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‘Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum’ features an ‘affable horse’ who guides students through a museum of horse-themed artwork 

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Theodor Seuss Geisel died in 1991, but his books continue to delight children across the globe. And come September, little readers will have the opportunity to delve into a never-before-seen world of Seussian wonder. As Minyvonne Burke of NBC News reports, Random House has announced that it is releasing a previously unpublished Seuss story about an art-loving horse.

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Roads gridlocked with trucks. Empty supermarket shelves. An economy thrown into paralysis.

The images seem extreme, but as the possibility looms that Britain might leave the European Union on March 29 without an agreement, businesses are preparing for the worst. The art trade is one of them.

Dealers, auctioneers, artists and their supporting services are all trying to weigh up the challenges of the withdrawal, known as Brexit, including the tariffs to be paid and saved, and the opportunities lost and gained.

Researchers at the Art Institute of Chicago, partnered with the UChicago School of Medicine, used CT scanning to discover a set of Malian figures were older and more unique than believed.

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A new imaging technique could help art curators track destructive bumps over time

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Like pubescent children, the oil paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe have been breaking out with “acne” as they age, and now scientists know why.

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Auguste Rodin couldn’t bear it when an argument temporarily ruptured his romantic relationship with fellow sculptor Camille Claudel. “In a single instant I feel your terrible force,” he wrote to her in a passionate 1883 letter. “Atrocious madness, it’s the end. I won’t be able to work anymore…yet I love you furiously.”

But Rodin did work throughout their volatile romance, creating some of his most desperately passionate sculptures, including both The Kiss (1882) and The Eternal Idol (1890–93).

The City of Raleigh rejoined the NAP roster this year with one small change; the subtraction of Wake County participants as the Wake County United Arts Council no longer wanted to take part. However, after fourteen years with the program, coordinator Stacy Bloom Rexrode was determined to continue to provide the opportunity for Raleigh employees and their family members to share their talents. And share their talents they did! The artwork submitted for their fifteenth annual exhibit once again filled the Block Gallery walls displaying the wonderful creative talents of the city.

Coordinator Katie Biddle currently executes not one but two annual National Arts Program Exhibits at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia. This year was their third annual Patient Showcase at Carilion Clinic and Katie said they “received countless positive comments about the quality of work from their panel of judges as well as many visitors, patients, and employees who passed through the lobby atrium of Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She personally observed people as they entered the lobby, often in a hurry, and saw how encountering the art shifted their experience.

Osceola Arts has been hosting a National Arts Program Exhibit for Fourteen years now and has always reached a large audience. Hanging over 200 pieces of art in their beautiful galleries was quite a feat this year but Marilyn Cortes-Lovato and the staff of Osceola Arts are seasoned professionals and they did it brilliantly! The artists invited include active and retired employees and volunteers of Osceola County School District or Osceola Arts and their family members as well as current students of Osceola Arts.

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We’ve known for a while that honey bees are smart cookies. They have excellent navigation skills, they communicate symbolically through dance, and they’re the only insects that have been shown to learn abstract concepts.

Honey bees might also add the title of art connoisseur to their box of tricks. In part one of The Great Australian Bee Challenge, we see honey bees learning to tell the difference between European and Australian Indigenous art in just one afternoon.

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If the concept of contemporary art baffles you, you’re in good company—elite, in fact.

The mark is “the most convincing candidate for an authentic Leonardo fingerprint” among the Queen’s 550 works by the great artist

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The art critics of The New York Times tell you what rocked their worlds this year: notable art events, works in museums and galleries, emerging artists and how they found beauty in unexpected places

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When the going gets rough, there’s always art. It can soothe and teach you, and arm you with new tools and perspectives with which to face the world. This year had some great winners and obvious losers.

Winner: Art History, Refigured

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Diane Ozdamar has been taking pictures of pet rats for years hoping to break the negative image that is often associated with these animals.

John Brandler, who paid a six-figure sum for Season's Greetings, is in talks with local officials

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