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Roy Lichtenstein: Making History
A well-known sculpture works its way back from 9/11 damage
November 2008 |
By Anika Gupta
Bernini's Genius
The Baroque master animated 17th-century Rome with his astonishing sculpture and architecture
October 2008 |
By Arthur Lubow
True Colors
Archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann insists his eye-popping reproductions of ancient Greek sculptures are right on target
July 2008 |
By Matthew Gurewitsch
Golden Grail
Few U.S. coins are rarer than the never circulated 1933 double eagle, melted down after the nation dropped the gold standard
June 2008 |
By Owen Edwards
The Gates of Paradise
Panels from the Italian Renaissance sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti tour the U.S. for the first time
November 2007 |
By Arthur Lubow
Fields of Dreams
To help revive his North Dakota hometown, a former high-school principal created giant sculptures to grace a stretch of prairie highway
June 2007 |
By Reed Karaim
Flights of Fancy
Leslie Payne's flying machines soared, if only in his imagination
June 01, 2007 |
By Owen Edwards
The Nature of Glass
Prolific sculptor Dale Chihuly plants his vitreous visions in a Florida garden
April 2007 |
By David Zax
Casualty of War
A sculptor's provacative memorial acknowledges the high cost of conflict
May 2005 |
By Owen Edwards
Lee Bontecou's Brave New World
A star of the 1960s art scene returns with a triumphant exhibition of futuristic works
September 2004 |
By Paul Trachtman
Return of a Giant
A fully restored VulcanBirmingham, Alabama's 100-year-old statueresumes it's rightful place in town
March 2004 |
By Jeff Book
Base Deception
In 1821, the French carved a classical Greek sculpture. In the Venus de Milo, they thought they finally had one. Never mind that it wasn't really classical
October 2003 |
By Gregory Curtis
Mischief Maker
A new exhibit showcases the neglected, playful sculptures of artist Joan Miró
March 2003 |
By Stanley Meisler
The Object at Hand
Even as a bust, the real king of Siam turns out to be a more complex chap than the bald-headed caricature made famous by Yul Brynner and others
April 1997 |
By David Taylor
The Object at Hand
The circuitous route of Edmonia Lewis' masterwork, a controversial portrayal of Cleopatra at the moment of death, included stints as decor in a Chicago saloon and as a grave marker for a racehorse
September 1996 |
By Stephen May
The Dying Tecumseh
A sculpture in the Smithsonian collection reveals much about how the Indians of the West were viewed in the early ages of the United States
July 1995 |
By Bil Gilbert
