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Economic worries have led to the cancellation of a contemporary art fair in Los Angeles.

The world may be on the threshold of seeing a new painting by the  master.

How the two mix in the work of Jill Magid now on display in London.  Here's a video presentation.

A conversation with director Peter Jackson two weeks before his latest film gets its national opening.

What a closer look reveals.

A look at the best photography books of the year.

How math works to help produce pleasing art.

Kieron Williamson is the boy wonder.  Don't believe it?

What does it mean to be making art as we prepare to enter a new decade?

New York City taxis will roll with the art flow in January. 

Taking a look at a collection of Eva Hesse's early, experimental work.

Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott team up yet again on the latest retelling of the Robin Hood legend.  Haven't we seen this before?

 . . . a few art world movers and shakers the Los Angeles Times thinks are worthy of note.

Churches are places of worship, to be sure.  But they're also havens with marvelous art.

Hollywood rolls  the dice on a couple of big-name stars in Guy Ritchie's reworking of Sherlock Holmes.  How good is it? 

Holiday art on display at the Smithsonian.

A look at the work of miniaturist Ian Kiaer.

The death of Craigie Aitchison.

Gered Mankowitz explains how he got his iconic shot of Jimi.

The Los Angeles Times picks the best museum exhibits of the year.

What were the decade's most-deserving films that didn't get the respect they were due?  Here's one list from the Guardian.

A year-end list of architectural highlights from the Los Angeles Times.

Willie Christie's famous snap of Mick.  How he got it.

No season brings out the baroque quite like Christmas.  Does it warm your heart or wear on you?

What films would you rate as the finest in the new millennium?  Here's one take.

A small film that's getting big critical attention -- Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges.

Mark Lynas says viewing The Road is a shattering experience, and all of us should experience it.

A new and compelling exhibition of Miroslaw Balka's work has opened in Britain. 

Federal grants to a group of arts bloggers.

There are plans afoot to add a bubble to Washington's Hirshhorn Museum.

Some people get three sheets to the wind and end up with a tattoo.  Hugh Grant says he wound up with a Warhol.  Lucky for him.

The Nativity -- updated by some leading contemporary artists.

There's been intense interest over the years in the work of Gabriel Orozco.  Now -- there's a retrospective of his art at MoMA.

A new exhibition of Miroslaw Balka's work has been mounted at the Tate Modern.  It's not designed to be 'comfort food,' and it's not.

It's called the Future Generation Prize, and two of the artworld's superstars are among the promoters.

The Obamas have put a very different artistic stamp on the White House -- and Glenn Ligon is among the select few to have his work chosen.

A. O. Scott's take on Invictus, the latest work from Clint Eastwood.

A very creative video -- with fine artwork -- as Mr. Zimmerman sings Little Drummer Boy.

A fresh look at David Lynch's tale of Joseph Merrick.

Sex in ancient Athens.  A new exhibit examines how the mores of the times were expressed in Greek art.

William Powhida's satirical look at the contemporary art world.

Do you agree with this list in The Guardian?

Two masterworks fetch the big bucks in London.

David Hockney.  Enough said.

A look at Laurel Lukaszewski's latest exhibition.

What are the ten best buildings built during this decade?

Here's one list.

Richard Wright is this year's winner of the Turner Prize.

Unexpected though it was, Christie's managed a $30 million sale of Modern and Impressionist art.

Who's on the short list?  And who should win?  See it here, first.

What's moved and shaken the art world since the beginning of the century?  Adrian Searle takes a look.

London's Serpentine Gallery features an exhibition of the real.

What's making the art world's tongues wag in London?

A new exhibition of Julie Mehretu's works at the Deutsche Guggenheim.

An art world uproar over whether they're authenticate Warhols.

The splendid photographic work of Inge Morath.