Visual Arts - The Durango Herald

Exhibition probes the mystery of Sherlock Holmes

LONDON – Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous Londoners of all time. Many tourists still see the bustling city through his eyes, and seek out his address, 221B Baker Street. I...

DATE: Oct 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Nashville’s folk rock era is topic of new exhibit

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – While country music has long been synonymous with Nashville, rock and folk musicians in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s made the Southern city the new hip spot to record. ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Blending strands of contemporary art

Local artists’ exhibit at Durango Arts Center

DATE: Oct 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

American Indian museum aims to broaden its appeal

WASHINGTON – The confusion begins with the entrance to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, a soaring, curving stone building at the southeastern corner of t...

DATE: Oct 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Auction of ancient Egyptian relics averted

ST. LOUIS – The renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York purchased a collection of 4,000-year-old Egyptian artifacts found a century ago by a British explorer, averting a plan to auct...

DATE: Oct 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Oops! UK council destroys Banksy immigration mural

LONDON – Authorities in southern England were embarrassed but defensive Thursday after telling workers to destroy a mural they later realized was created by the internationally famous graffi...

DATE: Oct 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

London exhibit charts chilling allure of gothic

LONDON – There’s a part of us that loves to be scared. How else to explain the popularity of stories featuring haunted castles, lurking monsters and restless ghosts? Co...

DATE: Oct 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Philippines seizes 15 paintings from Marcos family

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government seized 15 paintings from the former home of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos as it tries to recover 156 artworks – including ones by Van Gogh, M...

DATE: Oct 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Fleeting impressions

New art show inspired by local artist’s residency, bird watching

DATE: Sep 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

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DATE: Sep 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

$13K restitution ordered in Utah Banksy defacement case

PARK CITY, Utah – A California man pleaded guilty Monday to defacing two Park City murals believed to have been done by the mysterious British graffiti artist Banksy. If David Wi...

DATE: Sep 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Exhibition looks at genius of carousel inventor

NEW YORK – Coney Island’s historic B&B Carousell is among several vintage attractions still thrilling visitors at the famous amusement park today. What parkgoers may not know is ...

DATE: Sep 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts