David Galenson | Posted 04.01.2012
As far back as he could remember, Auguste Rodin loved to draw. When it came time for him to prepare for a career, his parents sent him to a school of commercial art. There, he recalled, "I thought I had gone to heaven."
Posted 12.21.2011
Adobe partnered with Booooooom to create a contest that seems ready-made for the internet. The challenge: Recreate a classic work of art. Scores of pe...
google.com | Sandra Lacut (AFP)–4 Days Ago | Posted 12.31.2011
PARIS -- A French art expert Thursday unveiled evidence he says proves that a silver statuette of a "wounded woman" is an unknown work by Auguste Rodi...
Posted 12.05.2011
In an age where we can use the internet to become DJ's, composers, directors and human encyclopedias, it makes sense we should get a chance to try out...
Posted 11.15.2011
The old saying tells us that "Behind every great man there is a great woman," but oftentimes artists keep their beauties right where they can see them...
Edward Goldman | Posted 10.25.2011
In the last decade, the name of Chinese sculptor Ai Weiwei has become known not only to the art connoisseurs but to a wide public as well.
Marshall Fine | Posted 07.18.2011
There's a strain of magical realism that runs through the filmography of Woody Allen that pops up -- and delightfully so -- in his newest film, Midnight in Paris.
npr.org | Weekend Edition Saturday | Posted 07.16.2011
In Mexico City, the world's richest man has just opened a new museum to showcase his extensive European and Mexican art collection. Telecommunications...
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011
The music is haunting, as is the place where author, poet, and painter Gibran Khalil Gibran was born and buried, following a 48-year journey.
AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011
MEXICO CITY — Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become t...
Crane.tv | Posted 04.04.2012