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  1. Daughters Back An Artful End To The Rivera-Rockefeller Rivalry Story

    by , 03-10-2015 at 11:28 AM


    Diego Rivera recreated his Rockefeller Center mural for Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes. Man, Controller of the Universe shows a worker at the crossroads of industry, science and the competing political ideologies of the time — capitalism and communism.

    It's been called one of the great rivalries of the art world — a clash between ...
  2. Ornery Artist's Hand-Lettered Screeds Helped Him Keep The World At Bay

    by , 02-15-2015 at 05:03 PM


    Artist Jesse Howard filled his 20-acre property with hand-painted signs.

    By all accounts, self-taught artist Jesse Howard was cantankerous. In middle of the last century, it wasn't unusual to see hand-painted signs on country roads advertising a traveling fair or a farm sale. But Howard's signs offered Bible verses. They proclaimed his anger ...
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  3. 'War Rugs' Reflect Afghanistan's Long History With Conflict

    by , 02-15-2015 at 03:59 AM

    Afghan war rugs featuring U.S. drones is a recent trend in the market, says collector Kevin Sudeith.


    Some rugs feature various weapons of war, including guns and tanks.
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  4. A Nun Inspired By Warhol: The Forgotten Pop Art Of Sister Corita Kent

    by , 01-16-2015 at 03:29 AM


    In that they may have life (1964), Corita Kent turned images from a Wonder Bread wrapper into a meditation on poverty and hunger that includes quotes from a Hazard, Ky., miner's wife and Mohandas Gandhi.

    Corita Kent's silkscreens were once compared to Andy Warhol's; her banners and posters were featured at civil rights and anti-war rallies in ...
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  5. Bunny Island!

    by , 01-10-2015 at 07:17 PM
    In Japan, there is a small island in the city of Takehara. It’s jam-packed with feral rabbits that are very comfortable around humans. With just some food and a calm approach, a human gets “attacked” by a hoard of bunnies. What a lucky guy!

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