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Turning Garbage Into Art Is This Photographer’s Life’s Work
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Time does funny things to a lot of photographs. Rather than give them a sense of nostalgia, time too often makes them look silly. Open a magazine from, say, 1975 and look at the advertisements. Odds are the photographs are horribly outdated and what was once desirable and cool is now passé, even laughable.
Art brought and kept St. Louis father and son together
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Jovan Simpson watched as the boys older than him at Clinton-Peabody housing complex were either sent off to prison or shot in the streets.
The easiest way to make a buck was to sell drugs. The easiest way to make friends was to join a gang.
One hot summer day in 1994, although he didn’t know it then, his inevitable path to nowhere changed course.
Public art display of horse statues to honor fallen officers
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A charity that provides financial support to injured Chicago police officers and the families of those killed in the line of duty will install as many as 100 life-size horse statues throughout downtown Chicago this fall, organizers said Sunday at an event honoring fallen officers.
The program is modeled after the Cows on Parade public art installation, which began in Chicago in 1999 and has since traveled the globe, raising more than $25 million for nonprofit organizations.
Sculptures Found in Disputed Art Trove
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Experts say they have found what they believe to be a sculpture by Edgar Degas, a small marble figure by Auguste Rodin as well as a painting and other sculptures, in the Munich home of Cornelius Gurlitt, the reclusive German art collector who kept hundreds of European masterworks, many of them possibly looted by the Nazis, stashed in his apartment for decades. Mr. Gurlitt died in May.
Professor buys signs from homeless for art project
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The man Willie Baronet was looking for stood at a corner on East Ohio Street on the North Side.
He wore a baseball cap and a faded U.S. Naval Academy T-shirt. A cardboard sign he held up read, “Homeless and Hungry / 2 Honest 2 Steal Anything Helps.”
Why iPad art is more than a passing fad — though you soon might smell it
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Early doodles on the iPad looked a lot like this generation’s Etch-a-Sketch.
But in just a few years, after celebrated artists such as David Hockney have shown their iPad works in galleries, Apple’s revolutionary device has come into its own as a canvas.
Artwork By Whitefield Third Grader On Display At Hartsfield
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Congratulations to third grader Logan Robinson whose artwork, My Leaf Animal, is on display at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport from July 18 to September 10. The artwork was completed as a classroom project at school.
A Wacky Device That Turns Polluted Air Into Glitch Art
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Most of the pollution in our cities is invisible. We can smell it, feel it, and on occasion (thanks smog!) see it, but visualizing the extent to which grit and fumes blanket our cities is difficult to do. Dmitry Morozov, a media artist living in Moscow, created a contraption that sniffs out pollution in the air and turns it into glitch art.
NYPD Sees Art, Not Terror, in Brooklyn Bridge Flag Swap
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The New York City Police Department cited art not terrorism as a possible motive of the people who put bleached-out American flags atop the Brooklyn Bridge where the Stars and Stripes usually fly.
UH program uses art workshops as part of the healing process
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On Saturday, community members from the Greater Cleveland Area who have been affected by cancer gathered at the Cleveland Heights Library to make accordion books as a part of their healing process.
The event was part of University Hospital's Arts for Wellness program, which seeks to use art workshops to help cancer patients through the difficult stages of their treatment.
One Man Made Art From His WiFi Signals, And The Results Are Stunning
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Luis Hernan was always curious about how wireless technologies like radio are transmitted through the air.
So after finishing up his studies in architecture, computer science, and design, Hernan decided to research these invisible signals through a PhD at Newcastle University.
Hack the Art World: the dissident techies tackling Google
A group of disgruntled artists have taken a stand against Google's stronghold on the Digital Revolution exhibition in London. But will the hackers become the stars?
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A group called Hack the Art World has created a virtual alternative exhibition to the Barbican's massive summer survey of computers and creativity, Digital Revolution.
Hasbro to Collaborate With 3-D Printing Company to Sell Artwork
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In the not too distant future, 3-D printers may provide the public with anything from a whole new wardrobe, to meat, to furniture — and evenhuman organs.
We aren’t there yet. But a few major retailers and brands, eager to keep pace with a potentially game-changing technology, and generate a bit of marketing buzz, have begun to explore this 3-D world.
House Art Tells Neighborhood Story
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Omaha's newest art gallery is not what you might imagine. It is stopping traffic at North 14th Avenue and Emmet Street.
Watie White is a painter and two abandoned houses are his canvas. Habitat For Humanity has them slated for demolition, but in the meantime they are his to use.
Reno-Tahoe International Airport is Back
In 2013 the depARTures Gallery was unveiled on the second floor of the Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada. This new gallery was the stage for their 6th Annual NAP Art Exhibit. The 1,300 square foot gallery welcomes the public to an intimate art experience during their time in the airport.