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CHICAGO — Artist studios in Australia, California, Germany, Massachusetts, and Michigan.
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Books
The Mouse, an Unexpected and Enduring Art Muse
As one of the most common mammals on our planet, the diminutive mouse has been scurrying its way into art for centuries. The rodent has now finally received its own art compendium with Lorna Owen's Mouse Muse: The Mouse in Art, out next week from Monacelli Press.
News
UK Planning Inspector Blocks "Unexceptional" Frank Lloyd Wright House
The construction of the first Frank Lloyd Wright house in the UK has been officially derailed by planning officials who just can’t see what all the fuss over Wright is about, Architect's Journal reported.
Art
Supposedly Hidden from Hitler for Its Supernatural Powers, da Vinci Goes on Rare Public View
Gradually disappearing beneath a mottle of foxing and fading, a 1512 red chalk drawing believed to be a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci is on rare public view in Italy.
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Museum Insiders Behind Massive $250M Turkish Art Heist
A new report in the newspaper Hurriyet has revealed that museum staff participated in a $250 million art heist of 302 works in their own institution between 2005 and 2009.
Interview
Standing Up: Bill T. Jones and Theaster Gates Discuss Their Collaboration
Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane Dance Company’s Story/Time is a kind of spoken dance piece inspired by John Cage: 70 one-minute stories “interrupted by a chance musical score.”
Announcement
Take Your Creative Passions to the Next Level at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts
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Art
The East Village Eye: Where Art, Hip Hop, and Punk Collided
Between May 1979 and January 1987, the East Village Eye breathlessly covered the East Village art scene. Indiscriminate in its interests, the magazine charted the rise of hip hop, graffiti, and punk, and is widely credited with contributing to the intermingling of several New York scenes.
Art
Finding Refuge in Wyeth's Windows
Over the course of his career, the 20th century American artist Andrew Wyeth created 300 drawings and paintings of windows that are more about the people looking out them than the views they depict.
Art
Slashed and Hidden from Sight: The Strange Power of Cursed Paintings
Can a painting drive a person to madness?
In Brief
Mapping Inca Times in Subterranean Cusco
Peru's culture ministry has announced a new subterranean mapping initiative that will allow archaeologists to explore pre-Columbian Cusco without picking up any shovels.
News
New Project to Digitize 10,000 Sci-Fi Zines
To increase access to the fan culture that was integral to the rise of science fiction in the 20th century, the University of Iowa Libraries is digitizing 10,000 fanzines.