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  1. 'War Rugs' Reflect Afghanistan's Long History With Conflict

    by , 02-15-2015 at 04:59 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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  2. A Nun Inspired By Warhol: The Forgotten Pop Art Of Sister Corita Kent

    by , 01-16-2015 at 04:29 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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  3. Bunny Island!

    by , 01-10-2015 at 08:17 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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  4. Mother, Empress, Virgin, Faith: 'Picturing Mary' And Her Many Meanings - Sandro Botticelli's Madonna and Child, painted in 1480

    by , 12-31-2014 at 12:38 PM


    Sandro Botticelli's Madonna and Child, painted in 1480, shows a reflective Mary in deep blue.

    Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan/National Museum of Women in the Arts

    This Christmas, images of the Virgin Mary created over five centuries, glow on the walls of the National Museum of Women in the ...
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  5. Timothy Spall finds beauty in the unlikeliest places - 'Mr. Turner' Is A Snuffling, Growling Work Of Art

    by , 12-27-2014 at 01:39 PM


    Timothy Spall finds beauty in the unlikeliest places as painter J.M.W. Turner.

    If you picture landscape painting as a delicate, ethereal, pristine process involving an easel on a hillside and a sunset, Mr. Turner will be an eye-opener.

    Tim Spall grunts and snorts his way through the film as J.M.W. Turner in ways that will forever link ...
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