December 22, 2021. The only weekly local Gay Guide in print, now in its 26th year.

Monsters on All Sides”, Her conclusion
that the Biden Administration is also
continuing the bombing in Seria and the
war in the Middle East. The ambitious
painting completed only 8 weeks
part, shows have been delayed and
art marketing has taken a hit. One
artist, John Cerney, has created and
erected a unique mural of multi-colored
eight-foot-high popsicles being held by
hands located on Sunny Dunes Road
after the capital insurrection, shows
aspects of the capital invasion but also
has ominous bombers in the upper
left of the painting indicating the U.S.
continued warmongering throughout
the world.
Locally artists have struggled during the
pandemic lockdown. Galleries have
been operating on virtual, for the most
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across from the Tool Shed Bar. Carney
has been a mural artist for a number
of years with installations in California
and other states. This colorful cut-out
mural is a playful contrast to the art of
insurrection.
In the art world of hedge funders and
the uber-rich and those who can
afford art as speculation as well as
for aesthetic purposes the year 2021
found purchases over the 100 million
dollar range. That’s correct 100 Million
dollars being paid for single artworks of
which the following are some examples.
The winner in most expensive is the
purchase of a Picasso portrait painted
in 1932 of Mari-Therese Walter a model
or muse Picasso painted. The official
title in English is “Woman Sitting Near
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