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The Promise of Glamor and Adventure in Mid-Century Airline Advertising
From the end of World War II to the 1970s, airline travel experienced a revolution in extended routes and better aircrafts.
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Stacked Boxes and BIG Statements in New Design for 2 World Trade Center
Bjarke Ingels revealed his proposal for 2 World Trade Center in an article for Wired on Tuesday. The final unbuilt plot at the hallowed New York City site — which had for a decade been reserved for a Norman Foster-designed scheme — may now give rise to a dramatically stepped, 1,340-foot glass tower.
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Theaster Gates Meditates on Construction in a White Cube
LONDON — Theaster Gates's latest show at White Cube is, surprisingly, largely limited to paintings and sculptures.
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Sum of the Arts
Years Robert Cornelius, who is considered to have photographed the first self-portrait in 1839, ran a photo studio before returning to the lamp-making business = 2
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Icelandic Scientists Find Link Between Creativity and Mental Disorders
There's something strangely attractive about the stereotype of the crazy artist.
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A Public Art Project Casts a Shadow Over Moscow, Crimea, and Ukraine
A towering statue of Vladimir the Great is causing a great deal of anger in Moscow and beyond.
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In Place of Love Locks, a Paris Bridge Gets Street Art
Francophiles were heartbroken last week when French authorities removed the iconic padlocks that lovers have been attaching to the Pont des Arts bridge for decades.
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A Graphic Reporter's Hand-drawn Highlights from Lost Lectures NY Two
We were lucky enough to have graphic reporter Lori Richmond attend our Friday night event to document and string together the themes.
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A Woman's Holography Museum Is Saved from Destruction
Destruction or piecemeal sale seemed the ultimate fate of Chicago's hologram museum, until the announcement on June 7 that its entire holdings were acquired by Chicago Holography Museum Rescue Mission through an anonymous benefactor.
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Discovering the Digital in Abstract Painting
LOS ANGELES — The titles of the paintings in Viennese artist Verena Dengler’s first exhibition in the United States, at Thomas Duncan Gallery, rattle off the tongue like bad academic poetry.
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Hopi Tribe Fights to Halt French Sales of Sacred Artifacts for Good
Wednesday morning, Paris's Drouot auction house proceeded with a contentious sale of objects sacred to the Hopi Tribe of northern Arizona.
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Century-Old School Chalkboard Drawings Offer a History Lesson
OKLAHOMA CITY — Century-old chalkboard drawings were revealed earlier this month during renovations at Emerson High School in Oklahoma City.