Art
Itchiku Kubota's Fascination With an Ancient Textile Art
The Japanese master has devoted his life to reviving a long-lost technique of fabric design and to creating handcrafted kimonos of lasting beauty
Time Stands Still in the Harmonious World of Vermeer
It's a must-see show at the National Gallery of Art; not since 1696 have so many of his paintings been brought together in one place
Winslow Homer, the Quintessential American Artist
He would chronicle it all the Civil War, the schoolyard games, the raging coast of Maine yet the man remained a mystery to the end
The Really Big Art of Claes Oldenburg
By turning the ordinary flashlight, spoon or clothespin into a colossal monument, this artist chisels away at society's solemnity
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A Vibrant New Heart For the Art in San Francisco
A short walk from the uphill end of the Fisherman's Wharf trolley line is a former working-class neighborhood that is the city's new home for the arts
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All Right, Troops Fan Out and Find Every Last Artwork
With the aid of volunteers throughout the country, Save Outdoor Sculpture! is helping us to rediscover our monumental heritage
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"The Hermitage"
Its spectacular holdings in art have long been celebrated; but now, as it reaches out to the world, the museum reveals a closely held secret
Giving New Life to Haida Art and the Culture It Expresses
Robert Davidson and Bill Reid rediscovered their past with the help of anthropologists, old books, tribal elders and a common ancestor
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