Art
The Scream Poster Stolen From Area Dorm Room
ST. PAUL, MN—Concordia University campus police are still investigating Tuesday's theft of a poster of Edvard Munch's The Scream from an area ...
National Endowment For The Arts & Crafts Criticized For Funding Giant Macramé Penis
KANSAS CITY, MO—Republican lawmakers and conservative religious groups blasted the National Endowment For The Arts & Crafts Tuesday, claiming that the organization has allocated federal ...
Small Town Honors Once-Ostracized Artist
ANSLEY, NE—Nearly 450 of Ansley's 590 residents gathered in the town square Monday morning to dedicate a statue of the late sculptor Robert ...
Magical Gallery Transforms Dull Objects Into Art
NEW YORK—A magical New York art gallery has the power to turn dull, everyday items into brilliant works of art, sources reported Monday. "Seth ...
Laffy Taffy Writer Disdains Bazooka
ITASCA, IL—Bruce Palmer, a writer and editor for Nestle's "Laffy Taffy" line of joke-bearing fruit-flavored chews, holds Topps Bazooka gum and its line ...
Police Seek Poorly Drawn Man
DETROIT—Four days after the murder of liquor-store clerk Bernard Golub, police announced Tuesday that they are seeking a poorly drawn man in his 40s ...
Cocktail Party Gets As Wild As It's Going To Get
PROVIDENCE, RI— A cocktail party at the home of art curator Martin Conroy was already as wild as it was going to get by 8 ...
CNN Graphic Designer Asked To Combine Dollar Sign, Syringe, Fighter Jets, Panda
ATLANTA—Christine Kannberg, a CNN Headline News graphic designer, expressed befuddlement Monday when asked to create a story logo incorporating a dollar sign, a syringe ...
Mediocre Painter's True Talent Lies In Acting Like A Painter
LOS ANGELES–According to art critics, mediocre painter James Augustiniak has proven masterful at cultivating the self-centered, womanizing demeanor of an art-world enfant terrible. "Augustiniak ...
15,000 Years Of Human Artistic Endeavor Culminate In See Spot Run
HOLLYWOOD, CA–More than 15 millennia of human artistic endeavor, stretching back to the Lascaux cave paintings of the Magdalenian Age, have culminated in See ...
Unkempt Japanese Man Must Be Some Sort Of Artist Or Something
PITTSBURGH– After passing a haggard-looking Japanese man on the street Monday, area resident Gary Webber concluded that the guy must be some sort of artist ...
Man Builds House He Designed When He Was Eight Years Old
LODI, CA–A lifelong dream was realized Monday following the completion of "Fort Awesome," the high-tech home of the future Lodi architect Don Reese designed ...
Cool Ashtray Found
HAMTRAMCK, MI–An afternoon trip to the Joseph Campau Street St. Vincent's thrift shop netted a cool ashtray Tuesday. "Dude, it totally looks like ...
Graphic Designer's Judgment Clouded By Desire To Use New Photoshop Plug-In
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH—The brochure designed by Paul Gaskill clearly shows he just wanted to use the new 'wave' frame effect.
Performance Artist Shocks U.S. Out Of Apathetic Stupor
SAN FRANCISCO–The American consumer populace, long decried by members of the artistic and academic avant-garde as "TV Guide-swilling philistines," was shocked out of ...
Stoner Architect Drafts All-Foyer Mansion
MINNEAPOLIS–In the oft-overlooked field of stoner architecture, new talent often goes unnoticed. But that hasn't been the case for Minneapolis stoner architect Richard ...
