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Neglected Treasuresnew
A famed Mexican artist painted six murals for the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco. One famously disappeared. The others have practically been ignored.
Tags: visual arts
Basel's Odysseusnew
Overnight with an artist through the hurly-burly of the very rich at Art Basel.
Miami New Times |
Carlos Suarez De Jesus |
12-17-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
All Things Art Basel 2007new
Check out our Baselopoly game and printable, comprehensive listings for the biggest art bash in the world!
Miami New Times |
Carlos Suarez De Jesus |
12-10-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin Remains an Artist for Justicenew
After nearly four decades, she is as committed as she ever was to creating peace, ending war and seeking social justice through her art.
Pasadena Weekly |
Patricia Cunliffe |
11-27-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Pen & Inc.: Comic-book Artists are Drawn to St. Louisnew
An expanding comic art network has over the past decade has gravitated to the city, thanks in part to Xplane Graphics and the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University, where many of the city's cartoonists met and worked together.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
11-26-2007 |
Art
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Tracking Down Looted Iraqi Artnew
Iraqi-born art historian Nada Shabout searches for her country's lost creative works.
Montreal Mirror |
Narcel X |
11-16-2007 |
Art
A 'Carefree' Era for D.C. Taggers Comes to an Endnew
Besides ubiquitous security cameras monitoring the streets, gentrification and its accomplices are beating down the District's graffiti culture.
Washington City Paper |
Ruth Samuelson |
11-08-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Cuban Painters and Fugitivesnew
Luis Posada Carriles and Jose Dionisio Suarez Esquivel show their stuff and tell their stories.
Miami New Times |
Janine Zeitlin |
11-05-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
The Strange Drawings of Brian Brooksnew
The artist behind Emily the Strange attempts to exorcise his creation from his art.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Virella |
10-31-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Youngblood at Heartnew
Seven years after leaving the industry that made him a star, former comic book wunderkind Rob Liefeld is ready for his heroes to be reborn.
Tags: visual arts
Second Rate? Or Second City Syndrome?new
Local artists and musicians wonder why Chicago is barely represented in the Museum of Contemporary Art's big show about art and rock.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
10-15-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Writing on the Wallnew
It's the last hurrah for an iconic North Philly graffiti spot that's soon to be reclaimed by gentrification.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeff Deeney |
09-25-2007 |
Art
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'Offensive' Collage May Land Artist in a Turkish Prisonnew
British-born artist Michael Dickinson is being prosecuted for creating two collages depicting the Turkish Prime Minister as a dog led around by George W. Bush. The charge is "public denigration of Turkishness," and carries with it a penalty of as much as three years in prison.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Ausmus |
09-24-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Cartoonists Respond to UVA Controversynew
Grant Woolard has stepped inadvertently into the national spotlight for his drawing "Ethiopian Food Fight," which ran in The Cavalier Daily. Pete Mueller, Emily Flake, and Jen Sorenson weigh in on the cartoon and his firing.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
09-19-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
John T. Scott, 1940-2007new
One of New Orleans' preeminent modern artists known for his large public sculpture, John Scott was also one of those dedicated and quintessential New Orleanians for whom this city was a way of life more than merely a place to live.
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