‘Queen Mariana of Austria’: Diego Velázquez’s Monumental Portrait of a Monarch
The 17th-century artist’s likeness of the young Hapsburg, currently on view at the Norton Simon Museum in California, ...
Caroline Kent's murals transform Union Station with 'Art at Amtrak'
Artist Caroline Kent poses for a portrait at her studio in Humboldt Park. Kent is the talent behind a large, site-specific mural in Union Station and forthcoming exhibitions at the Smart Museum and ...
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Enterprise Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Khadeeja Safdar is an enterprise reporter in The Wall Street Journal’s New York office, where she has worked for more than a decade. She has written about a wide range of issues, including ...
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Bananas are for eating, not art
Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan went into an art museum in Miami Beach and displayed a banana duct taped to a wall.
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Catholic kitsch: Why simple religious art is actually great
From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch ...
‘Travesty’ after iconic Banksy piece stripped from London building
Builders have ripped a beloved Banksy artwork form the walls of a west London building. Local residents have been left heartbroken after the iconic image of a goat perched on top of a wall was taken ...