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News Articles: Art & Design

The Tomochichi Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, as seen on April 17, 2023.

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  • Architecture

Recently damaged Savannah federal courthouse a ‘product of its time,’ says architectural historian

The building's white marble design drew inspiration from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

April 18, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Designer Mary Quant, one of the leading lights of the British fashion scene in the 1960s, having her hair cut by Vidal Sassoon in 1964.

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  • Obituaries

Mary Quant, fashion designer who styled the Swinging Sixties, dies at 93

Quant made playful clothes for young modern women they could wear to work and "run to the bus in." Her London shop was an epicenter of youth culture that popularized hot pants and miniskirts.

April 13, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
The entrance to an exhibit by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is seen at the Orlando Museum of Art on June 1, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. A former Los Angeles auctioneer has pleaded guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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  • Investigations

A California man pleads guilty to selling dozens of fake Basquiat paintings

A former auctioneer has pleaded guilty to selling fake Jean Michel-Basquiat paintings, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.

April 12, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Irish artist Pan Cooke combines his love of graphic storytelling with a passion for education and advocacy to create comic strips highlighting prominent cases of police violence. Here, one of his latest strips tells the story of the beating death of Tyre Nichols, who died on Jan. 7 in Memphis, Tenn.

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  • Arts & Life

Why a portrait artist from Ireland started making comics about U.S. police brutality

Ireland-based artist Pan Cooke creates cartoons summarizing the world's daily news in comics, highlighting how prevalent police brutality and hate crimes are across the U.S.

April 10, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
<em>Mad Magazine</em> cartoonist Al Jaffee attends an event to honor veteran contributors to the magazine at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Cartoonists Society on Oct. 11, 2011, in Savannah, Ga. Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102.

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  • Obituaries

Al Jaffee, longtime 'Mad Magazine' cartoonist, dies at 102

Mad Magazine's ageless wise guy delighted millions of readers with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." Al Jaffee had retired at age 99.

April 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Kwame Brathwaite, Self-portrait, African Jazz-Art Society & Studios (AJASS), Harlem, ca. 1964; from Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019)

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  • Obituaries

'Black is Beautiful' photographer Kwame Brathwaite has died at 85

Kwame Brathwaite spent some six decades chronicling Black life, culture and activism. He's credited with helping found the "Black is Beautiful" movement.

April 04, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Portrait of Myrlande Constant.

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  • Art & Design

Myrlande Constant exhibition honors the labor of working-class artists

A retrospective of textile artist Myrlande Constant has opened at UCLA's Fowler Museum. Curators say it's the first solo show of a Haitian woman at an American museum.

March 30, 2023
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  • Alice Woelfle
Nam June Paik, a Korean-born artist who blazed a trail in the fine art world by using video as a medium, is the subject of the new documentary <em>Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV. </em> Above, the artist in 1982.

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  • Movie Reviews

New film explores how 'the father of video art' pioneered an art form

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV premiered at Sundance in January. It traces the life and legacy of visionary artist Nam June Paik.

March 25, 2023
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  • Teresa Xie

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  • Arts & Life

We asked to see your pet artwork — you unleashed your creativity

A pug beagle dressed as a Tudor gentleman. A colorfully rendered cockatoo. Sculpture. Stained glass. Cross stitch. We asked you to share artwork inspired by your pets, and you all outdid yourselves.

March 23, 2023
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  • Beth Novey
There's more to this painting than meets the eye.

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  • Art & Design

How these art sleuths reunited a family after centuries apart

In 1626, a father and son sat for a portrait. Nearly 400 years later their story is still being examined by experts in Europe.

March 22, 2023
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  • Brianna Scott
Balloons are seen wrapped around a tree in caution tape at Robb Elementary School on May 31, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas, a week after the school shooting.

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  • Architecture

With gun control far from sight, schools redesign for student safety

In the wake of ongoing school shootings, architects are designing schools to minimize risk and increase student connection.

March 17, 2023
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  • Mallika Seshadri
The new Harriet Tubman monument, titled 'Shadow of a Face' by architect Nina Cooke John, is in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

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  • National

A monument of Harriet Tubman now replaces a statue of Christopher Columbus in Newark

The title of the city's monument was inspired by Robert Hayden's 1962 poem entitled "Runagate Runagate," which references Tubman.

March 13, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Pascale Sablan was once told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's most prestigious firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

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  • Architecture

Very few architects are Black. This woman is pushing to change that

Pascale Sablan was told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's top firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

March 13, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
America's Cup Building — or the "Veles e Vents" building — in Valencia, Spain, was completed in 11 months to host the America's Cup sailing competition in 2007.

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  • Architecture

More timeless than trendy, Sir David Chipperfield wins the 2023 Pritzker Prize

The British architect is known for his crisp, understated, elegant work. "He enhances the quality of people's lives through a poetic sensation that always flows from his buildings," the jury said.

March 07, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
Some of Natalie's weaving projects.

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  • Art & Design

Weaving is how I ground myself, and make something beautiful at the same time

What started off as an impulse-driven hobby at the start of the pandemic has turned into the closest thing to an artistic practice that I've ever had.

March 06, 2023
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  • Natalie Escobar
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