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Art Institute Named Best Museum On Planet Earth By TripAdvisor
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The Art Institute Of Chicago: Best. Damn. Museum. Period.
That’s right, world: TripAdvisor has named Chicago’s cultural gem has the best museum on Earth.
Or, more precisely, the Art Institute is the winner of the travel site’s “Traveler’s Choice Award.”
Freaky 3-D Scanning Turns Human Skin Into Art
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The most startling thing about the music video for British band Duologue’s songMemex isn’t the ghostly way the slow-panning camera turns human skin into a landscape. It’s not how the model, actor Beryl Nesbitt, manages not to blink. And it’s not how at 3:30 in, with just a change in the lighting, the tone of the video abruptly gets dark and sinister.
Border crossing revamp comes with art
Commissioned pieces part of rebuilt San Ysidro border port of entry
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Northbound drivers at the San Ysidro border crossing can look forward to the opening of more lanes next month — and hopefully shorter lines. As they enter the United States, they will also encounter art: ripples of bright blue light whose constant motion is triggered by the passing cars.
Are Documentaries About Artists More Important Than Their Art?
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What's your favorite recent artist documentary? Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop?Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry? Gerhard Richter Painting? Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child? Cutie and The Boxer?
The Art of Sewing Science Into Beautiful Quilts
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Thirteen years ago, when American Airlines Flight 11 collided with the North Tower of the World Trade Center, no one could see the stars. But the stars were there, and the pattern above is what they would have looked like rotating behind the daylight, smoke, and fire. Anna Von Mertens stitched this piece shortly after the attacks, as a way to come to grips with what had happened.
Art exhibit honors Philadelphia's Morris Animal
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Philadelphia is home to the nation’s first shelter to care for cats and dogs, Morris Animal Refuge, which opened in 1874. On Sept. 27, Works on Paper will host an exhibit by Willow Street Pictures benefiting the shelter.
Hard Work Pays Off for Pinellas County Coordinators
With a small drop in participation in 2013, co-coordinator Sarah Markovski proactively reached out to the NAP to discuss their plans for boosting interest in their 2014 exhibit. Along with co-coordinator Mary Kvam, they decided the first step would be to change the time of year when the show was scheduled to hang. By moving the exhibit from its usually planned time in January to June, they hoped that the extra time and distance from the holidays would provide people with more time to create artwork. The second step Sarah and Mary took was adding county volunteers to the eligible pool of
Another Wonderful Awards Reception for Manchester, NH
Coordinator Vicki Ferraro has organized the City of Manchester’s NAP Exhibition for five years running. This year was their Ninth Annual Exhibit and another successful show was proudly displayed in the City Hall Art on The Wall Gallery. A total of 142 pieces were hung including an amazing and unusual painting by Brett Parenteau, the relative of a School District employee, which won both First Place and Best of Show.
Atlantic Health System, NJ Welcomes a New Hospital
The Atlantic Health System 8th Annual National Arts Program® Exhibition is currently on display in the hospital lobby through October 24th. This year Coordinator Maria Lupo integrated a new Atlantic Health System Hospital into their family of participating locations. The new hospital, Chilton Medical Center, offers a fresh new pool of participants bringing some extraordinary talent to the show. The beautiful collection of 141 works was professionally displayed and offers a wonderful healing energy to the hospital patients, employees and visitors alike.
Amazing Art Made Out Of Old Buttons And Action Figures
YOU'VE BEEN RECYCLING PLASTIC ALL WRONG.
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Leonardo da Vinci once said, “Art is never finished, only abandoned." But what about art made from once abandoned things? Artist Jane Perkins is creating just that with her “Plastic Classics” series.
The Art of Medicine
Professor teams up with Fralin Museum to teach perspective to Med Students
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“Art doesn’t only serve one purpose,” said Jordan Love, the Academic Curator of the University’s Fralin Art Museum.
Portland Museum of Art preserves Winslow Homer’s view
Land surrounding Prouts Neck studio placed in a conservation easement.
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The Portland Museum of Art has purchased the land around the Winslow Homer Studio at Prouts Neck in Scarborough and placed it in a conservation easement, protecting the famed painter’s view from development.
Hyperrealist Paintings Of Food Transform Melting Cheese Into Mouthwatering Art
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Painting, as a practice, has a long history of capitalizing on the sensual, intimate aspects of people and objects. From a lounging nude figure to a flourishing, still bouquet, artists have managed to depict both the beautiful and the banal in strikingly new lights.
For Carole Bayer Sager -- yes, the Carole Bayer Sager -- even a grilled cheese sandwich and a melting Hershey Kiss can qualify as the subject of an aesthetically gratifying work of art.