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(CBS) Hunting for rocks is fairly easy. Rocks don't run, they're dumb as themselves, and common as stone. But the tricky part is recognizing which rocks to keep and which rocks to throw back ... Clearly, 49-year-old Lew French knows a good rock when he

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This computer-generated visualization depicting a frozen moment in the Internet universe is part of a special exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The image was created by Young Hyun and Bradley Huffaker, researchers with the San Diego Super

Islamic art is a term that covers an enormous and rich body of work. It can describe art created in the service of Islam, but unlike Christian art, it isn't always religious. It can also include secular art produced in countries under Islamic influence. T

What is distinctively American about American art? That is the question John Updike, beak-nosed patriarch of American letters, set for himself in this year’s Jefferson Lecture, the 37th in a series of annual talks sponsored by the National Endowment for

Hundreds of photographers are on the move today as part of Shoot! The Day, an event dedicated to expanding the collection of stock art available on PhotoShelter.com, a marketplace and archive resource for photo professionals and enthusiasts.

Civil War Photographs from the David L. Hack Collection" features 50 original photographs by important photographers working in both the North and the South. It is accompanied by two videos that provide background on Civil War photography and The Hack Col

Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery explores new Eastern European photography from the Czech Republic. This group exhibition represents the trends of photography entrenched in a region that has a strong history in the visual arts.

Need graphic design for your website or a new logo for your company? Maybe your business has other artistic needs, but you don't want to shell out the money to contract an artist. A new website, crowdSPRING, may be your answer. It applies the Web 2.0 trea

If not for his drawings and paintings, Ahmed Alsoudani might still be in Syria. He grew up in Baghdad, and from elementary school on, he was always the best artist in his class. But after his escape to Damascus in 1995, he lived with no papers for four ye

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A quick jaunt to New York City this weekend brought me to the Brooklyn Bridge to check out the city's latest public art project, the "New York City Waterfalls" by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The piece features four waterfalls suspended only b