Visual Arts - The Durango Herald

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

The Weekender

The top pick for what to do this weekend in Durango

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

Museum to put 3 O’Keeffe paintings up for auction

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in New Mexico said Friday it will sell three works by the American modernist painter to benefit its acquisitions fund. Going on the...

DATE: Sep 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

'Cross Currents'

DATE: Sep 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday