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MICA vending machine aims to bring fine art to masses
You usually head for a vending machine when you're craving a bag of chips or can of soda.
But there's a one machine in Baltimore that dispenses objects such as a "Hankie Pankie," a heart-shaped engagement ring, a mini-Zombie or, for those in need of...Tags: Fine Artists, Students, Arts, Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC
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Top-of-the-line tourist attraction
— Is it any wonder that a city renowned for its lofty skyscrapers has created a stunning park in the sky? The High Line Park, a 1930s-era elevated rail line, has been transformed into vibrant green space, perched some 30 feet above Manhattan. There...
Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Nicole Ari Parker, Transportation, Manhattan (New York City), Chelsea (Manhattan, New York)
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Herman Maril: Baltimore artist painted what he saw
Herman Maril had two worlds, and each provided him what something the other lacked.
The artist, who was born in Baltimore in 1908 and died here in 1986, spent his life painting some of the grittier aspects of the city. Invariably, his astute and...Tags: Henri Matisse, Mount Washington, Tennessee Williams, Museum of Modern Art, Jackson Pollock
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Movie review: Family values and goodness mingle with John Waters' trademark crude humor in 'Pecker.'
The title character of "Pecker," John Waters' 13th film, is a teen-age sandwich-maker in Hampden who is nicknamed Pecker because as a child he pecked at his food. But just as the film's title flashes on screen, Waters assures us that his dirty mind is...
Tags: Happy-Go-Lucky (movie), Movies, Hampden, Methylphenidate, Arts
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Cal Ripken Jr. touches home with victory
The Baltimore SunIt was a victory lap for the ages. Rafael Palmeiro and Bobby Bonilla pushed Cal Ripken out of the Orioles' dugout, and off the game's all-time Iron Man went. Down the right-field line, shaking hands with fans in the front row. Into the outfield, greeting...Tags: Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Spring Training, Bobby Bonilla, Lou Gehrig
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reFramed: In conversation with Alex Webb
FrameworkAlex Webb is best known for his vibrant and complex color work, especially from Latin America and the Caribbean. He has published nine books, including "Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names" and "Violet Isle: A Duet of Photographs from Cuba" (with Rebecca... -
Around Town: Neighborhood news from 1885
Each week, the first article I look for in the Valley Sun is the 10-20-30 Years Ago feature. Each week, the editor picks news stories and a photo that summarize swell Valley Sun stories from the past six decades. The names, events and fashions are...Tags: National Security Agency
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James Turrell shapes perceptions
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flying a couple of thousand feet above a volcanic field in Arizona near the Painted Desert, it's fairly easy to spot the extinct volcano known as the Roden Crater. It stands alone in the field, apart from hundreds of other...
Tags: Fine Artists, Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright, Religious Events, Arts
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Yale Center For British Art Named One Of World's 50 Best Art Galleries By Times Of London
The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven made the Times of London’s list of the 50 greatest art galleries in the world this week. It came in 15th. The article’s paragraph on YCBA reads: “Paul Mellon, who died in 1999, gave his...
Tags: Auction Service, Guggenheim Museum, Arts, Artists, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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The creative process behind Edward Hopper's paintings
NEW YORK — As 1938 came to a close, painter Edward Hopper was a man on a mission. Again and again, he would pick up his sketchbook and head for a cluster of New York City movie theaters. Sometimes it was the Republic or the Palace, other times the...
Tags: Fine Artists, Greenwich Village, Arts, Lobbying, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Literature's greatest hits
Name your favorite, the one book that most sticks in your mind. Over nearly four years, photographer Catherine Wagner made that request of friends, acquaintances and outright strangers. She kept a tally on her iPhone and turned the top vote-getters into...
Tags: Photography, Mark Twain, Apple iPhone, Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Gift valued at $1 billion transforms Met's modern art collection
Museum leaders are generally reluctant to see themselves engaged in competition, but the Museum of Modern Art in New York just lost a big one — and will lose its reputation as the city's only great destination for the Cubism of Picasso and Braque as...
Tags: Artists, Museum of Modern Art, Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museums
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