Making a Dent in the Trafficking of Stolen Art
From their modest Manhattan digs, Constance Lowenthal and her staff do their best to foil the criminals who swipe treasures for a living
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Daring Deeds, Bold Dreams, in a Land Removed From Time
In The World Beneath, the sequel to his best-selling Dinotopia, author-artist James Gurney unveils a ravishing, action-packed adventure
Review of ‘Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman’s Life Among the Aborigines’
Review of ‘Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman’s Life Among the Aborigines’
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Designing Your Own Set of Wheels
Sporting faux fur to gold to the front lawn, old clunkers are getting decked out as art cars the ultimate vehicles of self-expression
‘Merry of Soul’: The legacy of Robert Louis Stevenson
Writer Simon Winchester explores Stevenson’s life and proves why he is still loved today
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
Review of ‘Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science’
Review of ‘Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science’
Gag writers and cartoonists are good pen pals as long as they can get a laugh in seven seconds (tick, tick …)
Mondrian and the Eternal Rectangle
In search of the transcendent, the Dutch painter created grids of red, blue and yellow that are very much with us
The Wolcott Children’s Ballet: In the Backwoods, Dancing Their Hearts Out
It’s a story grounded in a real labor of love sore muscles, hand-stitched costumes, and dreams of grace and aspirations fulfilled
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