Tag: Art
In the Lower Ninth Ward, an Artist Renews His Purpose
NEW ORLEANS — The cookout in the new garden, guests agreed, upheld the cultural and convivial traditions of the Lower…
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…