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Ruth Asawa, <em>Albert's Rose Bouquet </em>(PF.564), 1990; private collection. This bouquet, given to the artist around Mother's Day in May 1990 by her husband, Albert Lanier, was among the many Asawa sketched over the years.

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Mother's Day flowers don't last, but these bouquet sketches live on

The late artist Ruth Asawa regularly drew the bouquets people gave her. Years later, some of the sketches made it back to those who gave flowers.

May 10, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
Flannery O’Connor’s portrait of herself with a pheasant, on display with many other paintings by the author often touted as the finest writer of the Southern Gothic, on the grounds of the farm in Milledgeville where she spent her adult life.

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Georgia writer Flannery O’Connor was also an artist. Here’s where her paintings were discovered

Andalusia, the farm where O'Connor spent her last years, is hosting an exhibit of 70 of her artworks, which had been hidden away for decades.

May 01, 2025
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  • Devon Zwald
The Atlanta Dogwood Festival returns to Atlanta at Piedmont Park from Friday, April 11, to Sunday, April 13. Credit: The Atlanta Dogwood Festival

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The 89th Atlanta Dogwood Festival returns this weekend! Here's what to know

One of Georgia's biggest festivals, the Atlanta Dogwood Festival returns this weekend at Piedmont Park from April 11-13

April 09, 2025
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  • GPB News Staff
President Trump's portrait in the Colorado Capitol in August 2019.

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The artist behind 'the worst' Trump portrait defends her work

The painting, which was commissioned by Republicans, has hung in Colorado's state Capitol since 2019. Trump follows other U.S. presidents who weren't flattered by their depictions.

April 07, 2025
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  • Emma Bowman

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Opinion: Art fair flyers should showcase human creativity

Organizers of Oakland's First Fridays art festival made a flyer promoting the event using AI, and are facing backlash for not using an actual artist. NPR's Scott Simon explains.

April 05, 2025
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  • Scott Simon
John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres,<em> Jamese Jefferson and Gloria Bollock</em>, 1992, acrylic on Hydrocal plaster life cast

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This art exhibition is 'divisive' or 'eye-opening' — it depends who you ask

A new White House executive order says the exhibition is an example of how the Smithsonian portrays "American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive."

April 02, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Previously unknown paintings by author Flannery O’Connor now on display in Milledgeville.

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Rare exhibition of writer Flannery O’Connor's visual art on display in Milledgeville

Artwork by Southern writer Flannery O’Connor is on display in Milledgeville, Ga. While O’Connor is well known for her short stories and novels, she was also a prolific visual artist.

March 26, 2025
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  • Devon Zwald
A diptych from Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst's "xhairymutantx". The work, originally commissioned as part of a larger piece for the 2024 Whitney Biennial, is among those offered for sale at Christie's landmark AI art auction.

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  • Art & Design

Christie's AI art auction inspires protests – and more art

The upcoming Augmented Intelligence sale represents the first time a major auction house is focusing entirely on works created using machine learning. Artists have mixed feelings about it.

February 17, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
Poet, painter and musician Tony Whedon at his home in Darien, Ga.

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For poet Tony Whedon, writing means 'finding different layers of yourself'

Poet Tony Whedon "can't wait to get to that computer every morning to see what's going to happen."

February 14, 2025
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  • Peter Biello
People watch a hologram called "Studio di uomo barbuto" (study of bearded man) during a Leonardo da Vinci multimedia installation in Milan in 2019.

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Artist, scientist, polymath — a new documentary uncovers the real Leonardo da Vinci

We have a lot of labels for Leonardo da Vinci but a new documentary seeks to understand him as a person.

November 18, 2024
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  • Adam Raney,
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Danae Antoine, who is an Atlanta-based artist, poses for a photo they designed and painted memorializing two Georgia women who died trying to have an abortion. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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New mural a memorial to Georgia women whose deaths advocates blame on state’s six-week abortion ban

A new mural memorializing two Georgia women who died after trying to have an abortion has been unveiled in Decatur, serving as a public reminder of what advocates say is the harm caused by abortion bans.

October 18, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
A man eats an apple as he walks past a mural depicting a goat, purportedly by the street artist Banksy, on August 5, 2024 in the Richmond borough of London, England.

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Opinion: Banksy's London Zoo, art's simple joy during complex times

NPR's Scott Simon details some of the new works of the street artist known as Banksy. They include mountain goats, gorillas, and other zoo animals on the streets of London.

August 17, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Atlanta Crossroads Mural Festival is bringing 50+ artists to transform walls near eyedrum gallery in southwest Atlanta. Photograph by Isadora Pennington.

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Atlanta Crossroads Mural Festival brings local artists together in celebration of public art

20,000 square feet of wallspace distributed across three buildings in southwest Atlanta will soon bear new murals by 50+ local artists. The Atlanta Crossroads Mural Festival (ACMF) inaugural mural festival will culminate in a celebration of public art with a market featuring more than 30 local artists, makers, and food vendors this Sat., July 27 from 12-6 p.m.

July 25, 2024
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  • Isadora Pennington
Bruce Onobrakpeya, a towering figure in modernism, in his home/studio in Lagos, Nigeria. At 91, he has his first Smithsonian solo show.

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At 91, Nigerian artist who reimagined the crucifixion is celebrated at Smithsonian

Bruce Onobrakpeya was unafraid to challenge the conventions of the art world — and was celebrated for it. This giant of African art is basking in the joy of his first Smithsonian solo exhibition.

June 23, 2024
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  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
Ray Ellis is shown standing in front of two of his paintings and leaning against a chair in this posed photograph.

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The Ray Ellis Gallery has been a fixture in the Savannah art scene. But it's closing after 37 years

Renowned painter Ray Ellis celebrated the beauty of the Georgia and South Carolina Lowcountry.

May 20, 2024
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  • Orlando Montoya
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