Art and Design in Portugal

Now that you own your new home in Portugal, why not personalise it with a little colour here and there and maybe buy that particular piece of art that you have always wanted.

Here are a few links that may help you turn your new house in Portugal into that dream home that you have always believed in and worked so hard to get.

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NYT > Art & Design
Minneapolis Tussles Over Peavey Plaza	Architecture	5/17/2012 12:47 PM
Preservationists and Minneapolis city planners are at odds over a proposal to demolish and replace a Modernist public plaza opened in 1975.
A Sly Wink to Pinups of the Past	Photography	5/17/2012 12:57 PM
The pinup, once fodder for magazines with evocative titles like Eyeful and Wink, has evolved from the all-American calendar girl to an emblem of hip femininity.
New Delay in Opening Museum for African Art	Museums	5/17/2012 12:27 PM
The Museum for African Art has been forced to delay the opening of its new location in East Harlem because it has not raised enough money.
ArtsBeat: Gehry Changes Design for Eisenhower Memorial	Eisenhower, Dwight David	5/17/2012 8:18 AM
The changes came in response to concerns that a youthful statue failed to represent the former president’s significant achievements.
ArtsBeat: Knoedler Seeks to Have Lawsuit Over Disputed Painting Dismissed	Art	5/15/2012 2:05 PM
A collector says he was sold a fake Jackson Pollock painting.
ArtsBeat: Painting Made With Blood of Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty Is Sold	Amy Winehouse	5/14/2012 10:07 AM
"Ladylike," a painting for which Amy Winehouse contributed a minimalist self-portrait and which uses an artistic technique Pete Doherty calls "arterial splatter," yielded only about half the price it was expected to draw at an auction in London.
Front Row: Art’s Turn on the Catwalk	Fashion and Apparel	5/17/2012 1:07 PM
The artist K8 Hardy is preparing a fashion show for the Whitney that aims to provoke questions.
Design: Reflections on a Soup Spoon	New Models, Design and Products	5/14/2012 1:27 AM
The Danish architect Arne Jacobsen achieved perfection in the late 1950s.
Tom Sachs Prepares for Liftoff at Park Avenue Armory	Art	5/13/2012 12:47 AM
The artist Tom Sachs is going on a mission to Mars, but it will only go as far up as Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where he will examine the compulsion to explore outer space.
Neighborhood Joint \| Williamsburg: At the Brooklyn Art Library, a Home for Personal Sketchbooks	Art	5/16/2012 10:27 AM
The Brooklyn Art Library houses the ongoing Sketchbook Project, an endeavor that has amassed some 12,500 sketchbooks made by people from more than 130 countries.