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Artudio, Center for Visual Arts is a contemporary art collective/ platform of and for artists and art enthusiasts. It is a space intended for self-reflection /realization and brings forth transformative engagement through contemporary art practices, initiatives and visual arts education. Artudio instigates and uncovers the creative potential of its beneficiaries through the support of an extensive network of professional contemporary artists and art communities.

ISIS thugs take a hammer to civilisation: Priceless 3,000-year-old artworks smashed to pieces in minutes as militants destroy Mosul museumISIS thugs take a hammer to civilisation: Priceless 3,000-year-old artworks smashed to pieces in minutes as militants destroy Mosul museum

February 26, 2015February 26, 2015| ArtudioArtudio| 0 Comment| 10:59 pm

Islamic State thugs have destroyed a collection of priceless statues and sculptures in Iraq dating back thousands of years. Extremists used sledgehammers and power drills to smash ancient artwork as they rampaged through a museum in the northern city of Mosul. Video footage shows a group of bearded men in

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Photographer Peter Lik Has Sold Nearly Half a Billion Dollars in PrintPhotographer Peter Lik Has Sold Nearly Half a Billion Dollars in Print

February 22, 2015February 22, 2015| ArtudioArtudio| 0 Comment| 11:18 pm

Last December, the art world balked when photographer Peter Lik announced the world’s priciest sale of a photograph: a single black-and-white print titled “Phantom” for $6.5 million. Here’s another fact that will drop your jaws: Lik has sold nearly half a billion dollars worth of photographic prints, which means he’s

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