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Diego Rivera

Health Dec 08

When Diego Rivera used his brush to honor groundbreaking healers

By Dr. Howard Markel

Arts Apr 01

‘I am not a virus.’ How this artist is illustrating coronavirus-fueled racism

Inspired by recent events, Korean-Swedish artist Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom is addressing the hostility Asians increasingly are facing during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

By Stephanie García

Arts Sep 08

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Forging art and business in Dale Chihuly’s workshop

Artist Dale Chihuly has become synonymous with reimagining what glass can do. Having long ago stopped blowing glass himself, at 75, he heads an art world enterprise at his Seattle studio. But using a team of artists to create his…

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Arts Apr 26

View of the back of the cello section in a youth orchestra.
American teenagers remain behind on music and visual arts, study says

When asked to listen to George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," only about half of the students were able to identify that the opening solo is played on a clarinet.

By Maria Danilova, Associated Press

Arts Mar 30

Few people can name five female artists — can you?

Can you name five female artists? Most people can't.

By Dayana Morales Gomez, Elizabeth Flock

Aug 02

Seattle artist takes viewers on a voyage to other worlds

By Stephen Hegg, KCTS

The boat is the emblem of Steve Jensen’s Norwegian soul. Boats carried his grandparents to America from Bergen, and boats are where he spent his young life as son and grandson of fishermen and boat builders. Boats are what he…

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Jan 25

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Vestiges of an ancient Greek art form, preserved by catastrophe

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Fewer than 200 bronze sculptures from the Hellenistic era -- a period that began more than 2,000 years ago -- survive today. About a quarter of those are gathered in an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art called "Power…

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Jan 14

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What makes a photographer when everyone is taking pictures

By PBS NewsHour

When photographer Ken Van Sickle was 23 and living in Paris, he could barely afford rolls of film. One night, hearing that jazz great Chet Baker was playing, he went and took only two pictures, and one was blurry. So…

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Jan 07

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How drawing opens up doors for this documentarian

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Illustrative journalist Wendy MacNaughton offers her Brief but Spectacular take on telling undertold stories through drawing.

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Jan 05

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MacArthur fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier captures the town that survived

By PBS NewsHour, Frank Carlson

Braddock, Pennsylvania, was once a thriving steel town before the town’s industry collapsed. It's where LaToya Ruby Frazier grew up, like her mother and grandmother before her, and it's where the visual artist and 2015 MacArthur fellow has returned to…

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