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Category Archive
Culture Canvas May 17, 2012 |
A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines.
Sharon Van Etten Takes 'Tramp' on the Road April 11, 2012 |
Song-writer Sharon Van Etten is touring to promote her new album "Tramp."
Culture Canvas February 16, 2012 |
A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.
Culture Canvas December 8, 2011 |
A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.
MOMA Pays Homage to Experimental Filmmaker Jack Smith November 23, 2011 |
A retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York features 11 newly-preserved prints of Jack Smith's work, which were recently acquired by MoMA as part of its film preservation festival, "To Save and Project." The films are shown as originally intended: on celluloid and in a movie theater.
Culture Canvas November 23, 2011 |
A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.
Culture Canvas November 17, 2011 |
A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.
Culture Canvas November 10, 2011 |
A roundup of the week's arts and culture headlines.
Culture Canvas November 3, 2011 |
A roundup of the week's art headlines.
'Pulphead' Tours the Geography of American Culture November 2, 2011 |
John Jeremiah Sullivan's new collection of essays, "Pulphead," forms a patchwork image of Americana.
Culture Canvas October 20, 2011 |
A roundup of the week's art headlines.
The Daily Frame October 19, 2011 |
An installation by Spanish artist Pilar Albarracin on the opening day of the International Contemporary Art Fair at the Grand Palais in Paris.
The Daily Frame October 18, 2011 |
A woman walks past a painting by American artist George Condo titled "Pink and Orange Abstraction," in the Mental States exhibition of his work at The Hayward Gallery on Oct. 17 in London.
The Daily Frame September 27, 2011 |
Gallery manager Anna Burdon-Cooper poses with an Ivorian Dan Gere African tribal mask, part of the 'Tribal Perspectives' exhibition at London's Gallery in Cork Street.
The Daily Frame September 26, 2011 |
Students in Sri Lanka take part in a painting competition yesterday. Photo credit: Ishara S. Kodikara /AFP /Getty Images.
The Daily Frame September 23, 2011 |
An Indian folk dancer from the Zanzar Performing Arts poses with her troupe during a rehearsal for the upcoming Navratri festival in Ahmedabad. Photo credit: Sam Panthaky /AFP /Getty Images.
Culture Canvas September 22, 2011 |
In this week's arts and culture headlines, some arts groups have voiced concern about what may happen to charitable giving if tax breaks for wealthy Americans are limited.
The Daily Frame September 21, 2011 |
An art installation entitled "REDDRESS" by South Korean artist Aamu Song sprawls across the floor at London's York Hall. Photo credit: Carl Court/ AFP/ Getty Images.
The Daily Frame September 19, 2011 |
Visitors take photos in front of a portrait of the Soviet Union's founding father, Vladimir Lenin, at Bulgaria's first museum of state-sponsored, propaganda art from its Communist regime.
Art Notes September 15, 2011 |
In this week's roundup of arts and culture headlines, the inventor of the e-book and the "father" of pop art have died.
'Just My Type' Is a Love Letter to Letters September 14, 2011 |
Passion and fonts -- love for them, conviction about their usage, and the dedication of their designers -- are the chief actors in Simon Garfield's 'Just My Type,' released first in the U.K. and now in the U.S. this month.
Asia Society Exhibit Explores Pakistan's Buddhist Past August 31, 2011 |
'The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Art of Gandhara,' a new exhibit at the Asia Society in New York, is the first American show in decades to examine works from this chapter of Pakistani history.
In a Station of the Metro, an Apparition of Color From Sam Gilliam August 18, 2011 |
Sam Gilliam's studio has the airy feel of a warehouse, but it boasts densities of colors and shapes. Sculptural paintings hang like scarves over the walls, and slabs of plywood are thick with hardened acrylics.
Corcoran Gallery of Art Recalls Influence of the Washington Color School August 5, 2011 |
An exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, "Washington Color and Light," examines the methodology and breadth of the Washington Color School.
Wednesday's Art Notes August 3, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation's BMW Guggenheim Lab opens in New York.
Tuesday's Art Notes August 2, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, attorneys in Philadelphia have mounted last-ditch legal effort to block the controversial move of the Barnes collection.
Monday's Art Notes August 1, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, shrinking state budgets also means shrinking funding of the arts. In Kansas, that support now equals $0.
Mini Slide Show: Maira Kalman's Textile Art April 6, 2011 |
Writer and illustrator Maira Kalman is famous for her drawings and paintings, but an exhibit that opened last month also includes a series of her textile work, which was born out of a sentimental attachment to the materials.
Weekly Poem: 'Green Door' March 7, 2011 |
Charles Baxter is the author of four novels, four collections of short stories, three collections of poems, a collection of essays on fiction and is the editor of other works. He teaches at the University of Minnesota.
Conversation: Author Charles Baxter March 3, 2011 |
Writer Charles Baxter's characters often seem ordinary until a chance encounter, persistent nagging or tilt in their world order pushes them to make feverish decisions.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Turns 100 February 15, 2011 |
The story of Taliesin and Frank Lloyd Wright's time spent there will soon be celebrated this year with months of tours, receptions, photography, concerts, and a number of exhibits including artifacts and archival photos.
Questions of Photographic Propriety in 'Framing Innocence' November 4, 2010 |
In 1999, Cynthia Stewart, an amateur photographer and school bus driver in Oberlin, Ohio, was arrested on two felony charges for photographs she'd taken of her eight-year-old daughter, which she tried to have developed at a nearby drugstore. The charges were eventually dropped. The in-between is the subject of a new book by poet Lynn Powell called "Framing Innocence."
Sowing the Seeds of Fear at Cox Farms October 29, 2010 |
Lucas Cox-Galhotra, director of operations at Cox Farms in northern Virginia, shared tips for putting on a good scare and gave us a tour as employees set up for Fields of Fear.
Satire and Seduction in the Prints of Warrington Colescott August 19, 2010 |
Marked by an interest in innovative techniques and bawdy satire, Warrington Colescott's challenging and witty fine art prints have buoyed him to national attention.
Celebrating the Marriage of Art and Technology at the Creators Project July 15, 2010 |
A partnership between Vice Magazine and Intel, the Creators Project was launched on June 26th in New York, bringing established and emerging artists from around the world together to explore the use of technology in art.
OK Go Goes Out on Its Own May 7, 2010 |
Chances are you've seen one of Ok Go's music videos. The quirky productions, shot on the cheap, have been viewed tens of millions of times on YouTube and launched the band into popularity.
'Sweetgrass' Documents a Dying Tradition Through Quiet Observation March 25, 2010 |
Sweetgrass, a film by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash (a husband-wife team of visual anthropologists currently working at Harvard), documents one of the last of these journeys with lush, yet unsentimental intimacy.
A Lesson in the Language of 'Avatar' December 18, 2009 |
Paul Frommer hadn't ever aspired to invent a language, but when James Cameron -- director of the highly-anticipated "Avatar" -- e-mailed the USC Linguistics department looking for someone to create a speech system for the movie, the professor was eager to accept the challenge.
The Onion Turns 21 November 26, 2009 |
Now celebrating its 21st year, the Onion has fine published consistently funny -- sometimes caustic -- satire of political figures, the media and social convention.
Deborah Eisenberg, Writer and MacArthur Winner October 20, 2009 |
A recipient of a 2009 MacArthur genius grant, Deborah Eisenberg has been publishing spare and elegant short fiction to national acclaim since the '80s, winning the Rea Award for the Short Story in 2000, a Guggenheim fellowship and three O. Henry Awards.
Welcome Home: A Look at Living in Slums September 29, 2009 |
A multimedia exhibition from Norwegian photographer Jonas Bendiksen on display at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., documents the experiences of families living in unplanned, off-the-grid slums in Nairobi, Mumbai, Caracas and Jakarta.
Secrets and Lies in 'Await Your Reply' August 24, 2009 |
In Dan Chaon's "Await Your Reply," three independent story lines revolve around one another, as characters attempt to keep their secrets secret.
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