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January 14, 2013 Subscribe · Forward This Guy Found A $1M Rivera Painting Normally we consider the artwork adorning office walls a step above dentist waiting room art. But the painting titled "El Albanil," which hung behind the office door of Texan Rue Ferguson, is a glaring exception.  Continue reading... EASTERN PROMISE Artwork That Irked GOP Gov Back On Display 'Big Fish' Musical Lands A Broadway Theater Jorge Selaron Suicide? Chilean Artist May Have Taken Own Life, Brazilian Police Say (VIDEO) The Week In Photos: The Images From Around The World That Took Our Breath Away (PHOTOS) Wolfgang Laib Is ON OUR RADAR: 'Pollen From Hazelnut' Finds A Home At The MoMA (PHOTOS, INTERVIEW) Guggenheim 'No Country' Exhibition: Asian Artists Chosen To Represent The Region (PHOTOS) Diego Rivera Painting Found Behind Office Door Is Worth Up To $1 Million, Says Antiques Roadshow (VIDEO) Photographer Ronen Goldman Turns His Dreams Into Surreal Photographs (PHOTOS) Kurt Cobain Sticker Book: Artists Celebrate The Nirvana Frontman At KK Outlet In London (PHOTOS) Golden Globes Opening Song Explained By Yoshiki, The Japanese Superstar Who Wrote It (VIDEO) (PREMIERE) RAYMOND J. LEARSY 'What Is That Art Worth?': Lessons From the New York Times The New York Times recently contrived to use its banner of influence to revile contemporary art by flagging in two separate editions the same letter parading the moth-eaten defamations of the contemporary art world. Continue reading... KELI GOFF Does Lena Dunham Prove Writers Are as Toxic as Investment Bankers? A google search of "I hate Lena Dunham" now produces more than a million results, which is quite a lot for someone who entered the public conscious less than a year ago. The question is why? Continue reading... CARA JOY DAVID Something Isn't Right Here: Surprises of the Fall Broadway Season As the dust settled, I asked a bunch of industry people to comment anonymously on what they consider to be the biggest surprises of the fall season and one of my unsolved mysteries of 2012-2013. Continue reading... MICHAEL KAISER The Value of Ensemble So much great art is dependent on the need for ensemble. The great orchestras and dance companies are great not simply because of the agglomeration of talented artists but also because of the amount of time these artists have worked together to create an aesthetic. Continue reading... GEORGE HEYMONT Boys to Men Children are full of surprises and, these days, there's no guarantee that a young boy will idolize a football star. Three short films focus on adolescent boys whose development has taken an unexpected turn. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.