September around the corner means it's time for a dose of cultural inspiration pronto. Head to the Museum of Modern Art through September 15 to see Dalí: Painting and Film, which explores the mega-role that films and cinema played in the artist's work.

With more than 130 paintings, drawings, scenarios and films by Salvador himself, the exhibit delves into his true passion--cinema--which served to ignite his creativity in other media. Collaborations of his work with various filmmakers are staged right alongside relevant paintings and drawings.

This one's not for the faint of heart though, as Dalí had an eye for the macabre. To wit: Un Chien Andalou, a film made together with Luis Buñuel, features the gag-worthy sequence of a human eye being slit by a razor. Creepy!

Oh, and can't make it to the museum with your busy fall schedule--or just want to save yourself $20? Check out the online exhibit instead.

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· Dalí: Painting and Film [Official Site]
· Museums coverage [Jaunted]

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A giant sand dune is going to be home to the new Museum of Modern Arab Art in Doha, Qatar. From a distance, it just looks like another pile of sand, like thousands of others in the desert. Upon closer inspection, it becomes apparent that the dune isn't quite what it seems.

Architect Rafael Viñoly designed the museum to blend seamlessly with its environment. In a possible reference to historic Bedouin tents, Viñoly has used a sand-colored stretched canvas-like material to cover the 350,000 square foot space.

This camouflaged building will house Sheikh Hassan Bin Mohammed Al-Thani's large collection of Arab art dating from the early Qur'anic period to modern times. And, you'll find plenty of other treasures to explore at the MOMAA. The collection includes 5,000 paintings, 700 antiques, sculptures, metalwork, ceramics, a calligraphy section, photography and more. The museum is scheduled to be finished by 2011.

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· Enormous Artificial Sand Dune To House Museum of Modern Arab Art [Gizmodo]
· Rafael Viñoly Architects [Official Site]
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Whether you're just a browser or a more serious collector, you'll want to get to Paris September 11-21 for the 24th Biennale des Antiquaires, when 95 of Europe and North America's top art dealers will come together to show off (and sell) their significant pieces.

Billing itself as "a red-letter rendezvous for the arts market," the Biennale has just about everything, including antiques, jewelry, paintings and decorative arts. You'll find works from Picasso and de Kooning as well as more esoteric stuff like a 15th-century Flemish manuscript.

Even if you're not quite in the market to buy, seeing these gorgeous things in Paris' Grand Palais--just refurbished and re-opened in 2006--will certainly inspire. The Biennale is open daily 11 am-11 pm; admission is €20 ($30).

Related Stories:
· 24th Biennale des Antiquaires [Official Site]
· Datebook: Paris [NYT]
· Art coverage [Jaunted]

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Wrap up summer and welcome fall in the stunning Western Rocky Mountains at the 24th Annual Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival in Wyoming. Much more than your standard, simple art fair, this one runs from September 4-21, with everything from Native American art to cuisine to music to gallery walks to workshops; in all, more than 50 events will take place over the 18 days.

Some highlights? The "Taste of the Tetons," which allows visitors to sample tons of food, dessert and wine in historic downtown Jackson (tickets are just $1 each). Or the QuickDraw Art Sale and Auction, where 30 artists create original works on-site and spectators can then bid on them.

There will also be tons of opportunities to view and buy Western art, jewelry and even to take in a Jackson Hole Cowboy Jubilee Historic Ranch Tour where you can feast on local barbecue, hear cowboy tunes and listen to area ranchers describe their daily lives. It just might help you prolong your summer dreams of escaping to the ranch a while longer.

Related Stories:
· Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival [Official Site]
· Datebook: Jackson [NYT]
· Fall Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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In the city of Syracuse, New York, artist Jennifer Marsh was sick of driving by a run down, abandoned gas station every day. She took matters into her own hands and hatched a plan to beautify the building--and make a statement about high gas prices.

Marsh enlisted the help of artists from 15 countries and more than 2,500 grade school students in 29 states to create panels to cover the building. More than 3,000 quilt blocks made of every conceivable material were stitched together to cover every available surface--including the pumps--of the 50-year-old gas station.

The crazy but wonderful project cost $29,000, much of it Marsh's own money, with donations making up the rest.

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· International Fiber Collective [Official Site]
· Jennifer Marsh's Gas Station Cozy [Wooster Collective]
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After Australia's giant potato ended up looking like a piece of dino poop, we can say that today's news is not the first time a large turd has become a tourist attraction.

But in Switzerland a giant inflatable dog doo, which was part of an exhibition in Bern's Paul Klee Centre, has blown away and terrorized the city.

This art work, created by American Paul McCarthy, has the sophisticated name of "Complex Shit." Bringing down power lines and landing at some kind of orphanage is certainly complex behavior for a large turd--or a fantastic way to get the gallery some worldwide publicity.

Related Stories:
· Flying Piece of Art Causes Museum Chaos in Switzerland [AFP, via Google]
· Fossilized Dino Poop Down Under [Jaunted]
· Bern Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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We don't know who pays for these things, but we're glad they spontaneously pop up in the most unlikely places, because that's all the more reason to go traveling. The latest and coolest example of public art comes to us by way of deviantART's FilthyLuker, whose Octopied Building is waving its tentacles at locals and visitors alike in some unnamed French town.

A quick peek at FilthyLuker's gallery reveals a treasure trove of similar projects, from trees and bushes with eyes and awareness (witness a real bad hair day) to urban wastelands that suddenly sprout life, as in urban regeneration. Anything that causes us to reexamine our environment and find the humor in the everyday is okay by us. If anyone can nail down the location of Octopied Building, do share in the comments.

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· Building Festooned with Inflatable Tentacles [Boing Boing]
· FilthyLuker Gallery [deviantART]
· Art Coverage [Jaunted]

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