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Reason March 2005 Charles Paul Freund |
Artifact: Idol Hour Here is a pair of idols apparently acting out a forgotten pagan tale of Central Asia. Part of a collection housed in the Kabul Museum, the wooden statues were badly damaged in 2001 on the orders of the Taliban regime. |
IDB America February 2005 |
Latin American Art with Japanese Roots A new exhibit at the IDB celebrates the cultural contribution of Latin American artists of Japanese descent. |
Smithsonian March 2005 Doug Stewart |
Modigliani: Misunderstood A new exhibition positions the bohemian artist's work above even his operatic life story. |
DailyCandy February 16, 2005 |
Oh Naturale Thrown, molded, painted, and glazed by hand, Miranda Thomas's pottery works are one-of-a-kind odes to the natural world. |
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Toddi Gutner |
Funds To Please The Eye But with subjective valuations and steep costs, the new art funds look rather risky. |
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 |
A More Artful Portolio Investors worldwide are making art a hot market. However, get expert advice before adding a masterpiece to your financial palette |
Wired February 2005 Elizabeth Bard |
Gun Crazy Artist Jeremy Blake has combined painting and computers to produce a techno take on traditional portraiture. His latest subject is Sarah Winchester, the eccentric heir to a firearm fortune. |
Smithsonian February 2005 Amei Wallach |
Christo Does Central Park After a quarter century's effort, the wrap artist and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, blaze a saffron trail in New York City. |
Smithsonian February 2005 Helen Starkweather |
One Per Customer The Met partnered with the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery to display 14 of Gilbert Stuart's 100 portraits of the nation's first president. |
Science News January 1, 2005 Ivars Peterson |
Artful Routes Similar techniques used for solving optimization problems--which range from routing telephone calls and constructing schedules to allocating resources and designing networks--can also play a role in creating ingenious artworks. |
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