Art & Design

Shahzia Sikander, pictured here, created the film Parallax (also pictured) to explore the layers of history and change that are remaking parts of the Middle East and South Asia.

Arts

Breaking The Mold: Artist's Modern Miniatures Remix Islamic Art

4:07pm October 14, 2015

by Bilal Qureshi

As an art student, Shahzia Sikander used her region's miniature painting tradition to tell the story of a modern Pakistani woman. Now her work has moved beyond the page into animation and video.

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The hundreds of original bronze postal boxes are still there.

Arts

In Argentina, Where Culture Is 'A Right,' A Free New Arts Center Opens

3:05pm October 14, 2015

by Bob Mondello

Argentina's newest tourist attraction is housed in a repurposed century-old Beaux Arts Central Post Office building. The Centro Cultural Kirchner is one of the largest cultural centers in the world.

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The entrance to the main building of Japan's iconic Hotel Okura in Tokyo. An outcry from architectural preservationists couldn't stop the demolition to make way for a high-rise tower.

Workers Are Tearing Down Tokyo's Hotel Okura, And History's Going With It

12:21pm October 12, 2015

by Elise Hu

The landmark Hotel Okura's design didn't meet the need for more rooms for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Now, an icon of Japanese mid-century modern architecture will disappear.

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Books
Arts

Sculptor Turns Rain, Ice And Trees Into 'Ephemeral Works'

12:07pm October 09, 2015

British artist Andy Goldsworthy's sculptures melt and decay. "It's not about art," he says. "It's just about life, and the need to understand that a lot of things in life do not last."

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Dmitri Vrubel's painting of the Soviet Union's Leonid Brezhnev and East Germany's Erich Honecker kissing — under a Russian phrase that reads, "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love" — is a popular part of the East Side Gallery.

Historic Art, Luxury Apartments Battle Over Berlin's Famous Wall

8:59pm October 03, 2015

by Irene Noguchi

A stretch of the old Berlin Wall has stood for decades as an open-air gallery, covered in fine art and graffiti. Bids for luxury developments in the area have artists hitting the streets in protest.

Designer Ralph Lauren poses on the runway during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 17.

Ralph Lauren Steps Down As CEO

7:15am September 30, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The designer named former Old Navy executive Stefan Larsson as his successor.

Arts

With Her Camera, MacArthur 'Genius' Tells An African-American Rust Belt Story

7:09pm September 29, 2015

by NPR Staff

Photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier is the third generation of her family to grow up in Braddock, Pa. For years, she says, African-American contributions to the town have been "overlooked and ignored."

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Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of the 24 award winners this year.

Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates Among 2015 MacArthur 'Genius' Award Winners

2:14pm September 29, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Representing fields from chemistry to poetry, the 24 MacArthur Foundation Fellows will each receive $625,000 over the next five years.

The sun sets on Banksy's 'Dismaland' in Weston-super-Mare England. The art exhibit, billed as a "bemusement park," closed permanently on Sunday, Sept. 27.

Banksy's 'Dismaland' To Be Dismantled And Sent To House Migrants In France

1:48pm September 28, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Banksy's "bemusement park" in England has closed. All of the structures from the park will be sent to a refugee camp in Calais, France, to help build shelters, according to the website.

Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov poses for a portrait at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City in July. The center, a multidisciplinary practice and performance space, opened in 2005.

No Vanity Project: At Art Center, Baryshnikov Tells Artists, 'You're The Boss'

12:23pm September 28, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

You'd think the sign in front of dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov's arts center would have his name in lights — but actually, you can barely see it. He says what happens inside is way more important.

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