A visual history of Dubais art world Art enthusiasts would term it a directory, but Shumon Basar, director of the Global Art Forum at the recent Art Dubai fair, called it the missing link in the art history of the country. By Carolina DSouza, Staff Reporter Published: 00:00 March 26, 2012
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SEATTLE – I think I know what happened to Mike Daisey. Every reporter knows. He was felled by the most dangerous transaction in journalism: the man on the street interview. Daisey is the former Seattle theater performer outed last week for lying and making up people and events regarding Apple and worker abuses in China. His [...]
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Editors note: This is part of look at North Korea from the vantage point of some of those who have escaped and defected. See an accompanying story about a family now living in the US Atlanta (CNN) — Song Byeok had every reason to be pleased with his success. A gift for drawing led to [...]
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Art review Controversial Hide/Seek appears at Tacoma Art Museum Hide/Seek, an exhibit of gay and lesbian portraits that drew controversy at the Smithsonian Institutions National Portrait Gallery in 2010, comes to the Tacoma Art Museum on its only West Coast stop. By Michael Upchurch Seattle Times arts writer
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GUWAHATI: Around 13 young art students of Creative Art and Craft Centre, Ganeshpara displayed their paintings at an exhibition held in the State Art Gallery. The four-day art exhibition Bird: A group of Children Artists ended on Saturday. The 78 paintings at the exhibition done mostly by students aged 10 to 17 were appreciated by [...]
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Updated: March 3, 2012 8:42AM Looking for reasons to get out this weekend? Check out these events and activities. Friday The Great Outdoors Fishing, Hunting, Boat and RV Expo: The expo returns to northern Illinois and the Fox River Valley on Feb. 3, 4 and 5 at the Timber Creek Inn and Suites and Convention [...]
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BUSAN (Yonhap) — Rows of brightly colored ceramic birds with smiling human heads perch along the edge of a roof, welcoming passers by. Silver dragonflies the size of people cling to a school wall. Three metal flowers resembling dandelions sprout from a sidewalk and tower as high as a two-story building. Walking the streets of [...]
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Are you ready for some art? As Indianapolis prepares to host the Giants and the Patriots in Sundays Super Bowl, the Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Assn. is presenting Turf, a mix of experiential art and design, about 1,700 yards from Lucas Oil Stadium. On display through Super Bowl Sunday, the exhibition showcases 20 juried [...]
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First impressions are crucial for a city, yet for decades one of our main gateways to the outside world, the Edmonton International Airport, was drab and cramped. The airport was somewhat functional but thoroughly uninviting. It felt as if it had been designed by folks who specialize in Quonset construction and run by folks who [...]
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As an artist, Janice Johnston is so passionate about her work she becomes not just artist, but activist. My passion as an artist mutates into activism at some point, she said. Thats when the soap box comes out. She used that soap box several years ago when the Arts Project was struggling. Two days before [...]
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