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A rendering of a potential mosaic at Five Points Station.

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MARTA chooses artists for Five Points Station mosaics project

The artworks will serve as both navigational aids and visually striking art pieces, according to a press release.

July 03, 2023
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  • Collin Kelley
Artist Francoise Gilot appears during an interview with Reginald Bosanquet in London on March 3, 1965, in connection with the publication of her book, <em>My Life With Picasso</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

Françoise Gilot, the famed artist who loved and then left Picasso, is dead at 101

The French-born Françoise Gilot had long made her frustration clear that despite acclaim for her art she would still be best known for her relationship with the older Picasso.

June 07, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Kevin Bongang in front of his mural on Shake Shack in Midtown.

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The joy of color with artist Kevin Bongang

Artist Kevin Bongang is known for his bright, colorful, and playful murals. 

May 29, 2023
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  • Isadora Pennington
The Spring Avenue Pool (left) and Randall Street Pool (right) were segregated pools in East Point that were closed at the time of racial integration in Georgia. Hannah Palmer's "Ghost Pools" exhibit explores the complex history of public pools in Georgia.

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Atlanta artist's 'Ghost Pools' exhibit parses effects of segregation on public pools in Georgia

The exhibition focuses on the complicated, often forgotten history of racial segregation and public pools.

May 26, 2023
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  • Sarah Rose
Megan Danielle

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Watch Georgia singer soar into ‘American Idol’ top 3 with a Disney song

Megan Danielle is one step closer to being crowned the next “American Idol,” earning a spot in the show’s top 3 after a night filled with fan-favorite Disney songs.

May 17, 2023
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  • Tanasia Kenney
Visitors to "Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined" at the New Museum are greeted by "In Two Canoe" (foreground) and "For Whom the Bell Tolls," two sculptures by the Kenyan-born artist that feature fantastical hybrid creatures set against a landscape that uses gray emergency relief blankets to depict the silhouette of Mount Kenya.

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  • Art & Design

The fantastical art of Wangechi Mutu: from plant people to a 31-foot snake

Mutu, who lives in Nairobi and Brooklyn, is the star of a show at New York's New Museum. Her art takes on viruses, genocide, junk mail (the "sleeping serpent" is full of it), her own hybrid identity.

May 08, 2023
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  • Vicky Hallett
Ebony G. Patterson Headshot

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  • Arts & Life

Artist Ebony G. Patterson, winner of High Museum's Driskell Prize, on career upswing: 'Unbelievable'

The Jamaican artist has been awarded the prestigious prize in recognition of her contributions to the field of African American art. 

May 05, 2023
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  • Leah Fleming and
  • Devon Zwald
FILE PHOTO - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter takes questions from the media during a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 20, 2015. REUTERS/John Amis/File Picture

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Atlanta Film Festival to honor Carter, Keke Palmer, George R.R. Martin and others with special award

The Atlanta Film Festival will honor the likes of former President Jimmy Carter and other recipients at its 2023 IMAGE Film Awards Gala on April 23. 

April 18, 2023
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  • Sammie Purcell
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
A Belorusian tractor laden with harvested sugarcane idles outside a sugar mill.

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  • Global Health

The glam makeovers of Pakistan's tractors show how much farmers cherish them

Marian Lewyeka's delightful novel, A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian spurred NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid to tell another tractor story — the history of Belarusian tractors in Pakistan.

February 11, 2023
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Abdul Sattar
Atlanta-based artist Anderson Smith at his gallery in Buckhead Village.

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How Anderson Smith's art inspires you to 'see something different' every time

Atlanta's first ever Art Week is now underway. It's a celebration of the visual arts happening across the city through Sunday. Art lovers strolling through Buckhead Village will find a new gallery featuring the work of Atlanta's Anderson Smith.

 

September 30, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
Fishermen haul in a fishing net in the eastern central Atlantic off Senegal. Belgian photographer Pierre Vanneste documents commercial fishing in his black-and-white photos.

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  • Art & Design

Must-see art from Senegal's Biennale: Sculptures of sugar, paintings of old postcards

Sidelined by the pandemic, the Dakar Biennale is back. The theme of this year's festival is "Ĩ Ndaffa" — meaning "out of the fire," as artists forge bold visions of the world.

June 10, 2022
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  • Nick Roll
Fishermen haul in a fishing net in the eastern central Atlantic off Senegal. Belgian photographer Pierre Vanneste documents commercial fishing in his black-and-white photos.

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  • Art & Design

Must-see art from Senegal's Biennale: Sculptures of sugar, paintings of old postcards

Sidelined by the pandemic, the Dakar Biennale is back. The theme of this year's festival is "Ĩ Ndaffa" — meaning "out of the fire," as artists forge bold visions of the world.

June 10, 2022
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  • Nick Roll
Winfred Rembert

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Georgia's latest Pulitzer Prize winner awarded posthumously

The late Winfred Rembert rose from humble beginnings in Cuthbert, Ga. to critical acclaim.

May 26, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
Albany Museum of Art Katie Dillard unpacks a repaired painting by glass artist Dale Chihuly while mounting the show titled "Homecoming" recently.

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  • Fine Art

A new exhibit at Albany's Art Museum celebrates surviving a natural disaster

A new exhibit now open at the Albany Museum of Art this week celebrates the treasures in the museum collection and how they survived a 2017 tornado.

May 13, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
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