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Ringgold, who died April 12, portrayed themes of Black life and culture through her quilts, paintings, dolls and books. Her work was exhibited in many major museums. Originally broadcast in
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Adam Moss, author of The Work of Art: How Something Comes From Nothing.
Known best for her story quilts depicting African American experiences and feminine life, she also created paintings, sculpture and children's books. She was 93.
Once the toast of 1920s Paris, Tamara de Lempicka's story is now on Broadway. She was a modernist art deco artist who's better known in Europe than in the U.S.
An art gallery worker lost his job in February after hanging up his own art. NPR's Scott Simon thinks an Open Wall night might be a good way to give
For National Poetry Month, Oregon's poet laureate is bringing "the electric illumination of our collective human experience" directly to the public with a daily poetry hotline.
Munich's Pinakothek der Moderne museum announced that it had fired an employee from its technical services team. The man snuck in after hours and hung his own painting.
Yes, viewing a total solar eclipse can be beautiful and life-altering. But so can many other things in life.
American artist Richard Serra died this week at the age of 85. Serra was world-renowned for his large-scale metal sculptures.
The great American sculptor died on Tuesday at his home in New York on the North Fork of Long Island. He was 85.
