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Willem de Kooning's Woman — Ochre (oil on canvas, 1954-55) has been missing for 30 years. Thirty years ago, one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century vanished. It wasn't an accident and it wasn't some elaborate movie heist. It was a simple theft — and it's still a mystery. It was the day after ...
One of the main attractions in "The Edible Monument" exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles is a nine-foot long sugar palace showing the Greek sorceress Circe meeting Odysseus' men. Enter a Getty Center gallery in Los Angeles, and you'll be greeted by a nine-foot long sculpture of the Greek sorceress Circe transforming Odysseus's ...
You may have thought you used mountains of index cards while working on school research papers, but Tara Donovan shows you what mountains of index cards actually look like in her installation for the "Wonder" exhibit. When you were a little kid, everyday objects could be amazing — twigs, bugs, old tires, there was potential in everything. ...
THE BOOK: Cambodia - Breaking the Bonds of History David Seaver Photography Beyond the horror of the Khmer Rouge and the splendor of the Angkor Temples, lies a country in a period of rapid change. Emerging from decades of brutal civil war and genocide, Cambodia is at a turning point. Behind it lies a culture rich in tradition, and ahead, the promise of prosperity. The images presented here are meant to show Cambodia as it is now. ...
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) Schubert at the Piano