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Leading DIY design blog DesignSponge featured a great decorating tip in this post a few days ago . A chap named Tyler Goodro from plastolux transformed the frame of an antique George Washington portrait into something pretty darn artsy. After stumbling across the work, Tyler says he "busted out the acrylics and a paint brush and went to town on the frame. I also replaced the plexi with glass, now it is a little more my flavor – modern!” Frame mimics art - what a neat way to bring a new feel... Read Full Story

#1 seed Ellsworthy Kelly's White bands on yellow (1959) We are one week into March Madness now, and if there's one sector of the society you'd expect to raise their nose in disdain to the jockfest, it would be the art world. Not at Ugallery! We have a highly competitive company bracket going (don't ask me how I'm doing) on ESPN.com. And, for those of us with more art history in our noggins than sports trivia, we even have Modern Art Notes' March Madness of Art, eloquently titled "The Greatest... Read Full Story

This past week, Ugallery experienced a marketing miracle a la the Oprah Effect when a massively famous celeb donned our very own t-shirt (see photo above and below). What's that? You don't recognize him?!? It's Joe Jonas!! Still nothing? Oh come on! The Jonas Brothers? The Disney Channel? If you have a preteen in your house, ask them. They'll fill you in. The studly young musician wore our Lana Williams -designed tee on his first date with another Disney star this past week. The photos were... Read Full Story

At age 103, Eva Zeisel continues to design and create - albeit with some help. Eva was the first woman to have a solo show at the MoMA and her ceramic work is so dang adorable This style work is all over Etsy and craft shows - seems as though she has had quite an impact! Eva Zeisel: Distinguished By Design from Jeremy Bales on Vimeo . Ugallery currently features a handful of ceramic works , but we are hoping to build up our collection. If you have any ceramicist friends, encourage them to... Read Full Story

Francois Robert The New York Times Photography Blog posted a great story - Pockets and Purses Give Up Their Secrets - about the work of Francois Robert , a Tucson-based photographer who artfully captures the contents of peoples bags. One of his subjects had 21 bags of Sweet 'N Low in their bag (I'm fairly certain my mom has more than that....)! Enjoy the story and the photos. To check out Ugallery's photo collection, click here . Francois Robert March 15, 2010 Pockets and Purses Give Up Their... Read Full Story

I stumbled across an article in the Huffington Post about two artists in Europe making big things happen with chalk. Julian Beever from the U.K. and Edgar Mueller from Germany are making eye-popping, 3-dimensional artwork on sidewalks. Below are photos of some of my favorite of their "sidewalk murals." See how they are made in the video above - it's an amazing process! Read Full Story

Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" hit theaters on March 5th and is sitting firmly atop the box office. Although critics may be torn about the film (Rotten Tomatoes is split down the middle ), no one can deny how visually stunning it is. Even the New York Museum of Modern Art has taken notice of Burton. The museum is currently featuring a retrospective of Burton's noncinematic drawings, which will run through late April. For a cool interactive exploration of the show, click here . Below is a... Read Full Story

Sarah Beth Goncarova has been exhibiting with Ugallery for just over a year. Originally from New England, she now lives atop a hill in San Francisco. She is one of our top selling artists and one of our favorite personalities. We hope you enjoy this interview with Sarah Beth, part of our new "Artist in Focus" series. At Wood's Edge (2009) What's your earliest art memory? When I was three or four, I asked my mom to color code my fingers to keys on the piano and notes on the staff. An... Read Full Story

Michelangelo David (1504) Over the weekend (Saturday, March 6) Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the world's greatest painters and sculptors, turned 535. Mike is an oldie - he was born before Columbus set sail for America! Here are some of the highlights from his career: Michelangelo was left motherless by the age of six and fought ceaselessly with his father for permission to apprentice as an artist. Things haven't changed much! His most famous statues include the 18-foot David (1501-1504... Read Full Story

Yesterday marked the start of The Armory Show, arguably America's top modern and contemporary art fair. Every March, art lovers from all over the globe flock to New York City's Pier 94 and treat their eyes to works by today's most innovative artists. This "new" Armory Show carries a potent legacy. The original month long event in 1913 provided a platform for groundbreaking modern and abstract art when realism was still the dominant style. George Seurat's dotted landscapes, George Bellows... Read Full Story