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Thomas Kinkade and the Jesus of Zionsville, a Christmas Tale
’Twas a few weeks before Christmas, and all through Zionsville, Indiana's Thomas Kinkade Gallery, Many creatures were stirring, shoppers out for Small Business Saturday...
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Franklin Furnace, Performance Art Pioneer, Relocates to Pratt Under Long-Term Agreement
The storied avant-garde performance art nonprofit Franklin Furnace has relocated to the Pratt Institute campus under an agreement that will see the organization "nest" at the institution on a long term basis.
Comics
Watercoloring a Whiteout
There was an amazing ugliness before the snow hit this week.
Art
The Collections Behind Great Artists
"Artists, as we know, are notorious collectors, but you always wonder what came first, the chicken or the egg."
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Guggenheim Seeks Volunteer Readers for On Kawara Retrospective
If you've ever wanted to sit at a table and read dates out loud for an hour — or rather, if you've ever wanted to be part of an On Kawara artwork — you're about to get your chance.
Books
The Original Renaissance Man and His Brain
LOS ANGELES — As he raced against cancer to finish his fourth and final book, Leonardo’s Brain, author/inventor/surgeon Leonard Shlain was motivated by the possibility that his manuscript-in-progress might help answer a very vital question: How can mankind achieve a more creative and peaceful future
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Citing Dubious Flora, Scholar Casts Doubt on National Gallery's Prized Leonardo Painting
New research suggests that Leonardo da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks" at the National Gallery — one of the British museum's most prized possessions — might not be the work of the master after all, the Guardian reported.
Art
The Ghost Sounds of Hanoi, Conjured by an App
HANOI — The first thing that struck me about this city was the noise. I arrived by a sleepy overnight train from China, where most of the scooters I'd seen were silent electric bikes. Here the noise was deafening.
Art
Staging a Performance with the NYPD
In the midst of the recent amazing outpouring of street presence supporting black lives, on Monday night I had an opportunity to witness something a little quieter. Willing Participant, a performance group led by artists Todd Shalom, Ben Weber, and Niegel Smith of Elastic City, held a simple public
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Miami Artist Run Over by Cop Dies of His Injuries
Graffiti artist Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez died on Tuesday night from injuries sustained when Miami Police Department Detective Michael Cadavid hit him with an unmarked police car.
Books
Photographers Expose Their Processes
Some photographers take relentless notes in pocket journals, others share their discoveries in real time on Instagram. The two methods are different approaches to the contemporary photographic process, which is the subject of a new book, Photographers' Sketchbooks, by Stephen McLaren and Bryan Formh
Art
Shooting Sites of Execution
In 2006, Britain's Ministry of Defense officially pardoned 306 soldiers it had executed for cowardice or desertion during World War I. Photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews has embarked on her own photographic tribute to them.