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Less than a week after Notre Dame Cathedral's massive fire, which authorities are still investigating yet claim is a most likely nothing but a tragic accident, the French government announced an international competition to rebuild the cathedral's historic roofline and spire. This may mean big changes to the structure and design of the building are to come. As with most cathedrals, Notre Dame's initial construction took place over multiple centuries and has...
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A freshman congressman from Tennessee, Republican Tim Burchett, introduced a bill on April 1 that aims to cut all funding for artworks in US embassies overseas. Burchett had the idea for the line-item budget cut when he heard that over $80,000 was spent by the US State Department's Art in Embassies program for a sculpture by musician and artist Bob Dylan—during the most recent (and longest-ever) government shutdown. The Art in Embassies...
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It's no secret that beginning a private collection of artwork isn't an exactly inexpensive task. While owning art and being able to display it in your home can be rewarding from a purely aesthetic point of view, any piece of art should also be seen as an investment first and foremost. There's no guarantee that the value of any piece of artwork you obtain for inclusion in your private collection will appreciate in...
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Patrick Hughes is a British artist who works in London. Born in Birmingham in 1939, he attended James Graham Day College in Leeds, where afterward he taught at Leeds College of Art. He eventually left that role to produce artwork independently, and his early pieces are characterized by a sense of playfulness and rejection of the serious tone of many of his contemporaries, who focused on sociopolitical issues regarding race,...
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It's no secret that Andy Warhol captured the American pop culture lover’s fascination with starlets better than any other artist of his generation. And his fascination with divas provided some standout works that have found themselves homes in everywhere from the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to NorthPark Mall in Dallas. And now, you can even decorate your own home with authentic silkscreens and lithographs of Warhol’s divas...