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Feel Art Again This December, Italy's Uffizi is rolling out touchscreen stations to view 100-megapixel images of some of the museum's most iconic works. Official web site: http://www.uffiziinatouch.com/
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A performance by Kseniya Simonova on Ukraine’s Got Talent has become a viral hit on the internet, receiving more than 6 million views. We’ve scrounged up some background information on the 24-year-old artist and her performance…
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untitled performance ["You Are Always Near"]
Kseniya Simonova
November 1, 2009
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At the request of readers Melanie & Johnny, today’s “Feel Art Again” features Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). The Austrian artist overcame poverty in his youth to create paintings decorated with gold leaf, such as “Adele Bloch-Bauer I” and “The Kiss."
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Mary Moser (1744-1819) was “one of the most celebrated women artists of 18th-century Britain,” yet today she’s mostly overlooked. In honor of the 265th anniversary of her birth, we’ve rounded up some of the most interesting facts about Moser.
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In honor of last weekend’s big screen premiere of the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, today’s “Feel Art Again” post features on the artwork of the man behind the masterpiece, Maurice Sendak.
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By the time Ernest “Ernie” Barnes, Jr. (1938-2009) passed away this past April, he had truly achieved the American dream. He went from being a “fat” and “introverted” child who wasn’t allowed into art museums because he was black to a renowned artist with exhibitions in prestigious galleries. Along ...
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"Olympic Finish"
Ernest "Ernie" Barnes, Jr.
October 17, 2009
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Reader Paul A. lives in Bahrain, part of a region whose artists have not yet been covered in “Feel Art Again.” While much less information is available (especially in English) on Bahraini artists (and artists from other small countries), I focused on Bahraini artists today because it’s important for...
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Paul Atlan Whish I'd known about the contest earlier ... wolfram alpha tells me there is 6600 miles between new york and manama, bahrain, where i reside... oh well, finding a full week of Bahraini artists may have been a challenge ... cheers
