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Tidying up Magritte, originally uploaded by EagerEyes.

I just discovered this talk from the Swiss Ursus Wehrli on the wonderful TED website. As a Swiss person, who are notable for their love of structure, Ursus Wehrli has made it his mission to tidy up famous art from artists such as René Magritte, Paul Klee and Jackson Pollock.

Have a look at the funny and inspiring video on Ted.

As seen on Sprayblog.net.

Italian researchers believe they have unearthed a previously unknown self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci drawn when the artist was a young man.

The faint pencil sketch has emerged after being hidden for 500 years in one of the Renaissance genius’s most famous manuscripts, the “Codex on the Flight of Birds”, written between 1490 and 1505.

Source: Telegraph

A rare pair of rugs designed by a young Francis Bacon are to be auctioned. They were apparently donated by an Iranian carpet dealer who had cleaned out one of his storerooms. The rugs will be auctioned March 12.

Josh Keyes

Josh Keyes is an American contemporary artist. He looks at the themes of environmental awareness and humanity’s influence on the planet with his unique paintings of surreal cross-sections featuring animals and manmade artefacts.

At the core, my desire has always been to create images that fix in the mind. There are certain paintings like Van Gogh’s self portraits, or Francis Bacon’s screaming baboon, or a Hokusai print, that have a lasting trace on the mind. The combination of emotional intensity with a well-composed image is what I strive to accomplish in my work. For me, the most important thing is that the way or style I work in must have room to grow and change. Ultimately, the work should be flexible enough to incorporate and hold any idea or issue that interests me.

A limited edition print of Josh Keyes’ Thunder is currently for sale on Ebay.

Basquiat., originally uploaded by c_damage.

Jean-Michel Basquiat is one of the recent additions to Artinthepicture.com.

damian ortega, champ de vision (5), originally uploaded by AA Grad’ Jorge Ayala.

With “Champ de vision”, Ortega has created for Espace 315 an installation that operates as a camera obscura: deploying the principle of fragmentation and spatial dispersion of forms, he allows viewer to experience the very process of perception that links eye to brain. (from Interni Magazin)

Many thanks to Jorge Ayala for mailing us these pictures

Earlier today American painter Andrew Wyeth died in his home. Wyeth has reached the age of 91.