There was a time when Tribeca, SoHo, and Greenwich Village was the hub of modern art in New York and an invisible border separated them from Uptown galleries that catered …
Visual Arts
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IN 1223, SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, THE PATRON SAINT OF ITALY, created the tradition of the Crèche, or Nativity scene, as a representation of the birth of Jesus Christ to …
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by E. Page Leggett Nearly everyone knows who Michelangelo and da Vinci are. But you’ve probably never heard of Irene Parenti Duclos, Elisabeth Chaplin or Violante Siries Cerroti—female painters who …
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The technique is called plein air painting, a French term that translates to painting out-of-doors. Artists paint from firsthand observation of real life.
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Contemporary Artist Rebecca Louise Law & The Garden of Earthly Delights
Contemporary artist Rebecca Louise Law is known for her immense creations that use plant material to turn public spaces into indoor gardens.
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Nestled in the valleys of South Tyrol, Italy, Tiroler Goldschmied was born of humble beginnings as a one-man jewelry shop. Today, it is an internationally recognized, family-owned business with four …
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Jocelyn Lee didn’t want to throw the flowers from her October wedding in the trash—the ranunculus were too gorgeous for that—so she put them in a tub of water in …
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In the playbill for the acclaimed Broadway production “Hamilton,” Carey Purcell accurately credits the three leading ladies as major contributors to the Grammy-award-winning hit show.
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Magnhild Kennedy creates elaborate mask art that is deeply unsettling yet exhilarating: wholly unusual, wildly imaginative, and vividly colored. They seem to combine elements of high fashion (with its joyous …
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Starting an art collection can be a daunting task. The common belief is that art collections must consist of famous names and old masters such as Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, …
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When we admire ballet photography, we are usually met with images of ethereal beauty and elegance—graceful bird-like creatures with legs high in the air, elaborate tailor-made tulle dresses, and muscles …
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Once there was a particular MARTA bus stop on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia that Carla Contreras used to spot from the train station at the Savannah College of Art …