Art & Design Headlines

COMIC: Backpacking teaches artist lessons in patience, trust and friendship
Tue Oct 20 5:00 am
Comic artist Dabin Han shares how backpacking as a novice has helped her push through discomfort and allowed her to make new friends across the country.
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U.S. historic preservation law faces the most serious threat in its 60-year history
Thu Oct 15 2:38 pm
Congress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago.
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Inside a Chicago home, a photographer documents the life her family built
Thu Oct 15 11:00 am
For eight years, photographer Jennifer Teresa Villanueva has documented her Mexican American family's everyday life in Chicago, capturing intimate moments of love, labor and sacrifice.
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The Met puts a modern artist front and center (and there's some Jackson Pollock, too)
Sat Oct 10 5:00 am
In a blockbuster show, The Metropolitan Museum of Art places the work of two major 20th century artists side by side: the married couple Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock.
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Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan, whose high court offers an oasis for chatter and chai
Wed Oct 07 9:53 am
The Lahore High Court is a near-perfect specimen of British South Asian colonial architecture and its main square is a pleasant spot shaded by banyan trees.
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BTS frontman RM is showing his art collection. Fans are flocking to see it
Wed Oct 07 5:00 am
The pop superstar is showing art from his personal collection for the first time. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is packed with fans.
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Theaster Gates bets on fine china
Sat Oct 03 7:00 am
The famed Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States.
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Greetings from Syria, where time seems to melt as a glassmaker braves scorching temps
Wed Sep 30 1:51 pm
As a Syrian glassmaker created his wares in Damascus, watching his craft reminded this reporter to slow down and enjoy the moment.
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Meet the 20 scholars and artists who've just won MacArthur Fellowships
Tue Sep 29 12:01 pm
A historian who studies wage gaps between races and a saxophonist whose live performances include a chef are among the latest recipients of the philanthropic group's annual, no-strings-attached $800,000 grants.
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Trump aims to leave a physical legacy in D.C., bulldozing norms along the way
Mon Sep 28 7:41 am
President Trump has brought his New York real estate background to the White House. But experts say D.C. is a very different historic and legal landscape — and worry about the precedent he could set.
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