London’s infamous and off-limits “Black Museum” of macabre crime artifacts may finally open to the public as the Metropolitan Police faces budgets shortcomings.
December 30, 2014
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Surreal Japanese Illustrations Capture the Spirit of Andersen’s Fairy Tales
Although adults may misremember them as light children’s stories, the 19th-century fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen commonly deal with themes of loneliness, forced journeys far from home, and the precariousness of existence.
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French Sculptures in the US Stand Up to Be Counted
On the hunt for one of Emmanuel Fremiet’s cat bronzes? Want to play a game on Man Ray’s chess set? Curious to know which state has the most Louise Bourgeois sculptures? All these pressing queries and more will be answered thanks to the new French Sculpture Census.
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How Many DC Bureaucrats Does It Take to Fix a Calder Mobile?
It may sound like the beginning of a joke, but members of the US Senate are pondering the mobility of an Alexander Calder mobile.
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The Teddy Bears and Soda Cans of Clare Graham
LOS ANGELES — The term “craft,” especially in the context of the art world, is tricky. Who decides what’s art and what’s craft, and is there a hierarchy between the two? Happily, an exhibition sometimes comes along to further blur the line, as is the case with Clare Graham & MorYork: The Answer is Yes at the Craft and Folk Art Museum.
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Making Art from Life in Palestine
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Rehab Nazzal’s exhibition Visible, curated by Stuart Keeler at the Art Gallery of Mississauga, had me sitting and crying for hours.
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What People Asked the New York Public Library Before Google
“Why do 18th century English paintings have so many squirrels in them, and how did they tame them so that they wouldn’t bite the painter?” It’s easy to find answers to such perplexing questions today.
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ArtRx NYC
It’s the week we swap out our 2014 street art wall calendar for our 2015 sexy art handlers wall calendar, so in addition to a high-concept yule log to keep you warm and a New Year’s Day exhibition reception to keep your buzz going, our suggestions include a visit to Times Square — but not for the reason you’d think.
