The largest collection of Islamic art in the world has gone on display in the Gulf state of Qatar. The country's new $300m Islamic art museum exhibits priceless artefacts covering over a thousand years of Islamic history. Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reports.

The world's largest collection of Islamic art has gone on display in the Gulf state of Qatar. The $300 million Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, the capital of Qatar, was unveiled on Saturday before Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, and 1,000 dignitaries from around the world. Al Jazeera's Dorsa Jabbari reports on the spectacular launch.

by Philip Scott Johnson 500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art Music: Bach's Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 performed by Yo-Yo Ma Nominated as Most Creative Video 2007 YouTube Awards For a complete list of artists and paintings visit.... more

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Call us boring and simple-minded, but before we saw the work of street artist Joshua Allen Harris we never once considered the artistic possibilities of subway exhaust. Using only tape and garbage bags, Harris creates giant inflatable animals that become animated when fastened to a sidewalk grate. Steven Psyllos.... more

Dir: Tomek Baginski / Poland / 2005 In an old forgotten military base far from civilization, a group of deranged military officers nurture their insanity.

Albert Reyes is a well renowned visual artist based in Los Angeles. An article about the Year In Ideas included a short article about his and his legal graffiti/spit drawing in Dec. 10th's New York Times Magazine. Link to article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/magazine/10section3b.t-5.html

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A video project I worked on in New York Mills, Minnesota and featuring a wide assortment of my kinetic-art techniques.

You might be a redneck artist if messy, rib-eating fingers inspires you to fingerpaint. As seen on CMT "Country Fried Home Videos"