Multimillionaire artist Damien Hirst has managed to further sustain already widespread public distaste through a feud with a teenager. The graffiti artist, known as Cartrain, is facing charges for 'borrowing' a box of pencils from Hirst's Pharmacy work at the Tate Britain in July earlier this year.

Sapphire Lounge in Manhattan’s Lower East Side presents “Dolls Like 2 Play” – an art party and exhibition of new drawings by Seyhan Musaoglu, with a performance by MeKaniKdolls.

Being an artist is no picnic. But it's the only life I know that makes sense. Sometimes I wonder if I truly enjoy suffering, then it becomes a good alibi to be an artist. There's only one catch. I am not "a will be" or "could be" or even an "emerging" artist.

Roar House is a Melbourne based, artist friendly organization. It is run by artists and volunteers for artists. It provides venues that are inclusive of all performers no matter what their background is, whether they are marginalized, have a disability, there is no sexual discrimination and they are welcoming of any cultural ethnicity or even if they have a mental illness.

Say good-bye to the stereotype of the tortured artist living in social isolation, waiting to die before anyone hears their creative call, and hello to the amazing world of blogging. According to many blog directories, self representing artist blogs are one of the most popular types, and growing in number every day.

Legendary singer Odetta has passed away at the age of 77. She had hoped to perform at President-Elect Obama's inauguration next month, but kidney failure had put her in the hospital recently, and the official cause of death last night was heart failure.

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Schedule of Events Listed Below; Festival aims to present critical new artistic practices from the rapidly shifting cultural landscapes of Europe and North America – and more!

It was just reported on the Kidd Chris Show moments ago, that Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, Howard Stern Wackpacker and erstwhile comedian has died.

More than 50 Northern California visual artists and artisans -- painters, sculptors, portrait specialists, muralists, textiles, weavers, printmakers, jewelers, photographers, multimedia producers -- come together for this eagerly anticipated event on the Bay Area arts calendar, on May 2, from 6pm to 9pm, May 3 & 4, from 11am to 6pm.

A West Los Angeles-based artist pays tribute to William S. Burroughs, King Of The Beat Generation, by creating an online art gallery dedicated to his writing and art.

101 works of art by contemporary Argentine artists are on show at the Henley Festival next week (July 11-15). The works, by 12 artists living and working in Britain and Europe, are part of a major attraction at the 25th Anniversary Festival.