Posts Tagged Visual arts

Tony-nominee David Rockwell reveals his first love

This May 1, 2013 file photo shows David Rockwell at the 2013 Tony Awards Meet the Nominees press reception in New York. Rockwell is up for best scenic designer for "Kinky Boots" and "Lucky Guy."  (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, file)

NEW YORK (AP) — One clue to understanding how David Rockwell’s mind works is by finding out what he collects. It turns out to be kaleidoscopes.

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Photographer and forester Wayne Miller dies at 94

This undated photo provided by his family shows renowned American photographer Wayne F. Miller. Miller, who produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II and created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at age 94. Miller served with an elite Navy unit in the Pacific and took some of the first pictures of Hiroshima, Japan, after it was devastated by the first atomic bomb.  He returned home to his native Chicago and spent two years on the city's South Side capturing the experiences of black residents. (AP Photo/Joan B. Miller)

ORINDA, Calif. (AP) — Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94.

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Dallas exhibit reunites art JFK saw before death

Artist Jack Zajac gives an interview about his small bronze sculpture, right, during a press preview of the exhibit  "Hotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy," during a press preview at the Dallas Museum of Art Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

DALLAS (AP) — Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him feeling “reverential.”

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Monroe’s photos for Prague exhibition stolen

A poster advertising an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition is seen on a tram in, Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Alice Titzova of the PR agency 2media organizing the exhibition at the Prague Castle said some of the photographs of the star together with mannequins and display cases for the exhibition were stolen late Monday.  There was no word Wednesday whether the exhibition will be delayed or canceled. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

PRAGUE (AP) — A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen.

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Governor’s arts awards recipients to be honored

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Arts Commission says seven artists and supporters of the arts are recipients of this year’s Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts.

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