Visual Arts
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Popular Humans of New York photoblog now a bookOct 13, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Brandon Stanton rounds the corner, spots a tiny blur of pink, and runs over to ask if he can take a picture. He crouches in a busy Manhattan bike lane to get ...
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Detroit art museum wants guests to linger at animation showOct 12, 2013 6:00 am - DETROIT — The 128-year-old Detroit Institute of Arts has gained a reputation as a home for some of the world's most hallowed masterpieces: Paintings by Van Gogh and Pica...
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Elusive graffiti artist Banksy hits NYCOct 10, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Graffiti by the secretive British artist Banksy is turning up on the streets of New York City — and all over social media. Banksy announced on his website tha...
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Wheaton unveils “Pearls of the Universe” tribute to city’s diversityOct 06, 2013 2:51 pm - “Pearls of the Universe,” a 70-foot-wide mural just east of Wheaton’s downtown, was dedicated Sunday as a symbol of the city’s diversity and to celebrate the impact immi...
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NYC retrospective reassesses LOVE artist’s workSep 30, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Artist Robert Indiana says love hurt him. Love, as in his world-famous LOVE image — stacked letters with a tilted O — that became a symbol of the “make love, ...
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Art of war: Dubai gallery haven for Syrian artistsSep 19, 2013 6:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Inside the gallery, artworks by Syrian artists were drawing auction bids from collectors. Outside on the street, the artists traded the lat...
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New date, events for Art In Your Eye festival in BataviaSep 18, 2013 11:00 pm - Batavia's Art In Your Eye festival offers new events, too
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Performing arts center concept in West Dundee tenuousSep 17, 2013 10:54 am - West Dundee trustees endorse the idea of opening a performing arts center downtown, but the show may not necessarily go on at the old Ziegler’s Ace Hardware store as pla...
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Best bets: Get funky with Grand Funk RailroadSep 17, 2013 6:00 am - Top pick American band Relive the big hit songs from the late 1960s and 1970s of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad (“We're an American Band,” “The Loco-Motion...
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Photojournalism inspires Batavia artistSep 12, 2013 5:00 am - I started writing for newspapers when I was 15 years old. My first job was writing a weekly column about high school and I got $1.25 a column. Over the years, I have bee...