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The cleaning crew at an Italian museum has trouble knowing the difference between art and garbage. While cleaning the museum they mistook an exhibit for garbage and threw it away. The art piece consisted of empty champagne bottles, cigarette butts, and confetti, all of which was discovered in a recycling…

When her son Cole was in the hospital with cancer, Mary Esther Elam needed a way to pass the time. Some friends urged her to journal, so she bought a journaling Bible. As she studied and prayed each day, Elam drew illustrations along with her notes on the page. She began sharing them on social media…

A painting worth more than a million dollars is now back on display in Taiwan after a 12-year-old-boy tripped and punched a hole in the canvass as he fell. The painting entitled “Flowers” by Paolo Propora is part of an exhibit of artwork that painted by or influenced by Leonardo da Vinci. Organizer David…

A painting that had been hanging on the wall of man’s home for more than ten years turned out to be worth a lot more that the $745 that he paid for it. Jamie MacLeod took the painting to be evaluated by the BBC television program, Antiques Roadshow, because he hoped to sell it and use the proceeds to…

George and Betty Davis of Rhinebeck, NY received a hand-me-down from George’s father when he passed. It was a Faberge figure of a Cossack. They wrapped it up and put it away in their attic. The executer of their estate found it there last spring and had it evaluated. It turned out to be a little figurine…

Poet Muriel Rukeyser says, “The universe is made up of stories, not atoms.” --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week, March 1, 2013 p. 17 Matthew 13:13 (ESV) This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

An auction company in Hong Kong has reported that the cleaning crew may have inadvertently discarded a 2012 painting that recently sold for more than 3 million U.S. dollars. The auction house reported that the painting entitled, “Snowy Mountain” was missing, and video footage showed the cleaners moving…

Art historians working to restore artwork in the Basilica dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi have discovered a previously unknown component in one of series of famous frescos painted by Giotto during the 13th century. As they worked to restore the clouds in the top of fresco number 20 in the cycle depicting…

Chinese artist Lui Bolin has made an art of blending into the scenery. Taking camouflage beyond putting on a set of specially marked clothes and standing by the bushes, Bolin uses assistants who help him paint himself head to toe and then fades into his surroundings. He has vanished in grocery stores,…

VALUE A woman recently proved she is a real lover of art when she paid $10,000 for a piece of invisible art. Aimee Davison purchased the art as part of a fundraiser for the Museum of Non-Visible Art or MONA. The work, titled “Fresh Air”, was described this way, ”This is a unique piece, only this one…

ART I recently ran across an interview that Calvin Miller gave to the Wittenburg Door that was published in August-September 1985 that has caused me to think about the usefulness of art to communicate the gospel. Miller said, “I’ve always agreed with James that ‘every perfect gift comes down from the…

CREATIVITY The outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus was no laughing matter, especially in Mexico where the first cases appeared. Though millions of Mexican citizens wore surgical masks and stayed away from public places to prevent infection, they used the opportunity to display their sense of humor. The imposing…

Strolling with me past the University of Montana gymnasium, my five-year-old daughter asked, “Why do they have that statue up there?” “What statue?” I asked. She pointed to a classic-style statue of a discus thrower. “That statue of a streaker throwing a Frisbee,” she said. - Michael E. Moon Reader’s…