International Art News at Art News Blog is a listing of all the blog posts that focus on arts, design, and photography news by country.

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• American Art News - Art news that focuses on or is from the United States of America (USA)
• Australian Art News - Art news that focuses on or is from the country of Australia.
• Turkish Art News - Art news that focuses on or is from the country of Turkey (Turkiye).

Below is a listing of International news that have two or less stories on a particular country..

• Canadian Artists Online - Continuing on from the Australian artists, here's some great Canadian artists with an online presence.
• Artists Sue NYC over Anti-Graffiti Law - A group of seven artists and the fashion designer Marc Ecko are suing New York City for being too hard on graffiti artists, claiming that their "constitutional right to free speech" is being violated.
• Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea - With a bit of a boom going on in the contemporary art market, the Gagosian Gallery is expanding in New York's Chelsea area. Gagosian already has a gallery in Chelsea, so there must plenty of activity in the buyer's room. They also have galleries in London, Beverly Hills, and currently two in New York.
• Spencer Tunick Nudes in Belgium - Nearly 2000 people put on their birthday suits in near freezing weather recently in Bruges, Belgium for the photographer Spencer Tunick.
• 7,200 Year Old Sex Scene - Archaeologists have found what could possibly be the oldest depiction of porn in the world. The 8cm high clay figurine of the lower part of a male figure (nicknamed Adonis von Zschernitz) was recently found in Germany.
• Cartoonist Faces Prison for Blasphemy - Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer may be facing prison time in Greece for blasphemy!. Haderer was not even aware that his satirical book was even published in Greece, but has received a summons to appear in an Athens court.
  
• Artists Resale Rights Levy - Britain's booming contemporary art market may be affected by the new "droit de suite" tax or the artists resale rights levy when it is introduced next year. Artists or their families will receive a percentage of the sale of their work for up to 70 years after his/her death.
• Bomb Barrier Art - Big ugly grey concrete walls in Baghdad, Iraq are beginning to come to life with art. The walls are to protect important buildings from mortars and suicide bombers.
• Protecting Ancient Paintings - The problem with having such a rich and plentiful source of archeological treasures is that it's so much more difficult to look after every site. I remember in Turkey some of the early Christian paintings in Kapadokya had initials scratched all over them.
• The Mona Lisa Smile - It's the most famous painting in the world and a must-see for anyone visiting Paris. But most people fight through the crowds to spend a mere 15 seconds in front of it - just long enough to grab a snapshot. So why do they bother?
  
• Beheading in Iraq Video - A video showing the beheading of an American hostage in Iraq and a photograph of a man masturbating have divided students and challenged administrators at Watkins College of Art & Design.