The Year that was at Art News Blog Wow, that year was a fast one. I'm now convinced that as we get older, time speeds up. I remember back in school, many years ago, the days used to take forever. I used to almost beg time to speed up so I could get home and do whatever it was that I did as a kid. Now I'm wishing it would slow down!

Anyway, a lot of blogs and news sites seem to be reviewing the year that was, so I thought I should do something too. It's also a good excuse to post something as I have been in full holiday mode lately.

Here's some posts of interest from the year of 2006.

• The Triumph of Painting - Saatchi Collection - Charles Saatchi declared that painting is not dead!
• Child Prodigies - A few kids holding a paintbrush made it big.
• Post Secret Book - The blog of secrets became a book.
• Muslim Cartoon Controversy - The world became way too serious.
• Helen Frankenthaler with Gum - A piece of chewing gum made worldwide headlines.
• More on Thomas Kinkade - The painter of light became a few shades darker.
• Tom Cruise and South Park - Tom Cruise gets weirder each year.
• Damien Hirst's New Shark - Damien Hirst started repeating himself.
• Most Expensive British Painting by JMW Turner - Plenty of money was spent on paintings worldwide.
• Painting from Photographs - We debated whether or not painters should use photographs.
• Joan Miro and Copyright Insanity - Google was told to take down their Miro doodle.
• Most Expensive Australian Painting - John Brack - More money and art.
• Download Google Earth - Google changed the way we see earth.
• Artist Makes $25,000 on eBay - Artists can now live without art galleries.
• Karel Appel Dies at 85 - Another big artist moves on.
• Most Expensive Painting by Gustav Klimt - $135 million dollar record for a painting!
• ArtNewsBlog in the Artist's Magazine - Two minutes of fame for ANB!
• Anatomy, Art, and Life - I saw my first body cut up.
• Photoshop Renaissance at Worth1000.com - Photoshoppers having fun.
• Shit Art - Cloaca Machine - Shit was big for collectors of it.
• Selling Art Online - More artists selling paintings online.
• The Scream Returned - Edvard Munch's famous painting returned.
• Hitler Paintings Auction - People bought paintings that may have been by a dictator.
• Texas Art Teacher Sacked Over Nudes - Like I said before, it was a year of taking things too seriously.
• Steve Wynn Elbows a Picasso - And misses out on what was to be a record price for a painting.
• Free Hugs - The world doesnt hug enough!
• Damien Hirst Out of Ideas - Jonathon Jones makes it official.
• Banksy does Kate Moss - Banksy got plenty of media attention.
• Record Price for Jackson Pollock Painting - More money, more money.
• Big Numbers at Big Auction Houses - It was a year of big money.
• OJ Simpson Book Burning - tasteless book of the year award would have went to "If I Did It"
• 50 Works of Art to See Before You Die - The building of a list of works to see (If this hasn't been made into a book yet, I'm sure it will be).
• Grow Your Own Furniture - Furniture builders have been put out of work by mother nature.
• Lost in Byron Bay + Photos - I run away to paradise and came back.

I hope everyone has an amazing 2007.
Many blessings!
Dion  ¶ 9:15 PM