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Sex, Money, Glamour, Tractors Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexander Vinogradov are charting new terrain by using the language of Socialist Realism to comment on contemporary Russia by Nora FitzGerald Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexander Vinogradov sit and smoke in their penthouse studio,

Thai Artifacts Stolen Property, Say Feds IT just might rank as one of the biggest accidental discoveries in archaeology. In the summer of 1966 a Harvard student named Steve Young was living in a village in the northeast reaches of Thailand, going door to door canvassing political opinion for his senior thesis, when he tripped over the root of a kapok tree. As he hit the ground he found himself face to face with some buried pots, their rims exposed by recent monsoons. Intrigued by the look and feel of the unglazed shards, he knew enough to bring them back to government officials in Bangkok.

Christie's To Hold Inaugural evening Sale of Asian Contemporary Art HONG KONG - Christie's, the world's leading art business, announced today that its first ever Evening Sale of Asian Contemporary Art and Chinese 20th Century Art will be held in Hong Kong on May 24, 2008.

ASU Art Museum Receives $1.4 Million Bequest from German Artist TEMPE, ARIZONA - Wilhelmine "Helme" Prinzen passed away in late 2007 and left her more than $1 million estate in Paradise Valley to the ASU Art Museum, part of the Herberger College of the Arts at Arizona State University. Originally she planned for her bequest to remain anonymous, but later changed her mind to encourage others to consider including the ASU Art Museum in their estate planning.

T-Rays Reveal Hidden Art Harmlessly Forget X-rays. Scientists from the University of Michigan are using T-rays, a benign form of electromagnetic radiation, to see artwork hidden for centuries by paint or plaster.

Blast from the Past  Artists around the globe are turning Socialist Realism on its head, layering the once-potent tool of propaganda with irony and nostalgia by Pernilla Holmes At first glance, Shi Xinning's painting Yalta No. 2 (2006) appears to be a simple, almost photorealistic rendering of a famous photograph taken during the World War II conference, showing Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin seated in front of their retinues. The colors in the painting match the pleasingly faded hues we associate with vintage prints, lending the work an air of authenticity. But Chairman Mao is sitting between Roosevelt and Churchill. He wasn't there, was he?

Bonhams & Butterfields April Paintings Sale to Feature Masterwork by William Herbert Dunton LOS ANGELES,CA.- As California's oldest and largest auctioneers, Bonhams & Butterfields has established a reputation as a preeminent source for California and American works of art at auction. Following the success of the winter sale, which boasted 10 new works auction records, the firm is pleased to announce the April 8, 2008 sale of California & American Paints and Sculpture.

Art, Nature Converge in Pair of Exhibits MYRTLE BEACH, SC.- Just as a hint of spring is appearing, the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum presents two exhibits merging art and nature. Titled Kaleidoscope of Nature: Fabric Sculptures by Priscilla Sage and Paintings by Brian Taylor, the joint exhibit opens Feb. 21 and runs through March 30.

Impressionist and Modern Art Mid-Season Sale at Christie's NEW YORK - The Impressionist and Modern Art mid-season sale at Christie's Rockefeller realised $3,686,500 and was 97% sold by value, 91% by lot.

Should Museums Really Be Returning Art? ON THE FIRST floor of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, in the early Greek art galleries, there is a long display case filled with Athenian ceramics. In one corner, partway up the linen backing, are two holes, a couple of inches apart, where a shelf holding a small, 2,500-year-old oil flask was once attached. Upstairs, in the Imperial Roman galleries, a group of marble busts and statues has been rearranged after the departure of a 6-foot-tall marble statue of the Roman empress Sabina. Ten Greek pots and one carved marble fragment from Imperial Rome are also gone from the museum's collection.

Russia creates online database of Nazi-looted art The Russian government has set up a website detailing some 46,000 of the country's artworks missing due to looting by the Nazis during the Second World War.

The Maritime Art sale at Christie's Totaled $2.3 Million Montague Dawson, Night Suspect. Capturing an evening battle scene, through Dawson's precision one can almost feel the surrounding swell of the waves while peering into the unusual close up of the ships deck. Sold for $241,000.