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The 1775 creation fuses artwork and clockwork to show the power of the famed volcano.
The modern science biography must hold back no punches in its mission to represent the subject's life, equally celebrating ...
Painters across the centuries have turned this most intimate of transgressions into art, inviting viewers to become voyeurs ...
The Yale University Art Gallery makes a clever move in their “Romney: Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England” exhibit by providing a brilliant contrast with modern American painting in the same style ...
All the children attended Ferris Institute, where Frank graduated in 1911 before launching a distinguished career as one of ...
A renowned interior designer, he created instantly recognizable rooms using lush fabrics, oversize antiques and imperfectly ...
To protect themselves from such a fate, 18th- and 19th-century sailors went to sea armoured with magical charms. A popular ...
Yellow taxis weave in between rows of twinkling lights and concrete blocks. I tower above them, having grappled with my fear ...
I’m not a saint, William,” says Hannah, the main character in “The Art of a Lie.” She‘s not kidding. Laura Shepherd-Robinson, whose last book was a twisty bit of historical fun called “The Square of ...
Paul Muldoon and Kamala Sankaram’s new opera Custom of the Coast gives voice to Halappanavar and Bonny in powerful narratives ...
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Portraits of a one-track mind
What can and cannot be seen in a face is the crux of a singular show exploring obsession, revolving around a Géricault ...
The consumer interest in well-crafted handwriting tools in Japan bespeaks a worldwide turn, or return, to old-fashioned pen ...