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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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