Visual Arts - The Durango Herald

A lasting reminder of a brother, son, friend

Event will raise funds for Peter Carver Memorial Forest

DATE: Feb 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Smithsonian explores ‘cool’ from Whitman to Jay-Z

WASHINGTON – Flashback to a 1940s jazz club. A saxophonist performs on stage wearing his sunglasses at night. “I’m cool,” he says, relaxed in the moment. Lester Young, the lead sa...

DATE: Feb 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Graffiti art highlighted in NYC exhibition

NEW YORK – Spray-painted at night on a Lower East Side handball court, the “Howard the Duck” mural showed the comic book character peeking from behind a trash can with the words: “Graffiti i...

DATE: Feb 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Jasper John N.Y. art trial ends

Knockoffs were said to buyers to be real deal

DATE: Jan 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Beens here, Beens there

Durango painter gets local spotlight

DATE: Jan 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Theme shows lead to exploration

Exhibits highlight locals’ talents

DATE: Jan 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Denver Art Museum to acquire major paintings

DENVER – The Denver Art Museum is acquiring 22 masterworks by the most revered names in French impressionism through a bequest from Colorado collector and philanthropist Frederic Hamilton. ...

DATE: Jan 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

No color, no problem

DATE: Jan 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

‘Journey’ underway at Arts Center

Exhibit features Smithsonian traveling tour

DATE: Jan 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Local’s pic picked for calendar

Kim Todd’s photo “Fall Aspens and Wilson Peak near Telluride Colorado” is the colorful introduction to the Colorado Weather Calendar 2014, apparently marking the first time a Durango photogr...

DATE: Dec 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Rarely seen Vincent Van Gogh moves to National Gallery

WASHINGTON – A Vincent Van Gogh painting that has been hidden away at a Virginia estate for decades will have a new home at the National Gallery of Art. The museum says the rarely...

DATE: Dec 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Detroit mulls options to maintain its art

DETROIT – Detroit may have to rely on the generosity of strangers to keep its impressive art collection, which was amassed from taxpayer dollars during better times. The bankrupt ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts