AUGUSTA, ME (AP).- It’s big in its own right, a 36-foot-wide, 11-panel mural representing Maine’s labor history. Even bigger is the nerve its removal has struck in politics, academia and the art world during the national debate over public workers’ col…
Maine Labor Art’s Removal Strikes Sensitive Nerve in Politics, Academia and the Art World
AUGUSTA, ME (AP).- It’s big in its own right, a 36-foot-wide, 11-panel mural representing Maine’s labor history. Even bigger is the nerve its removal has struck in politics, academia and the art world during the national debate over public workers’ col…
Detroit Institute of Arts Opens Exhibition that Examines Fakes, Forgeries and Mysteries
DETROIT (AP).- When a painting attributed to Vincent Van Gogh was bequeathed to the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1990, it was met with immediate suspicion from scholars and art experts. “Still life with Carnations,” an unsigned painting of flowers, was…
WAR AND DISCONTENT ~ AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
BOSTON, MA – War and Discontent at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) brings together three historical masterpieces inspired by political events from the MFA’s collection, along with more recent objects by contemporary artists whose art reflec…