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Painter Irfan Mohammad works on a truck at a sprawling workshop in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

These eye-popping, hand-painted trucks rule Pakistan's roads

Feb 05, 2022
Around the world, trucks are essential everyday vehicles. In Pakistan, trucks are also canvases for dazzling works of art. Truck art has served a social good too, and helped recover missing children.
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A pen and black ink drawing by Albrecht Dürer titled "The Virgin and Child with a Flower on a grassy Bench" is seen at London Art Week dealer Agnews, on Nov. 19, in London.

Opinion: Albrecht Dürer's lesson for all of us today

Dec 18, 2021
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on "The Virgin and Child with a Flower on a Grassy Bank," by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. The previously unknown drawing was unveiled this week in London.
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Fifth Street

September 16, 2021

Sep 16, 2021
See Hear Do: Art, literature, and opera lead the way into October | Can the "new" Vickie's Diner recapture its community vibe? | Getting personal: For local filmmaker Brandon Christensen, horror movies are a family affair
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The final restoration project by the nonprofit Advancing Women Artists group features works by Violante Ferroni, an 18th century prodigy about whom little is known today.

'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists

Jan 02, 2021
A nonprofit has identified 2,000 works by women artists that had been stashed in Italy's public museums and damp churches. It's also supported restoration of 70 works from the 16th to 20th centuries.
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Art & Design
Corey Hirsch, seen during his playing days with the Vancouver Canucks. The mask, which was designed by Frank Cipra and inspired by <em>Psycho</em>, even features Alfred Hitchcock's famous silhouette above Hirsch's eyes. These days, the mask holds special

The Fine Art Of Stopping A Flying Puck

May 27, 2019
For decades, ice hockey goalies have carried on a tradition of painting their masks. Less visible, though, are the artists who design them — and the thriving cottage industry they've quietly built.
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In Memory of Susanne Forestieri

Feb 28, 2019

Remembering a beloved, quietly accomplished, beauty-seeking, life-affirming Las Vegas artist

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<em>Edmond de Belamy</em>, created using artificial intelligence, will be auctioned at Christie's on Thursday.

A.I. Produced 'Portrait' Will Go Up For Auction At Christie's

Oct 22, 2018
The print, called Edmond de Belamy, is a blurry depiction of what could be a "a man of the church" floating within a gilt frame. In place of the artist's signature is a math equation.
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This image, taken through a microscope, captures the grasshopper embedded in the paint of Van Gogh's <em>Olive Trees</em>.

The Grasshopper In The Van Gogh

Nov 08, 2017
When museum conservators examined Vincent Van Gogh's Olive Trees, they found something curious stuck in its paint: a grasshopper. Could it be just some weird leftover — or a crucial clue?
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Brian Peterson, 31, and Matt Faris, 38, in Santa Ana, Calif.

An Unlikely Friendship Reignites 2 Artists' Ambitions

Nov 03, 2017
Brian Peterson crossed paths with Matt Faris, a homeless man on his street, dozens of times before he decided to say hello. Through their bond, the two men also drew inspiration from each other.
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Christie's unveiled Leonardo da Vinci's <em>Salvator Mundi</em> at Christie's New York on Tuesday in New York City.

Last Da Vinci Painting In Private Hands Will Be Auctioned Next Month

Oct 11, 2017
The portrait of Jesus Christ, Salvator Mundi, was recently confirmed to be a da Vinci that had been thought to be destroyed. It's not clear where the painting was, exactly, for more than a century.
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Frida Kahlo look-alikes were corralled into the southeast courtyard of the Dallas Museum of Art Thursday night.

Frida Kahlo Celebrated With An Attempt At A World Record

Jul 07, 2017
Museum-goers attempted to set the record for most people dressed up as Frida Kahlo at the Dallas Museum of Art Thursday night.
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Thomas Gainsborough's 1785 painting <em>Mr and Mrs William Hallett (The Morning Walk) </em>was attacked at The National Gallery in London on Saturday.

Man Charged After Attack On Painting At London's National Gallery

Mar 20, 2017
A man entered The National Gallery in London on Saturday afternoon, approached a painting by British master Thomas Gainsborough and proceeded to attack it with a "sharp object," the museum says.
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A visitor reaches down to feel the museum floor as a docent describes the corridor in which they are standing.

Blind Art Lovers Make The Most Of Museum Visits With 'InSight' Tours

Jan 05, 2017
"Sight isn't the only pathway to understand art," says Carol Wilson of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. There, specially trained docents lead tours using sound, description — and even touch.
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Parallels
In <em>Judith and her Maidservant, </em>painted a year after Gentileschi testified in a rape trial, the head of Holofernes lies in a basket and Judith is portrayed proudly as victor. "That is not a characteristic Judith pose," says a curator of the Rome

Long Seen As Victim, 17th Century Italian Painter Emerges As Feminist Icon

Dec 12, 2016
Much of what is known of Artemisia Gentileschi comes from her testimony in the trial of a painter who raped her. "Now we try to go back and fill in and properly understand," says a curator.
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<em>Still life with Flowers, Gilt Goblet, Almonds, Dried Fruits, Sweets, Biscuits, Wine and a Pewter Flagon </em>was created by Clara Peeters in 1611.

In A First, Spain's Prado Museum Puts The Spotlight On A Female Artist

Nov 30, 2016
Clara Peeters, a 17th century Flemish painter, hid tiny self-portraits in her still life paintings. She wasn't a household name, then or now, and just 40 or so of her paintings have survived.
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Michael Heizer, The Earth Mover

Sep 09, 2016

Dana Goodyear profiled Nevada land artist Michael Heizer for New Yorker magazine.

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Twisted Beatles Vegas-Style

Mar 07, 2016

Fernando Reyes, a Las Vegas artist, is obsessed by The Beatles. Not necessarily their music – or, we should say, not ONLY their music.  

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All Tech Considered
Pindar Van Arman in his studio with paintings created by his bitPaintr portrait-painting robot.

You Can Give A Robot A Paintbrush, But Does It Create Art?

Dec 06, 2015
Pindar Van Arman is a painter — and a software designer. His latest project? A portrait-painting robot. Its paintings "dance on the edge" between creations by humans and machines, he says.
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The Two-Way
<em>Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?</em>), a 1892 oil on canvas by French artist Paul Gauguin, was reportedly sold for a record $300 million.

Gauguin Painting Reportedly Fetches Record $300 Million

Feb 07, 2015
The oil-on-canvas entitled Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) was produced in 1892 during the first of two trips to Polynesia by the French Post-Impressionist.
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Wildlife Photography with Sharon Schafer

May 02, 2012
When Sharon Schafer paints an animal, she likes to take a photo first.  Sometime that means tracking a turkey vulture, or lying down next to baby Emperor penguins.
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Discovering Long-Lost Picasso Photos

Dec 09, 2011

Richard Ham is a prolific, longtime photographer, who snapped photos of everyone from the Queen of England to Winston Churchill.  So he didn't think much of the long-lost negatives he took of a painter named Pablo Picasso.

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Art of Japan

Sep 01, 2006
Jerry Schefcik, Director, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery Sush Gaikotsu, Artist ...on the Japanese Art Show at UNLV
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Dreamweaver

Feb 17, 2006
Roger Thomas ...on creating the signature styles at the Wynn, the limits of theming, and his time at Andy Warhol's Factory. See below for another Roger Thomas item (webcast only.)
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Interview

Nov 23, 2005
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