Art & Design

'The Republican Club' Painter Andy Thomas On How His Work Ended Up In The White House

6:14pm October 16, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andy Thomas, the creator of "The Republican Club" — a painting that was seen hanging in the White House on Sunday's 60 Minutes.

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Sophie Calle, at a private concert by Pharrell Williams in Paris on May 26, 2014. Pharrell contributed to the album Souris Calle, in tribute to Sophie Calle's dead cat.

Bono, Pharrell, Laurie Anderson And More Memorialize A... Cat

2:22pm October 16, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

French artist Sophie Calle's cat died in 2014. To mourn him, Calle asked dozens of musicians — including Michael Stipe, The National and Jarvis Cocker — to memorialize him.

Nat King Cole mural in Montgomery, Ala.: We were on our way to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice when Quinn's cousin spotted this mural dedicated to Montgomery-born jazz artist Nat King Cole. It was starting to drizzle, but we pulled over anyway

Redefining The Bakhu—And The Great American Road Trip—Through Self-Portraiture

11:00am October 15, 2018

by Tsering Bista

A photographer confronts the childhood discomfort she felt wearing traditional Mustangi clothing in public by traveling across the country and posing for portraits in them.

Since targeting the current administration in his art, 74-year-old Robbie Conal has never been more prolific. He's completed almost 40 paintings of President Trump and the people in his orbit — "more than I've ever done in any year, in the last 20 years

'Visionary, Not Reactionary': Artists Take Political Commentary To Streets And Skies

2:42pm October 14, 2018

by Mandalit del Barco

Between street art and a new initiative bringing artist-designed billboards to all 50 states, more people are breaking out of the bubble to express their views on today's divisive political climate.

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Banksy Art Shreds Itself

8:07am October 07, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with art critic Jerry Saltz of New York magazine about the surprise self-destruction of one of the artist Banksy's paintings at a London auction.

One of Banksy's "Girl With Balloon" paintings is on display at an exhibition opening of works by the England-based street artist, at St. Petersburg's Manege Central Exhibition Hall in September.

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'We Just Got Banksy-ed': 'Girl With Balloon' Sells For $1.4M Before Self-Destructing

10:30pm October 06, 2018

by Emma Bowman

Shortly after the auctioneer's hammer fell, the mysterious street artist's well-known painting passed through a shredder, shocking spectators and bidders at a Sotheby's auction house in London.

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The Actor Behind 'Robocop' On Detroit And Art History

7:57am October 06, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon asks Peter Weller about his career in art, from playing the titular character in 1987's RoboCop to getting a doctorate in art history.

Titus Kaphar often appropriates familiar styles from the Western art canon, but his paintings and sculptures alter the images to point out hidden histories of racism and slavery.

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Meet The MacArthur Fellow Disrupting Racism In Art

6:03am October 05, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

Newly minted "genius" grantee Titus Kaphar takes on historical paintings, modifying the scenes to lead the eye to those relegated to the background.

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The 2018 recipients of the MacArthur "genius" grant.

Here Are The Winners Of The 2018 MacArthur 'Genius' Grants

3:57pm October 04, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

From engineering to economics, from painting to planetary science, the range of this year's class is vast. But the MacArthur Foundation expects them all to do big things with their newfound $625,000.

Corot's mother was a milliner and his father was a textile merchant — he paints many of his models in elaborate costumes. He made Jewish Woman of Algeria in 1870.

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At The End Of His Career, This 19th Century Artist Painted As He Pleased

7:13am October 03, 2018

by Susan Stamberg

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot painted thousands of landscapes. But in the last two decades of his life, he turned his attention to painting women — often dressed in elaborate costumes.

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