Rowe Berry, director of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, noted that the Tippetts wasn t an appropriate venue for nude or adult-oriented works. They needed someplace where there was freedom of expression, Rowe Berry said. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Hilton Als: Eugene O’Neill on love triangles. May 5, 2009
No Place Like Home: The Theatre: The New Yorker. Eugene O Neill on love triangles. (New Yorker)
Hilton Als: “Merchant of Venice,” at BAM. May 4, 2009
A Man s World: Critic's Notebook: The New Yorker. It s common knowledge that Shakespeare s plays were first performed with all-male casts; it wasn t until around 1660 that a female actor was used. (New Yorker)
Safe "sexting?" No such thing, teens warned May 4, 2009
Teens sending nude or suggestive photos of themselves over their mobile phones are being warned -- "sexting" can damage your future ... In the United States, a survey last fall found one in five teenagers said they had sent or posted online nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves and 39 percent said they had sent or posted sexually suggestive messages, according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy ... Teenage actress Vanessa Hudgens, star of the successful "High... (Yahoo News -- Technology)
The Limits of Control: Hitman of Your Dreams May 2, 2009
" In today's economy, who is going to complain about a boss with a tendency to wax philosophical? As Lone Man makes his way from Madrid to Seville and then into the countryside toward his wealthy target, American, aka the Man (Bill Murray, who starred in Jarmusch's lovely Broken Flowers), he encounters a cast of characters who trade boxes of matches with him and pass on more tidbits of instruction along with commentary on art and culture. There's Guitar (John Hurt), Mexican (Gael Garcia Bernal)... (Time.com)
Movie Review: The Limits of Control May 1, 2009
When a nude woman (Paz De La Huerta) offers him her body, he refuses: "Never when I'm working." Only music and the visual arts appear to soften his forbidding exterior. Through the film, visual and aural motifs are repeated as mantras, disconnected phrases that apparently mean something. (Suite101.com)
* Plus ça change ... Apr 29, 2009
From these details we have sections devoted to still life, and landscape and the nude and most of the iconography of the painting of the time. TT: Does the exhibit really bring home the idea that these modernist artists were influenced by the Renaissance tradition. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
'Highly intimate' photos and video of Carla Bruni with ex-lover stolen from Paris flat... Apr 29, 2009
Last year, just before a state visit to Britain, nude pictures of Miss Bruni 00004000 , a former model, were released. Since then she has been trying to tone down her image. (The Drudge Report)
NYC spring art auctions will be smaller Apr 28, 2009
5 million), Matisse's "Nude With a White Towel" ($2 million to $3 million) and Miro's "Study for Figure" ($300,000 to $400,00). Lebworth's mother, Alva Gimbel, purchased the Giacometti in 1959, a year after it was cast. (AZCentral -- Business)
Interrogation a sleepless, terrifying ordeal Apr 18, 2009
Detainees were shaved, stripped and photographed nude. The questioning began mildly, a shackled detainee facing a non-threatening CIA interrogator. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Creating art worlds all their own Apr 15, 2009
Mathias Schmied starts with a page from Playboy showing a nude, then he cuts the page in ribbons down to the outline of the model's body, and it makes an eyelash-type canopy that protectively drapes her. There are a dozen artists in "microwave, seven," and most make work that will make you squint and marvel. (Boston Globe)
Exhibits highlight two great colorists' different methods Apr 12, 2009
When Michelangelo went to visit Titian, the great Venetian painter who was in Rome working for Cardinal Farnese, Titian had just finished painting his lustrous nude "Dana?.". It's easy to imagine how tense this meeting would have been. (Boston Globe)
Cocktail Cove an example of what is left when the party ends Apr 12, 2009
Marketing numbskulls who made calendars with nude women holding microchips and idiots who commissioned paintings and then took out ads to brag about it continued to preach their failed marketing viewpoints to any business that would listen. The use of arrogance and pomposity as a marketing strategy lingered well after the bubble burst in a hangover that would rival anything anyone ever experienced at Cocktail Cove. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Students look inward, create self-representing artwork Apr 7, 2009
The portrait depicts Baerenrodt-Hayspell (senior-science) as a nude wearing a crown like the Statue of Liberty's. "Jesse's is a really interesting take on things he is interested in as a science major," he said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Not Your Average Man Cave Apr 6, 2009
The same could be said for the financial adviser's art choices, including serene angel-wing artifacts bought on his travels, and a wall-sized Judith Larsen print of a zebra-striped female nude from Boston's Rhys Gallery. Says Amaral: "It's great to have a masculine apartment, but you need to recognize women as well." Number one on that list is longtime girlfriend Stephanie Weimer. (Boston Globe)
Four Key Trends for Spring Summer 2... Apr 6, 2009
Find them in feminine silky fabrics in soft nude neutrals or bold brights of tangerine, fuschia pink and buttercup yellow. Keep your dress short if there is a lot of detail on the top. (Suite101.com)
When the body is a canvas Apr 5, 2009
Delica explains that while body art is normally painted on nude skin, the team had to find a way to improvise for the show in Malaysia. She says, Of course it would be easier to paint on bare skin but we managed to find a skin-tone lycra-type fabric for the models to wear. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
First Friday exhibits include Patrice Helmar's photography Apr 4, 2009
Barbara Craver's nude, on display at the Canvas. Photo Courtesy Of Rob Roys. (Juneau Empire)
On Paris runways, the mouths roar Apr 2, 2009
Eyes were nude, with not even a trace of mascara. Belgium-based Dries Van Noten sent out lips in citrus shades, from tangerine to blood orange. (Boston Globe)
Madonna takes David home Apr 2, 2009
Fokofpolisiekar, Foto Na Dans, aKING, Nude Girls and more highlight Belville's music legacy. Madonna takes David home. (iAfrica.com)
Professor bases poems on real life experiences Apr 1, 2009
"They had been looking at a painting of a nude, and out of the innocence of a child, her daughter wasn't seeing a nude," Davis said. "She was seeing a frog. Then she asked if she could take the painting into school.". (Daily Collegian, PA)
The Buzz: Edun founder talks pop-up fashion Mar 30, 2009
Clary Sage owner Cazzato has carried Edun since opening her store last summer, alongside other organic/eco labels and skincare, including Hewson's Nude line. "San Francisco of all cities just has a propensity, is just driven toward these kinds of issues - and drives them," Hewson said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Romance And Celebrity In The Art World Mar 28, 2009
The co-director, who worked with Spencer Tunick (the photographer known for his shots of masses of people in the nude), noted that this documentary ultimately serves as an exploration of dynamics between men and women. Paul had felt that, in this relationship with this super star artist, he had suddenly lost his identity and he wanted to get it back. (CBS News)
The strangest book titles of the year Mar 28, 2009
That was a bumper year for odd titles nominees included "100 Years of British Retail Catering" and "50 New Poodle Grooming Styles" but the runaway winner was "Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Nude Mice.". Publishers are not allowed to nominate their own books, so as to prevent them from giving books willfully odd names. (International Herald Tribune)
Library's mudflap girl campaign turns heads (151) Mar 26, 2009
Launched in the fall of 2007, the six-month campaign featured the silhouette of a nude woman reading a book -- a toned-down variation of the image commonly seen on truck mudflaps ... I have a problem with nude stickers on vehicles where it is out in the public for my children to see ... There is not the slightest suggestion that the image is nude. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Magazine photos test child nudity protocols Mar 25, 2009
the magazine criticised by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd last year for carrying a photo of a nude schoolgirl on its cover, has published more naked images to test the Government's guidelines aimed at protecting children. But editor Maurice O'Riordan said yesterday the three pictures of nude girls had been found to comply with the Australia Council's "children in art" protocols, even though they were starker than last year's image. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Nude paintings of Irish PM surface Mar 25, 2009
Nude paintings of Irish PM Brian Cowen have appeared in two Dublin galleries, media reports said on Tuesday. A portrait of Cowen holding his underpants was left in the Royal Hibernian Academy while one of the taoiseach seated on the toilet ended up in the republics National Gallery, the latter within a stones throw of the prime ministers office in central Dublin, the BBC News website reported. (India Times, India)
Unauthorised nude paintings of Irish PM removed from galleries Mar 25, 2009
It could be described as oil on canvas featuring taoiseach, but the appearance of nude paintings of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in two Dublin galleries has seen the police called in. A painting of Mr Cowen holding his underpants appeared in the Royal Hibernian Academy and one of him pictured on the toilet ended up in the National Gallery. (BBC News -- Europe)
Ben Kingsley's Elegy Mar 22, 2009
Kingsley shares his only semi-stable female relationship with Patricia Clarkson, who is strong as always (with a rare nude scene at age 50; and wow, does she look great). As the poet friend says, "Beautiful women are invisible; we're so dazzled by the outside that we never make it inside.". (Suite101.com)
10 Favorite Sculptures Mar 22, 2009
Composed of five partially nude, muscular men working a huge metal press, it was created in 1899 by the prolific Bay Area sculptor Douglas Tilden. Commissioned by James Donahue in memory of his father, Peter, who founded San Francisco's United Iron Works, the monument was dedicated in 1901. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Nice and sleazy Mar 21, 2009
Wenham's preparation has involved subjecting himself to three weeks' worth of The Jerry Springer Show, "countless hours of the most shocking, repellent, hilarious and totally unbelievable TV you can imagine. And not only the free-to-air episodes but the uncensored pay-per-view stuff, where by the time the 'guests' engage in their physical altercations they are usually totally nude.". It's been an education in more ways than one. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Portrait of a Beauty': gender-bending fantasy Mar 21, 2009
The thing is, the real-life Hyewon (born Shin Yoonbok) - who created controversy by painting nude commoners enjoying their carnality rather than the usual still lifes, nature or royal portraits - was most definitely a man. It's as if Hollywood made a movie about Rembrandt, except that he was really Cate Blanchett in Dutch Masters drag. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins Mar 20, 2009
Vanessa Beecroft is the art star whose work - she's given to live tableaus of nude women posed motionless in a vast gallery space - has been exhibited around the world. Madit and Mongor are the Sudanese twins, motherless children left by their impoverished father to the care of a small village orphanage. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
A sweeping look at Chinese contemporary art Mar 20, 2009
In many others, such as Yuan Yunsheng's celebration of graceful femininity, "Nude With Twin Babies," we glimpse signs of a courageous new emphasis on individual expression. In tenor, the show is very different from "Mahjong," which reveals a generation of artists making full use of new freedoms and confidently exploring a host of mediums, from ink painting and installation to performance and photography. (Boston Globe)
Professor Wrestling: Rourke At WrestleMania? Mar 20, 2009
No Playboy In the past few years, WWE has had a deal with Playboy where one of the Divas would pose nude in the magazine. I haven't seen that pitch so far this year, as WWE is sticking with its rumored pledge to be rated PG only. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
