Staging the African American Experience
By Kola TubosunMarch 6, 2010 03:27PM Theatre seems always justified by catharsis, as there is nothing as innately fulfilling as the wonderful sense of exhilaration that comes from seeing a …
A year of (possible) firsts at the Oscars
By Mark BermanSunday,March 7, 2010 Sunday’s 82nd annual Academy Awards should offer a dazzling combination of excitement (look, a famous person!) and sheer boredom (the front-runners in all the major …
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Met Guards Are True Artists
A fair number of the guards at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are artists themselves, yearning for a little exposure. Now they are stepping into the spotlight with a new …
DNA clues hunted in ’90 art theft
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the theft of masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the FBI is resubmitting evidence taken from the crime scene for DNA …
Art, care centers offer promise for black community
Two institutions, several miles apart – one newly formed and the other 70 years old – held celebrations last week, and both offer greater promise for African-Americans and the broad …
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Upcoming Washington area museum, gallery exhibits and closing shows
The following exhibitions open next week. “In the Realm of the Buddha,” opening March 13 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, celebrates the sacred arts of Tibetan Buddhism with two …
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Get Ready for an Art Glut
Art dealers, blue chip collectors, artists, art press, art hangers-on and lots of people decked out in totally bizarre outfits have all descended on Manhattan for the annual extravaganza of …
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Joyce Lomax
Every ceramic artist begins with inspiration, sometimes that inspiration is directly in the field in which the artist works, other times it is seemingly unrelated, but deeply inspired. From early …
Eunice LaFate
Eunice LaFate was born on the island of Jamaica. Her creative vision finds its origin in the colors and tones of the island’s people, landscapes, and culture. While her homeland …
Contemporary art shines at New York’s Armory Show
New York’s annual Armory Show, the biggest window on contemporary art in the United States, has opened with hopes of injecting energy and cash into the city’s recession-hit art scene. …
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Time was up for Israeli burglar’s widow
Nili Shamrat of Tarzana was caught after she sold clocks back to the Jerusalem museum that her late husband, Na’aman Diller, stole them from in 1983, investigators said. When prolific …
Islamic gallery opens at Detroit art museum
By Jeff Karoub, Associated Press Writer DETROIT — In the heart of the largest concentration of Muslims in the U.S., the Detroit Institute of Arts this weekend is opening a …
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Art Biennial Ikebana Show
There might still be snow on the ground outside, but flowers are blooming in Alexandria at the Art League. The Torpedo Factory gallery is hosting its biennial ikebana show, in …
A call for equal rights at Manifest Equality’s pop-up art gallery
A battery of fluorescent lights blazes in an emptied retail space on Vine Street in Hollywood. Once home to the discount emporium Big Lots!, the cavernous building has been gutted …
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