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News Articles: Art & Design

Nada Thsibwabwa poses in a robot-like costume that he created using old mobile phones, in Matonge district, Kinshasa. The country is a major producer of coltan, an ore used in cellphones and other electronics.

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  • Photography

PHOTOS: Congolese artists channel 'Mad Max' and Chewbacca with costumes made of trash

Using found materials and trash, artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo create getups that draw attention to Kinshasa's woes. Belgian photographer Colin Delfosse snaps their portraits.

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Shipley
Nada Thsibwabwa poses in a robot-like costume that he created using old mobile phones, in Matonge district, Kinshasa. The country is a major producer of coltan, an ore used in cellphones and other electronics.

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  • Photography

PHOTOS: Congolese artists channel 'Mad Max' and Chewbacca with costumes made of trash

Using found materials and trash, artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo create getups that draw attention to Kinshasa's woes. Belgian photographer Colin Delfosse snaps their portraits.

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Shipley
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

What is MerMay and why are people so into drawing mermaids this month?

In 2016, a former Disney animator gave his followers a challenge: draw a mermaid every day for the month of May. Today, prompts motivate people to make pieces of mermaid art.

May 30, 2022
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By:
  • Halisia Hubbard
The Mona Lisa last year in Paris.

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  • Strange News

A man in a wig was detained after throwing a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa

A man who was apparently disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair was detained after throwing a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa.

May 30, 2022
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By:
  • Rina Torchinsky
Ryan, Grand Canyon, 2013 Ryan, Chinese-Japanese-American, Cowboy

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  • Photography

A photographer's journey to reconnect with his Chinese American identity

Photographer An Rong Xu reconnects with his identity through capturing images of his community through his perspective.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Grace Widyatmadja
Ryan, Grand Canyon, 2013 Ryan, Chinese-Japanese-American, Cowboy

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  • Photography

A photographer's journey to reconnect with his Chinese American identity

Photographer An Rong Xu reconnects with his identity through capturing images of his community through his perspective.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Grace Widyatmadja
Marcus Kuilan-Nazario's "Macho Stereo" is an homage to his late father, an audiophile. He says his father used to record on this reel-to-reel player.

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  • Performing Arts

Spoken word and sonic rituals: East LA exhibit features Latinx artists using sound

The exhibition spans decades and includes spoken word performances, sound rituals and installations by Chicano and Puerto Rican artists.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Marcus Kuilan-Nazario's "Macho Stereo" is an homage to his late father, an audiophile. He says his father used to record on this reel-to-reel player.

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  • Performing Arts

Spoken word and sonic rituals: East LA exhibit features Latinx artists using sound

The exhibition spans decades and includes spoken word performances, sound rituals and installations by Chicano and Puerto Rican artists.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
A woman takes a photo of Andy Warhol's 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' on April 29 during Christie's 20th and 21st Century Art press preview in New York City.

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  • Art & Design

Art values are booming as New York auctions make billions of dollars in sales

Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips total sales have hit more than $2.5 billion for 2022 already, led by works by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Pablo Picasso.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Robert Griffiths
<em>The Katastwóf Karavan</em> is built from a steel frame mounted to lumber running gear with red oak and muslin wall panels, a propane fired boiler, water tank, gas generator and a brass and steel 38-note steam calliope.

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  • Art & Design

A slavery-era instrument is on the National Mall, singing 'songs of liberation'

An old-fashioned steam calliope designed by luminaries in the worlds of art and jazz is on display at the National Sculpture Garden.

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
A drawing from the War Toys project and Brian McCarty's photo that interprets that image.

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  • Photography

A photographer uses toys to reflect children's experiences in war

Brian McCarty's nonprofit provides art therapy to kids who have escaped conflicts, then transforms some of their traumatic drawings into toy dioramas to help people understand the horrors of war.

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Ben Abrams
Hope Gangloff, <em>Queen Jane Approximately</em>, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 108 inches. Collection of Alturas Foundation, San Antonio, Texas © Hope Gangloff.

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  • Fine Art

In 'Women Painting Women,' the female gaze is front and center

A new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Forth Worth — "Women Painting Women" — shows viewers what happens when women are both the subject and the artist. The result: something raw and real.

May 12, 2022
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By:
  • Susan Stamberg
The base where the Marjorie Tallchief sculpture once stood is seen outside the Tulsa Historical Society on May 2 in Tulsa, Okla.

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  • National

A statue of a Native American ballerina that was stolen in Tulsa will be restored

Enough pieces of a bronze statue of Marjorie Tallchief have been recovered to restore it. The statue was cut into pieces that have been found at recycling centers in the Tulsa, Okla., area.

May 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Andy Warhol's <em>Shot Sage Blue Marilyn</em> has set a record as the highest-priced American work of art to be sold at auction.

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  • Arts & Life

A Warhol 'Marilyn' brings a record auction price, $195 million

The price was the highest ever at auction for an American artwork. The portrait was auctioned by Christie's in New York.

May 09, 2022
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
GPB News NPR

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  • Obituaries

George Pérez, celebrated comic book artist who redefined Wonder Woman, has died

Pérez died on Friday at age 67. In a career that spanned over four decades, Pérez's meticulous pencil was behind some of the biggest comic book heroes.

May 08, 2022
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  • Emma Bowman
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