Tag: Art
In Turkey, an Exhibit Meant to Highlight Kurdish Suffering Provoked a Furor
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Dozens of brightly painted coffins marked with the initials of dead Kurdish civilians were laid out on…
When a Master Printer Picks Up the Camera
PHILADELPHIA — Is technical wizardry enough to make someone an artist?Richard Benson was unrivaled as a printer of photographs before…
In 2021, We Were There: The Year’s 14 Most Popular Dispatches
As the world reopened cautiously in 2021, our correspondents seized the chance to venture out in search of stories that…
Is Disney the Met’s Fairy Godmother?
“Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts,” which opened this month at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is…
Wayne Thiebaud, Playful Painter of the Everyday, Dies at 101
Wayne Thiebaud, the California-based painter whose lush, dreamy landscapes and luminous pictures of hot dogs, deli counters, marching band majorettes…
He Paid $30 for a Drawing. It Could Be a Renaissance Work Worth Millions.
Eleven days later, the owner texted pictures of the artwork to Mr. Schorer, who said he drove straight to the…