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News Articles: Art & Design

Musician Nick Cave (from left), artist Thomas Houseago and with actor Brad Pitt pose prior to the opening of their joint exhibition, in Tampere, Finland, on Saturday.

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  • Arts & Life

Brad Pitt and Nick Cave make a surprise art debut in Finland

Art works by the American actor and Australian musician are featured in an exhibition of sculptures and ceramics. Both acknowledged being excited and nervous about presenting their art in public.

September 20, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The San Jose Museum of Art, seen here in 2007, is one of hundreds of museums participating in Saturday's free admission Museum Day event.

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  • Arts & Life

It's Museum Day. Here's how to get free tickets and have some fun

The annual Museum Day has arrived. Visitors can get free admission to one of the hundreds of participating institutions in the U.S. All it takes is an email address and the desire to have some fun.

September 17, 2022
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By:
  • Wynne Davis
Photographer, filmmaker, painter and graphic designer William Klein at a press event in Paris in 2005. Klein died Saturday at age 96.

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  • Arts & Life

Photographer William Klein, famous for street scenes but also fashion, has died

The influential American-born photographer, filmmaker, painter and graphic designer died Saturday in his adopted city of Paris.

September 12, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
The Marble Head of Athena, from 200 B.C.E. and which was looted from a temple in central Italy, is displayed during a news conference and repatriation ceremony of stolen antiquities to Italy, in New York City.

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  • Art & Design

A kidnapped goddess returns home, after prosecutors expose art thieves

The antiquities hailed from Italy and Egypt, and were returned after the Manhattan District Attorney enacted search warrants.

September 10, 2022
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo and
  • Ailsa Chang
Sarah Cameron Sunde will produce the finale to her "36.5: A Durational Performance with the Sea" on Sept. 14 in New York City.

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  • Art & Design

This artist gets up to her neck in water to spread awareness of climate change

Sarah Cameron Sunde brings her tidal cycle performance to New York City to cap off a nine-year global tour to spread awareness of sea level rise.

September 09, 2022
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By:
  • Matthew Schuerman

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  • Art & Design

A Texas town gets its portrait on a silo

Australian artist Guido Van Helten is known for his large-scale murals, often painted on abandoned industrial sites. Now he's telling the stories of McKinney, Texas, on the sides of its grain silos.

September 06, 2022
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By:
  • Susan Stamberg
Historic Home in Macon

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  • History

The Waterworks: A weird and wonderful house in Macon

The structure was built in the mid-19th century as the waterworks for the city of Macon. In a news article from 1874, the building was mentioned as “an old moss-covered building." By the early 20th century, it was abandoned until it became an antique shop in 1934 where people would buy wedding presents and birthday gifts. 

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • Evey Wilson Wetherbee
Taliban guards stand at the entrance of the National Museum of Afghanistan after it reopened under Taliban control in Kabul in December.

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  • World

The Taliban now guard Afghanistan's National Museum, where they once smashed objects

When the Taliban returned to power, cultural heritage advocates worried history might repeat itself and the group would destroy objects it found offensive. The museum is open now but has few visitors.

September 01, 2022
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By:
  • Arezou Rezvani and
  • Fazelminallah Qazizai
DC Comics covers featuring Green Lantern holding tamales, Hawkwoman holding platanos fritos, and Blue Beetle holding tacos.

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  • Arts & Life

DC Comics reduces Latinos to their food in Hispanic Heritage Month covers, fans say

Latino comic book fans have taken to social media to call out DC Comics' latest attempt at appealing to their Latino fans. Art shows DC superheroes holding or eating a variety of Latin American foods.

August 30, 2022
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By:
  • Pablo Valdivia
From left: a blue dashiki, from the Intsinzi Collection from Rwandan design studio Moshions, an outfit from the Chasing Evil= collection by womenswear brand IAMISIGO led by Bubu Ogisi out of Kenya, were a part of the 'Africa Fashion' exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK.

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  • Art & Design

African fashion rules in British museum show, from chic dashikis to mud-dyed cloth

A new exhibit at Victoria and Albert Museum corrects the misperception that high fashion belongs to Western designers. The fierce garments attest to the motto of a Ghanaian: "West is not always best."

August 21, 2022
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Cicely Tyson

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  • Movies

A new exhibit in LA explores the complicated history of Black Cinema

"Regeneration" examines 73 years of film history, from the silent movie days to the rise of the Blaxploitation era.

August 21, 2022
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Rafael López poses with his mariachi stamps in a classroom at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. The set was launched in August.

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  • Art & Design

For the first time, the Postal Service features mariachi musicians on stamps

Artist Rafael López used his upbringing in Mexico City for inspiration. It took two years of development before the set launched, and each stamp will carry on a cultural legacy forever.

August 14, 2022
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By:
  • Gabriel J. Sánchez
Robert Adams, <em>Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs</em>, 1969 gelatin silver print image: 14 x 14.9 cm (5 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.) Private collection, San Francisco.

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  • Photography

America, the (disappearing) beautiful

Robert Adams' obsession with the decay and beauty of the American landscape is on display at the National Gallery's exhibition "American Silence: The Photographs of Robert Adams."

August 12, 2022
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By:
  • Susan Stamberg
This undated photo provided by The J. Paul Getty Museum shows Sculptural Group of a Seated Poet and Sirens.

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  • Art & Design

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles says it will return illegally exported art to Italy

The museum says it will return a nearly life-size group of Greek terra-cotta sculptures known as "Orpheus and the Sirens," believed to date from the fourth century B.C.

August 12, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
New York pop artist KAWS has designed boxes for the General Mills Monster Cereals Count Chocula, Franken Berry, Boo Berry and Frute Brute.

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  • Pop Culture

General Mills' classic Monster Cereals are back with a reimagined look

Artist KAWS has designed boxes — and collectible prizes — for Franken Berry, Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Frute Brute, which are back for General Mills' seasonal release of Monster Cereals.

August 11, 2022
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By:
  • Halisia Hubbard
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