Tag: Visual arts
Review: David Steinberg offers the stories behind the jokes
“Inside Comedy” by David Steinberg (Knopf)
The legendary David Steinberg was...
Chinatown museum re-opens with anti-Asian racism exhibit
NEW YORK — A New York City museum dedicated to telling Chinese American history marked its reopening to the public on Wednesday, with an...
Subcommittee recommends Vel Phillips statue outside Capitol
MADISON, Wis. — A statue of Wisconsin's first black secretary of state outside the state Capitol came a little closer to reality Tuesday after...
Todd Haynes doc seeks the genesis of the Velvet Underground
CANNES, France — The most often-repeated thing said about the Velvet Underground is Brian Eno's quip that the band didn't sell many records, but...
Hunter Biden paintings pose ethical challenge for president
WASHINGTON — The White House has established an arrangement that would allow President Joe Biden’s son Hunter to sell his artwork for tens of...
Queen Elizabeth II visits set of TV soap ‘Coronation Street’
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has visited the set of “Coronation Street” to mark the long-running television soap's 60th birthday.
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Two artworks chosen for display in London’s Trafalgar Square
LONDON —
A sculpture symbolizing Britain’s complex colonial ties and...
Famed British seascape by J.M.V. Turner up for auction
LONDON — A seascape by renowned British painter J.M.V. Turner will be auctioned by Sotheby’s on Wednesday.
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Picasso kept in Maine house closet for 50 years is sold
AMESBURY, Mass. — A mixed-media painting attributed to Pablo Picasso has been sold after spending 50 years in a closet in a house in...
Greek police recover Picasso, Mondrian works stolen in 2012
ATHENS, Greece — Greek police say they have recovered two paintings by 20th century masters Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, nearly a decade after...