Richard Wright

Moving? Take Care When Transporting Works of Art

Daniel Grant | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Art in America, Moving Artwork, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Artnews, National Ornamental Metal Museum, U.S. Art Co., Richard Wright, Arts News
Daniel Grant

Works of art and antiques are frequently a casualty of do-it-yourselfers or those who hire movers who don't have specific expertise in transporting art.

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Behind the Scenes at the Chicago Literary Awards

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Literature, Nelson Algren, Writers, Gwendolyn Brooks, Cyrus Colter, Author, Chicago Literary Awards, Books, Writer, Art Shay, Don Evans, Carl Sandburg, Saul Bellow, Theodore Dreiser, Sara Paretsky, Studs Terkel, Mike Royko, Authors, Rick Kogan, Fear No Art, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Chicago, Richard Wright, Ida B. Wells, Book, Lorraine Hansberry, Harriet Monroe, Chicago News
Elysabeth Alfano

It is wonderful to live in a city so rich of history, so rich of character, so rich of talent and art. But do we celebrate it enough?

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Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's First Induction Ceremony Honors Our Greatest Writers

Donald G. Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saul Bellow, Writers, Art Shay, Gwendolyn Brooks, Studs Terkel, Rick Kogan, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Chicago, Lorraine Hansberry, Don Evans, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Marc Smith, Richard Wright, Slidepollajax, Chicago News
Donald G. Evans

It was like any party, I guess, except this was a party for dead people. Six dead people. Six dead writers.

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COMPETITIVE ART: Fight! Fight! Fight! Why Artists Must Be Rivals

guardian.co.uk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Martin Creed, Competition, Edinburgh-Festival, Art Criticism, Comparisons, Artists, Rivalry, Richard Wright, Arts News

Why do critics insist on comparing one artist with another? More to the point -- why do I do it so obsessively? I have just published a review of two ...

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Richard Wright Wins Turner Prize (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photos, Turner Prize 2009, Roger Hiorns, Turner Prize, Turner Art Prize, Slidepoll, Lucy Skaer, Turner Prize Winner, Enrico David, Richard Wright, World News

The bookies were wrong: Painter Richard Wright, 49, has won this year's Turner Prize, the prestigious British art award, for his imposing gold-leaf pa...

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Pink Floyd Member Richard Wright Dies

AP | MEERA SELVA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music, Richard Wright, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd Richard Wright, Richard Wright Cancer, Richard Wright Pink Floyd, Entertainment News

LONDON — Richard Wright, a founding member of Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. The rock group's spokesman, Doug Wright, who's unrelated, sai...

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McCain's Race Ad

Ellen Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harold Ford, Paris Hilton, Notting Hill Riots, Reality TV, John McCain, Britney Spears, Emmett Till, Bob Herbert, Scottsboro, Racism, UK Racism, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Richard Wright, Paris Hilton Mccain Ad, Obama Paris Hilton, Politics News
Ellen Feldman

The impetus for the absurd McCain ad was Obama's riotous European welcome. There is a certain irony in that as this summer marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Notting Hill Riots.

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