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Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
The Two-Way
Renoir Found At Flea Market May Be Real, But It's Also Stolen
September 27, 2012 Turns out that a Renoir painting purchased for $7 in West Virginia wasn't just lost — it was stolen. Documents show it vanished from a Baltimore museum six decades ago. Its planned auction has been put on hold, and the FBI is investigating.
The Two-Way
Is This An Early 'Mona Lisa'?
September 27, 2012 A Swiss foundation claims to have evidence of an earlier version. Skeptics say they need more proof.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Print-Inspired Art: All The News That's Fit To Paint
September 25, 2012 Newsprint is both the medium and the message in the "Shock of the News" exhibit currently on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The show examines a century's worth of interaction between artists and the journals of their day.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
The Landscape Art Legacy Of Florida's Highwaymen
September 22, 2012 The Highwaymen were a group of African-American artists in the '60s and '70s who sold idyllic paintings by the roadside of Florida's Route 1. Back then, they nearly saturated the market with their pictures, but today their work is sought after by the likes of Steven Spielberg and Michelle Obama.
Monday, September 10, 2012
For Museum, Long-Lost Picasso Is Too Costly To Keep
September 10, 2012 WFIUFor more than 40 years, Pablo Picasso's Seated Woman with Red Hat went unnoticed in the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science's storage area. Now that it's resurfaced, the Indiana museum says it can't afford to insure the multimillion-dollar artwork.
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Are All Young Artists 'Post-9/11' Artists?
September 9, 2012 In the 40 Under 40 exhibit at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, young artists bring modern-day technology together with old-fashioned craft techniques. Curator Nicholas Bell says it is a worldview and artistic approach "defined by the angst, the unease, the trepidation, the difficulties of the 21st century."
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Destination Art
Hannibal, Mo.: Art Abounds In Twain's Hometown
August 30, 2012 Mark Twain found the inspiration for his classic works while growing up in the river town of Hannibal, Mo. Today, there's a new set of artistic characters in Twain's boyhood home; the town of 18,000 boasts a vibrant arts community.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Author Interviews
'A Contest Of Wits': A Former Forger Recalls His Art
August 26, 2012 Ken Perenyi made millions painting and selling more than 1,000 forgeries over 30 years. He's imitated the likes of Charles Bird King and James Buttersworth — and confesses it all in his new book, Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger.
Friday, August 24, 2012
The Picture Show
Finding The Beauty In At-Risk Teens
August 24, 2012 Amy Anderson collaborates with at-risk teens to make portraits that reveal their inner beauty.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Art & Design
Hopper's Pensive Lady In Pink Travels The World
August 20, 2012 The Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio has been home to Edward Hopper's Morning Sun painting for more than 50 years. But if you visit Columbus, there's no guarantee you'll be able to see it; the painting spends much of its time on loan to other museums.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Krulwich Wonders...
Giant Crumpled Paper Drops From The Sky, Lands On Hill In New Zealand
August 10, 2012 You are standing in a park in New Zealand. You look up at the top of a hill, and there, balanced on the ground, looking like it might catch a breeze and blow away, is a gigantic sculpture that looks like a wrinkled piece of paper.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Saturday, June 30, 2012
New Artwork Finds A Home At An Old English Manor
June 30, 2012 British ceramicist Edmund de Waal is exhibiting his work at Waddesdon Manor, the historic country retreat of his distant cousin Lord Jacob Rothschild. The manor's lavishly decorated rooms are an unlikely space for such minimalist works, but the collaboration tells a story of collection, belonging and loss.
