Lonely Planet Comet - The art issue

Subscribe - Unsubscribe - Update Details - Privacy - Contact Us - Read this Email Online Lonely Planet Comet The art issue       What better reason to travel than art? Like the English upper crust heading off on their 18th-century Grand Tours, the world still flocks to Paris and Florence and all the sumptuous centres of gilt-framed, cherub-laden, Capital 'A' art. But these days the filmi posters on Mumbai streets, the graffiti art of Melbourne or meat sculptures in Buenos Aires are just as likely to catch an adventurer's eye. Love it, want it - where to see art, how to buy it Art on film - smell the spraypaint Do-it-yourself - gimme that camera!   The art of sleeping - hotels for high-colour dreams Culture vultures discuss - does Picasso beat Vermeer? Discover twice the city in half the time with the latest Encounter city guide range covering 26 exciting cities including Beijing, Edinburgh and Fez. Want one? You can get a free Encounter city guide with minimum spend. Best of all, you choose the city!  Love it, want it What's the first thing you do when you hit the ground in a new town? If you're the type who'd rather go searching for Bauhaus than the nearest bar, try out these top tips for seeing free art in New York and outdoor sculpture in London. If you get a taste for culture al-fresco, why not make a tour of the world's best street-art cities or check out what's been made of the dividing wall between Israel and the Palestinian Territories. And when you're ready to head home, take some of the local art with you - here's some advice on buying well and responsibly in Guatemala and Australia. Of course, maybe you're just after a house made of beer cans and dedicated to the orange. In which case, head for Houston.   Online Shop   Buy individual chapters before the book hits the shelves! Pre-order for your taste of the rich Scottish spirit Download the chapters you need before the book is even available! Pick the chapters you want of the latest guide! The original is back and better than ever! Want more? Check out our hot-off-the-press, pre-order and buy-by-chapter titles.  Art on film Staring at gallery walls just not your thing? Want to feel like you're right in the middle of the art action? Press play and you'll see Lausanne lit up by 127,000 candles and Western Australia's coastline adorned by sculptures. If you're itching to rattle that spray can, let Darius take you on a graffiti tour of Barcelona, or see what Nato's painting in New York. And for those of you who like your art on the squeamy side, we've got a Buenos Aires sculptor who's dying to meat you.  Lonely Planet on YouTube Hot damn! Lonely Planet has got its very own channel on YouTube. It features a selection of the best travel videos from Lonely Planet's own online video-sharing website, lonelyplanet.tv. Go on, subscribe to it. And hey, if you've got filmmaking talent, we'll pay US$500 for the best clips uploaded to our site.  Do-it-yourself There's a whole wide world out there just waiting to be your muse - so pick up your paintbrush, camera or chainsaw and carve out your own fresh horizons. Capture the best of New York (ice skaters...Egyptian tombs...), take a mosaic course in Rome or get your kids creating at a San Fran museum. Weigh in with an opinion on the best way to learn art on the road in Southeast Asia, or see what our authors are snapping on the hoof with their Nokia devices.   Snap it good Our authors are hitting the road with Nokia N-series devices - see the world through their eyes. ADVERTISING FEATURE  The art of sleeping You don't want to come home from a long day's cultural stimulation to beige walls and seascapes, right? Instead, kick back in the sculpture-scattered garden of Crete's Minos Beach Art Hotel, marvel at the First Nations collection of Vancouver's Listel Hotel, work up an appetite in the Ferrero Rocher room at the Art Hotel Boston or cop some Cubist dreams at San Fran's Hotel Des Arts. In Belgium, fancy yourself part of a comic strip at the Comfort Art Hotel Siru; in Buenos Aires, get paintings with your breakfast at the Art Hotel. You may find jazz students on the piano at the retreat-hosting Art House in Damascus, and you'll more than likely find your host whipping up some Warhol repro at the reception desk of Ho Chi Minh's Art Hotel. It's enough to make you swear off chain motels for life. Art Hotel Boston, Room 110, Diabolic theme  Culture vultures discuss Know what you like? Go to the mat for it. The travel community ponders history's greatest painters, recounts its best art experiences, gives advice on contemporary Chinese art and tells you how to have the most fun at North America's museums (dance party at the Brooklyn!) Now that we've served up a big chunk of art, why not explore some other Travel Story themes like Islands & Beaches, Volunteering and Sports?  Compass Competition We have five copies of Lonely Planet's Urban Travel Photography book to give away. To win one, tell us where the following three artists were born: Henri Cartier Bresson Frida Kahlo Egon Schiele Email your answers by 15 May to comet@lonelyplanet.com.au SPONSORED LINKS Your privacy is important to us. Read our privacy policy  to find out what we do and don't do with your personal details. If you no longer wish to hear from us please click here or contact us at Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 90 Maribyrnong Street Footscray VIC 3011 Australia / tel: + 61 3 8379 8000. 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