Art & Design

Artist Laurie Frick uses data in her work.

Arts

An Artist Sees Data So Powerful It Can Help Us Pick Better Friends

9:44am February 26, 2018

by Laura Sydell

It can feel intrusive to have so much data collected about us, but Laurie Frick is optimistic about how big data will evolve. She says it could help us evaluate how we respond to other people.

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Customs Agents Search A Bus Near Paris — And Discover A Stolen Degas Painting

3:41pm February 24, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The artwork was quietly spirited from a Marseille museum in 2009. The trail was cold until last week, when officers happened to check the luggage compartment of a bus.

France's Louvre Museum Opens Rooms With Paintings Stolen By Nazis In WWII

4:35pm February 23, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

The Louvre museum just opened two rooms entirely dedicated to paintings stolen by Nazis during World War II. The museum says its a symbol of its continuing commitment to finding the real owners of looted art. But critics say France's greatest museum has done too little too late.

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Two self-portraits by Rembrandt, painted two years apart, are on display at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif.

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'He's Not A Leading Man': A Casting Director On Rembrandt's Self-Portraits

5:04am February 19, 2018

by Susan Stamberg

The Dutch artist painted scores of self-portraits, but they weren't exactly flattering. Casting director Margery Simkin thinks he could have played the manager of a baseball team.

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How D'Wayne Edwards Became A Sneaker Legend

5:28pm February 16, 2018

by Kenny Malone

D'Wayne Edwards created the Pensole Footwear Design Academy to try and diversify the sneaker business. Edwards was one of the first black designers in the business and created the academy, in part, because of how difficult it was for him to get started.

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Is Fashion Designer Ralph Lauren Out Of Touch With America?

5:28pm February 16, 2018

Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan pulled no punches nor spared no adjectives in describing Ralph Lauren's spring collection. She thinks the celebrated American designer is out of touch with what's been going on in American culture.

The triangular patterns visible in Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther suit reflect what costume designer Ruth Carter calls "the sacred geometry of Africa."

Arts

'Black Panther' Costume Designer Draws On 'The Sacred Geometry Of Africa'

4:21pm February 16, 2018

by Mallory Yu

Ruth Carter is the costume designer for the Marvel's Black Panther movie. She talks about how she grounded the movie's futuristic look in the history and traditions of tribes from all over Africa.

French Culture Minister Francoise Nyssen, wearing a red scarf, visits two rooms of the Louvre filled with 31 paintings recovered after World War II. She conducted the visit Monday with the museum's president, Jean-Luc Martinez.

France Returns Works Orphaned By Nazi Looting, Seeking Owners Or Heirs

3:16pm February 14, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Tens of thousands of artworks were recovered after World War II, and many are still in French possession. Now, the Louvre is stepping up efforts to return them to the heirs of their rightful owners.

Finnish snowboard coach Antti Koskinen, who knits during competition, has become an Olympic folk hero.

Finland Takes Olympic Chill To The Next Level: Team Knitting

8:36pm February 13, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

During the weekend's slopestyle competition, Finnish snowboarding coach Antti Koskinen was casually knitting at the top of the course.

Former President Barack Obama and artist Kehinde Wiley unveil his portrait during a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

Behind The Obama Portraits: Artists Put Their Own Spin On A Presidential Tradition

6:04pm February 13, 2018

by Heidi Glenn

Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald both typically paint vivid canvases of ordinary black subjects. "What we're positing here is a new vision of the possible," Wiley says, "one which is inclusive."

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