Tag: Visual arts
Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero
LONDON — The British Museum’s new exhibition on the Roman Emperor Nero opens with a piece of fake news from the ancient world.
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Daily readings at tomb honor Dante 700 years after his death
RAVENNA, Italy — As she has each evening for the last eight months, Giuliana Turati opened her well-worn copy of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” as...
Artist publishes 100 drawings from Peru’s COVID-19 pandemic
LIMA, Peru — With a pencil and a notebook, artist Edilberto Jiménez walks the streets of Lima and cities in the Andes mountains collecting...
Courtroom sketch artist in several notorious cases dies
BOSTON — A courtroom sketch artist who drew pictures of defendants in some of the most notorious cases tried in federal court in Boston,...
Monet’s gardens reopening, a picture-perfect pandemic tonic
GIVERNY, France — Beneath the scudding clouds and amid the luscious blooms, the gardeners tend the flowerbeds that were the pride and joy of...
Met Opera strikes deal with chorus ahead of restart
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, one of...
Performance artist Marina Abramovic wins Spanish arts prize
MADRID — A Spanish foundation awarded Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic one of the European nation’s most prestigious awards for the fine arts on...
88-year-old artist finishes year of pandemic ‘daily doodles’
WESTMORELAND, N.H. — Much like the round clock faces, gears and planets that often populate his artwork, Robert Seaman has come full circle.
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Signs of optimism as NYC sees rise in tourism, bit by bit
NEW YORK — The once-deserted steps outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art are filling up with visitors again. Hotel lobbies are losing their desolate...
Bob Dylan artwork to go on display in the U.S. this year
The largest collection of Bob Dylan’s artwork ever seen will go on display later this year in the U.S.
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