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UK museum looks at epic, intimate sides of WWI

LONDON – It’s an iconic scene of Britain at war: Thousands of Londoners huddled in Underground stations as German bombs rained down. But this is not the 1940s Blitz – it’s World W...

DATE: Jul 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Artist creates ‘empowering’ wearable sculptures

NEW YORK – Linda Stein wants people to armor themselves in her art. She creates full-length wearable sculptures embedded with all manner of found objects, including driftwood, en...

DATE: Jul 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Emin’s messy bed could fetch million at auction

LONDON – For sale: bed. Definitely slept in. Seven-figure price tag. Adventurous art collectors with deep pockets have the chance to buy British artist Tracey Emin’s “My Bed,” com...

DATE: Jun 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Jeff Koons’ whimsy takes over NYC museum

NEW YORK – Jeff Koons is taking over the Whitney Museum of American Art. The contemporary artist’s oversized toylike sculptures of a dog, gorilla, Popeye and other works spannin...

DATE: Jun 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Going to extremes to rebuild a mountaintop museum

MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. – Weeks spent in some of the harshest conditions Earth has to offer are finally paying off for a Boston photographer whose images are central to a refurbished museum a...

DATE: Jun 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Get a bead on it

DATE: Jun 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Bjork the subject of Museum of Modern Art exhibit

NEW YORK – Bjork will be getting her own multimedia retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York next year. The museum will draw on sound, film, visuals, instruments, co...

DATE: Jun 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Exclusive: Picasso painting reveals hidden man

WASHINGTON – Scientists and art experts finally know what’s beneath one of Pablo Picasso’s first masterpieces, “The Blue Room,” using advances in infrared imagery to reveal a hidden portrait...

DATE: Jun 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

One local's eye

Wine country, waterfalls and two-wheel travel in Argentina come to life in photo exhibit

DATE: Jun 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Museum chronicles 100 years of humanitarian group

NEW YORK – A 100-year-old humanitarian assistance organization that helps Jews and non-Jews around the world is the focus of an exhibition opening Friday at the New-York Historical Society. ...

DATE: Jun 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts