June 18, 2013

Arts

  • Photos: Antoine Dodson Turned Into Fine Art - June 18 2013 07:50
    Lauren Kaelin's art draws inspiration from memes.        
  • Photos: Memes Turned Into Fine Art - June 18 2013 07:42
    Lauren Kaelin's art draws inspiration from memes.        
  • Photos: Internet Memes That Belong in a Museum - June 18 2013 07:40
    Lauren Kaelin's art draws inspiration from memes.        
  • Photos: Meme Art: Painter Turns Viral Hits Into Fine Art - June 18 2013 07:15
    Lauren Kaelin's art draws inspiration from memes.        
  • Perot Museum Opens Interactive Recycling Exhibit - June 17 2013 12:41
    The Perot Museum has opened an environmentally friendly summer exhibit designed to let visitors -- not museum employees -- create the exhibit.
  • Watch: Artist Turns Lego Bricks Into Giant Works of Art - June 14 2013 15:45
    Nathan Sawaya created 100 pieces for the "Art of the Brick" exhibit in New York City.        
  • Russia sees ends to U.S. row as Jewish texts moved to museum - June 13 2013 18:33

    Russia's President Putin listens to Russia's Chief Rabbi Lazar as he visits the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in MoscowBy Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a years-long spat with the United States over thousands of Jewish religious writings should end now that some are on display in Moscow's new Jewish museum. Russia has resisted calls to return the so-called Schneerson collection to the New York-based Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch group, descendants of the last private owner of the writings, and Putin said they were part of Russia's cultural heritage. ...


  • Sunlight Fight Continues Between Museum Tower, Nasher - June 13 2013 16:51
    Developers of the Museum Tower that neighbors the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas claims they have a fix to the ongoing bruhaha over reflected sunlight in the Dallas Arts District. But the Nasher says it's not an answer.
  • Boxing tragedy inspires Blanchard's first opera - June 13 2013 09:12

    This undated image released by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis shows Arthur Woodley as Emile Griffith, foreground, and Brian Arreola as Luis Rodrigo Griffith in Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ 2013 world premiere production of "Champion," by Jazz composer Terence Blanchard. Blanchard's "Champion" _ with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Michael Cristofer _ is based on the life of former world welterweight and middleweight champion Emile Griffith. Its world premiere comes at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis on Saturday, June 15. (AP Photo/Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Ken Howard)NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz composer Terence Blanchard couldn't have imagined how timely his opera about a gay boxer would become when he accepted a commission three years ago.


  • Group wants to knit cover for Pa. Warhol bridge - June 12 2013 09:55
    PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andy Warhol's art doesn't often conjure warm and fuzzy images — but a proposed tribute to him just might.
  • Soap Opera Actress Maxine Stuart Dies at 94 - June 12 2013 06:20
    Maxine Stuart, actress from 'The Young and Restless' and 'The Edge of Night', dies at 94        
  • Oprah Winfrey Donates $12 Million to Smithsonian's Black History Museum - June 11 2013 16:43

    Media mogul Winfrey gestures to the audience after delivering the commencement address during Harvard University's 362nd Commencement Exercises in Cambridge, MassachusettsBy Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Oprah Winfrey has donated a small chunk of her estimated $2.8 billion net worth to help build The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. The OWN chairman and CEO has just donated $12 million to the museum's capital fund. Combined with a previous donation of $1 million, Winfrey's $13 million is the museum's largest donation to date. "I am so proud of African American history and its contributions to our nation as a whole," Winfrey said in a statement. ...


  • Winfrey giving $12M to new African-American museum - June 11 2013 09:39

    FILE - In this May 30, 2013 file photo Oprah Winfrey reacts after delivering the commencement address at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on the National Mall that will document African-American life. The National Museum of African American History and Culture said the museum’s 350-seat theater will be named after Winfrey. When it’s finished in 2015, the museum will house artifacts including Harriet Tubman’s shawl, Emmett Till’s casket and a Jim Crow-era segregated railroad car.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington's National Mall that will document African-American history, officials said Tuesday.


  • Cambodia welcomes statues' return from US museum - June 11 2013 07:42

    The 10th-century Cambodian sandstone statue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is seen in a box during a handover ceremony, at Phnom Penh International Airport, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Two 10th century Cambodian stone statues displayed for nearly two decades at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art were returned to their homeland Tuesday in a high-profile case of allegedly looted artifacts. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two 10th century Cambodian stone statues displayed for nearly two decades at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art were returned to their homeland Tuesday in a high-profile case of allegedly looted artifacts.


  • Congo orchestra born on mean streets finds royal favor - June 11 2013 06:21
    By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's sweltering riverside capital is more accustomed to the pulsating rhythms of some of Africa's most famous Soukous and Rumba musicians than the more genteel strains of Italian classical composer Guiseppe Verdi. But a strange musical oddity - a symphony orchestra of self-taught musicians, some of whom had to make their own instruments - is becoming one of Congo's most well-known exports, even attracting royal patronage. ...