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Cuban-born painter celebrates 100th birthday

NEW YORK – Cuban-born artist Carmen Herrera says she’s still bursting with ideas she wants to put on canvas, but the centenarian doesn’t feel any urgency to hurry. “I don’t let an...

DATE: Jun 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Antiquities collection donated to Israel Museum

NEW YORK – Two New York philanthropists are donating a major collection of more than 300 ancient Greco-Roman and Near-Eastern glass vessels to The Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Immigrants learn English in tenement

Museum uses novel way to teach language

DATE: Dec 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Blue-chip offerings at NYC fall art auctions

Works by Warhol, Manet, van Gogh will be on the block

DATE: Nov 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Retrospective of fiber artist opens at NYC museum

NEW YORK – Institutionalized for more than three decades and largely deaf and mute, Judith Scott found her voice through art, forming intricate sculptures of yarn, fabric and other fibers ti...

DATE: Oct 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Amusement park genius’ rides live on

Exhibit highlights inventors’ creations

DATE: Sep 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Celebrated Manet portrait headed to NYC auction

NEW YORK – A celebrated portrait by Edouard Manet of a Parisian actress in a fancy dress and bonnet is heading to auction and could set a record for the artist. The French impres...

DATE: Sep 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Exhibition looks at genius of carousel inventor

NEW YORK – Coney Island’s historic B&B Carousell is among several vintage attractions still thrilling visitors at the famous amusement park today. What parkgoers may not know is ...

DATE: Sep 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Artist creates ‘empowering’ wearable sculptures

NEW YORK – Linda Stein wants people to armor themselves in her art. She creates full-length wearable sculptures embedded with all manner of found objects, including driftwood, en...

DATE: Jul 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Jeff Koons’ whimsy takes over NYC museum

NEW YORK – Jeff Koons is taking over the Whitney Museum of American Art. The contemporary artist’s oversized toylike sculptures of a dog, gorilla, Popeye and other works spannin...

DATE: Jun 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Rare 1856 stamp sets record at New York City auction

NEW YORK – A 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has become the world’s most valuable stamp – again. The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta ...

DATE: Jun 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos of homeless people pop up in NYC

NEW YORK – Best known for his provocative images, photographer Andres Serrano has turned his attention to putting a very public face on New York City’s skyrocketing homeless population. ...

DATE: May 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment