Art & Design

An Art Critic Was Mocking A $20,000 Work She Didn't Like — Then It Shattered

6:31pm February 10, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The sculpture by Mexican artist Gabriel Rico included a large pane of glass with objects suspended within. How it suddenly broke into pieces on Saturday is a matter of fervent disagreement.

Models walk the runway for Christopher John Rogers during New York Fashion Week in September 2019.

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These Head-To-Toe Fashions Were Inspired By Grandma's Sunday Best

5:40pm February 08, 2020

by Patricia Yacob

Attending church on Sundays as a kid, Christopher John Rogers learned the power of monochrome. Lizzo, Michelle Obama and Rihanna have all worn outfits made by the 26-year-old designer.

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Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama stand next to their newly unveiled portraits during a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Feb. 12, 2018. The portraits are set to go on a yearlong tour to five citie

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Obamas' Portraits Going On Tour Next Year

7:50pm February 07, 2020

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

The National Portrait Gallery unveiled the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama two years ago this month. Now it is sending them on a yearlong tour to five cities.

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In the second season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) visits the Catskills. Costume designer Donna Zakowska says this outfit "in the boat with a funny lampshade hat" was among her favorites.

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Meet The Designer Who Makes 'Mrs. Maisel' Look So Marvelous

12:03pm January 28, 2020

by Jeff Lunden

Donna Zakowska has already won two Emmys for her work on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — and two of her costumes are in the Smithsonian. Now she's up for an award from the Costume Designers Guild.

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London Museum Explores 5 Centuries Of Pregnancy Portraits

7:56am January 26, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

An exhibit at the Foundling Museum shows pregnant women from the age of Holbein to the time of social media, exploring changing cultural attitudes. We talk with curator Karen Hearn.

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North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr with Georgia Republican Kelly Loeffler. "He caught my attention because he wasn't wearing socks. And he has very expensive loafers, or they seem that way. And so I did a sketch of him. And the next day, he had it as his pr

Sketch Artist Captures 'Something Unusual' At Senate Trial

12:15pm January 25, 2020

Art Lien, a courtroom artist who normally covers the Supreme Court, has been sketching the Senate proceedings. "I'm looking for color," he says — such as sleeping senators and fidget spinners.

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What A Way To Go: Even As He Died, Manet Made Life-Affirming Art

11:49am January 10, 2020

by Susan Stamberg

In his last years, as he was dying of complications from syphilis, artist Édouard Manet was in agonizing pain — but you'd never know it from his exquisite flower bouquets and vibrant portraits.

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John Baldessari, Conceptual Art Pioneer, Has Died

4:31pm January 08, 2020

by Mandalit del Barco

Artist John Baldessari died last Thursday at his home in Venice, Calif. The artist helped shape not just a movement — conceptual art — but the LA art scene itself. He was 88.

Stickers designed by Grebet depict a local musician (left), and a woman wearing a traditional head scarf.

The Emoji Designer Who's Bringing African Culture To Smartphone Keyboards

9:29am January 08, 2020

by Pien Huang

O'Plerou Grebet, a graphic design student from Ivory Coast, created over 360 emojis depicting different facets of African life, from the djembe drum to a henna-dyed hand.

Conservator Felicitas Klein, right, traveled from Germany with Villas at Bordighera, an 1884 painting by Claude Monet. She inspects the painting at the Denver Art Museum, along with senior paintings conservator Pamela Skiles.

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How Do You Move 100+ Monet Masterpieces? Very, Very Carefully

3:41pm January 05, 2020

by Stephanie Wolf

Some 120 paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet are on display at the Denver Art Museum. They're on loan from all over the world — and getting them from place to place is a lot of work.

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