Milan International Film Festival 2008 Runs April 3-14
MIFF 8th edition will take place in Milan from the 3rd to the 14th of April, 2008 with two new categories - Trade Film, a competitive category dedicated to the corporate films, and Documentary Film Category, section already part of the competition program during the first edition and reinstated in 2007.

Wax East - Wax West: Two Artist Organizations Join Forces for National Collaborative Show
The tandem exhibitions are the first of their kind featuring collaborative work in encaustic media created by member artists paired from each organization. Each artist in the 36 pairings created one half of a two-panel painting or "diptych" then sent the work to the partner artist to answer in visual dialogue and complete the piece. Works completed by IEA artists will debut at the Brian Marki Fine Art in Oregon, and works completed by NEW artists will be introduced at Whitney Art Works in Maine.

Record Price for Monet at Auction
An 1873 canvas by Monet of a riverbank landscape with two trains atop a railway bridge sold for $41.4 million at Christie?s. It was a record price for the artist.

Gustave Courbet - The Original Rock Star
Our intrepid art critic, Beth Gersh-Nesic, and I had more fun with with her review of the Gustave Courbet exhibition (on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art through May...

Don Li-Leger
Poppy Nine Patch - to examine a full size view image of this piece and also look over new shoppers updates on this Don Li-Leger wall art reproduction, go on through the artists text over the thumbnail. You can also examine buying, framing and print measurement details for this art picture. Don Li-Leger is one of the top 50 best selling artists and has numerous other museum artworks similar in genre to "Poppy Nine Patch", review the artists directory for other museum prints.

Edgar Degas
After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself - to get a bigger size thumb nail plus find other info in regards to this Edgar Degas reproduction, head through the artist inscription just above the tiny graphic to the left side. Also visit for buying, safe framing methods and dimensions consumer guidance for this art print giclee. Edgar Degas has made many more gallerie art reproductions in the same style as "After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself", check the artist archives for the newest gallery art poster prints.

Exhibition Review: Mystics and Militants: A Look at the Rastafari Kingdom
?Discovering Rastafari!? at the Smithsonian?s Natural History museum reveals far more about Rastafarian culture than familiar symbols and the show?s modest size might suggest.

DinoTracks (Fri, May 16)
EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA
Take a giant step back in time with this hands-on, family friendly exhibit. Step into the prehistoric footprints of the dinosaurs who once roamed New England and Eastern Canada and try out the methods scientists used to study them. Discover what might have walked in your backyard as you use a magnetic trackway to tell dinosaur stories, run as fast as a dinosaur--even run your hands over a real-life dinosaur footprint. Free with museum admission. EcoTarium, A Museum of Science & Nature, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA www.ecotarium.org. Cost: Free with museum admission. Through Sunday, Nov 2.