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By Virginia Culver The Denver Post Jeremy Hillhouse could come up with "elegant and beautiful designs on a bare-bones budget," said Ronald Otsuka, Asian arts curator at the Denver Art Museum. Hillhouse, who died Nov. 10 at age...
Bilingual street signs in Chicago's Chinatown. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP) CHICAGO — From Greektown to Chinatown, from the Polish Triangle to Pakistani restaurants on Devon Avenue, Chicago has a wealth of diverse ethnic...
MEXICO CITY.- Two centuries before our era, the region of Campania became the favorite place of Roman emperors-from Julius Caesar to Nero- and aristocrats to relax, due to the beauty of the Bay of Naples. Pompeii, Herculaneum...
AMSTERDAM, NL - The Van Gogh Museum is hosting the first retrospective in thirty years of Belgian artist Alfred Stevens (1823-1906) from 18 September 2009 until 24 January 2010. Stevens was one of the most well-known artists in...
BOSTON, MA.- The brilliant graphic sensibility of Harry Callahan (1912-1999), a major figure in American photography, is the focus of Harry Callahan: American Photographer at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). Debuting...
For art lovers in the metro, one downtown museum is letting them in on the latest exhibits for no cost. Joslyn Art Museum, located at 2200 Dodge St., will offer free admission to the Omaha community over Thanksgiving weekend to...
The 46-year-old Art Auction — the granddaddy of Louisville art sales — generated $34,000 for Children's Fine Art Classes at the Louisville Visual Art Association and $12,000 for the Hite Art Institute Mary Spencer Nay...
"I shop therefore I am." That must be the most memorable slogan invented by artist Barbara Kruger, a mainstream magazine graphic designer who enlivened the late-20th century with her mock advertisements of funny-sad sayings...
Christmas is in the air in the French-Canadian city Stories and Photos by ELLEN CREAGER FREE PRESS TRAVEL WRITER MONTREAL -- "From the day that the Halloween pumpkin is out to the compost, boom, it's Christmas," says Erica...
Nov 21, 2009 (Park Record - "Hard Times: An Artist's View," an exhibit consisting of 33 pieces by 16 local and national artists, will be on display at the McCarthey Gallery from Nov. 22 through Dec. 15. Park City is the first...
