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Area Man Gets Terrible Creative Juices Flowing

ISSUE 48•12 | 03.23.12 | News in Brief

SLIDELL, LA—Local man Timothy Nolan announced Friday that after initially struggling to get into the right frame of mind for a new project, he had finally gotten his horrible creative juices flowing. more»
Little Clay Thing Bought At Arts Festival

ISSUE 47•50 ISSUE 47•28 | 07.16.11 | News

EUGENE, OR—A small, somewhat spherical clay thing with various types of decorations on it was purchased Friday at the ninth annual Eugene Arts Festival, sources confirmed. The clay thing, which was covered in some sort of shiny glaze, was selected f... more»
Art World Relieved As Thieves Steal Pretty Terrible Late Period Renoir Work

ISSUE 46•41 | 10.13.10 | News in Brief

CHICAGO—The art world let out a collective sigh of relief Tuesday when it was announced that thieves had made off with one of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's more god-awful late-period paintings, 1919's The Great Bathers (The Nymphs). more»
A Complete History Of Art

ISSUE 45•51 | 12.15.09 | Slideshow
Timeless Masterpiece Liked

ISSUE 45•44 | 10.28.09 | News in Brief

SANTA CLARA, CA—City Lights, the eternal Charlie Chaplin classic heralded by film scholars as a poignant and seminal work of... more»
State Of The Arts: Our Museums & Theaters

ISSUE 45•40 | 10.06.09 | Slideshow
Struggling Museum Now Allowing Patrons To Touch Paintings

ISSUE 45•41 | 10.05.09 | News

NEW YORK—"At first it just looked like a picture of a bunch of lily pads," Gerard Schmidt, a retired banker said of Monet's Water Lilies. "But then I started scraping at it with my pocket knife and the whole painting just sort of spoke to me." more»
Dye Pack Foils Art Thief

ISSUE 45•25 | 06.16.09 | News in Photos
Burned Lower Half Of Mort's Face Revealed In 'Bazooka Joe' Stunner

ISSUE 44•44 | 11.01.08 | News

NEW YORK—"The shocking unveiling of that blistered face is a paradigm shift on a scale never before seen in bubble-gum literature," said artist Martin Shore. more»
Audio Guide Clearly Hates Degas

ISSUE 44•39 | 09.23.08 | News in Brief

LOS ANGELES—According to museumgoers at Los Angeles' Getty Center, an automated audio guide for the 19th-century Impressionism art gallery... more»
National Endowment For The Arts Funds Construction Of $1.3 Billion Poem

ISSUE 48•09 ISSUE 44•37 | 09.12.08 | News

WASHINGTON—Government funding of the 14-line lyric poem will ensure that America's prose "remains the biggest, best-designed, and best funded in the world." more»
I Don't Have Time For Noncontroversial Art Exhibits

ISSUE 44•29 | 07.16.08 | Commentary

I'm a busy man. If you know me, that's old news. Chances are, if I'm not standing in line for one controversial art exhibition, I'm on my way... more»
Small Town Honors Once-Ostracized Artist

ISSUE 44•23 | 06.08.08 | Radio News
Muse Commands Area Man To Draw Naked Barbarian Girls

ISSUE 44•22 | 05.29.08 | Radio News
Some Old Man Still Churning Out Marmaduke

ISSUE 44•11 | 03.14.08 | News

MONTGOMERY, TX—"I love what I do," said the elderly cartoonist, his body and mind crippled by an endless and repetitive stream of doodles featuring the Great Dane. more»
Folk Art Museum Acquires Rare Visitor

ISSUE 43•50 | 12.12.07 | News in Brief

NEW YORK—Representatives from the American Folk Art Museum held a press conference Wednesday, announcing that the "Legacy in Throw Rugs"... more»
Conceptual Terrorists Encase Sears Tower In Jell-O

ISSUE 43•42 | 10.15.07 | News

CHICAGO—The attackers made it clear America's outdated notion of terrorism has been challenged, and that true terror lies in the futility of human existence. more»
Hard To Tell If Wikipedia Entry On Dada Has Been Vandalized Or Not

ISSUE 43•34 | 08.20.07 | News in Brief

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND—The Wikipedia entry on Dada—the World War I–era "anti-art" movement characterized by random nonsense words,... more»
Nude Model Suspects She's Posing For Civics Class

ISSUE 43•33 | 08.16.07 | News in Brief

DOVER, DE—Model Sherri Rawlings, 24, told reporters yesterday that she has a "lingering feeling" that, for the past week, she has been... more»
Pipe Cleaners, Googly Eyes Cut From Elementary School Arts Budget

ISSUE 43•33 | 08.13.07 | News

PARAMUS, NJ—"I'd love for students to make Santas with big, bushy beards, but times are tough, and cotton balls don't grow on trees," Bergen County Superintendent Jim Eckford said. more»
Caricaturist's Self-Portrait Extremely Forgiving

ISSUE 43•17 | 04.24.07 | News in Photos
High School Production Of Our Town Features Line Memorization

ISSUE 43•14 | 04.05.07 | News in Brief

MORGANTOWN, WV—Surprised audience members reported Sunday that Morgantown High School's production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer... more»
Postmodern Architect Unveils 7-Story Found-Art Object

ISSUE 43•08 | 02.21.07 | News in Photos
Wrong Font Chosen For Gravestone

ISSUE 43•08 | 02.21.07 | News in Photos
Teen Accurately Describes Robert Mapplethorpe Exhibit As 'Gay'

ISSUE 44•26 ISSUE 43•02 | 01.11.07 | News in Brief

DETROIT—Despite having viewed only a single Robert Mapplethorpe photograph of a pink orchid during a class trip to the Detroit Institute of... more»
Area Man Takes Metallica Audio Tour Of Art Museum

ISSUE 43•02 | 01.10.07 | News in Photos
The College I Attend Has Just The Right Number Of Indian Dance Groups

ISSUE 43•02 | 01.10.07 | Commentary

I'm really glad I decided to go to my current school. I can't think of an American college with such balanced and complementary diversity. While... more»
Wax-Museum Fire Results In Hundreds Of New Danny DeVito Statues

ISSUE 42•48 | 11.28.06 | News in Photos
Area Photo 201 Students All Take Pictures Of Same Homeless Guy

ISSUE 42•42 | 10.18.06 | News in Photos
'The Scream' Returns From Two-Year Vacation Relaxed

ISSUE 42•39 | 09.27.06 | News in Photos