Art & Design

People walk up to the entrance to the new SFMOMA.

Too Much Technology Can Spoil Your Warhol Experience

11:08am May 17, 2016

by Laura Sydell

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has reopened after a three-year closure. Like a growing number of museums, it hopes new tech doesn't get in the way of looking at the art.

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Revamped San Francisco Museum Merges Modern Art With Interactive Tech

4:24pm May 16, 2016

by Laura Sydell

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art re-opened this weekend with groundbreaking interactive technology meant to enhance the experience of looking at art. But can there be too much tech in a museum?

The Obamas hug after on day four of the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 28, 2008.

Mrs. Obama Saves The Cardigan: 'The Obama Effect' In Fashion

6:35pm May 14, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

In fashion, most first ladies have worshiped at the altar of "The Suit." Michelle Obama transformed American fashion by favoring dresses, moderately-priced brands, and simple basics like the cardigan.

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Student Art Project Gets Mighty High Appraisal

6:09pm May 14, 2016

Antique dealer Alvin Barr was surprised when a piece of pottery he owned was appraised at as much as $50,000 on Antiques Roadshow. So too was the pot's creator, Betsy Soule.

Afghan artist Sughra Hussainy, makes her own watercolors and pens to create intricate miniature paintings and calligraphy.

VIDEO: The Taliban Hated Her Art, But She Became An Artist Anyway

7:00am May 14, 2016

by Maanvi Singh

Sughra Hussainy, a 27-year-old artist from Afghanistan, never imagined her talent in traditional Persian calligraphy would take her around the world.

Three chimpanzees at Hagenbeck Zoo in Germany imitate the three wise monkeys (who are, properly, three Japanese macaques ... Emphasis on three).

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The Case Of The 3 Monkeys Is Tearing Twitter In Two

3:00pm May 13, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Is it one monkey, hearing, seeing and speaking no evil? Or is it three separate monkeys, each displaying but a single virtue? Twitter icon @jonnysun asked his followers and caused a minor uproar.

A Wes Wilson poster promoting the 13th Floor Elevators, Great Society, Sopwith Camel at the Fillmore Auditorium on August 26 and 27, 1966.

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Psychedelic Font: How Wes Wilson Turned Hippie Era Turmoil Into Art

10:07am May 13, 2016

It's been 50 years since artist Wes Wilson invented the psychedelic font that was popular in the '60 and '70s. Wilson talks about how he made a name for himself designing psychedelic concert posters.

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Market Grows For Fashionable But Modest Clothing

7:03am May 12, 2016

A Turkish fashion mogul has teamed up with the Islamic Fashion and Design Council to present the first Modest Fashion Week in Istanbul. Renee Montagne talks to Melanie Elturk, CEO of Haute Hijab.

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"The potter has used an impressive array of techniques to come up with this extraordinary texture," an Antiques Roadshow appraiser said of this piece — which turned out to be a high school art project.

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'70s High School Art Project Mistakenly Valued At $50K On 'Antiques Roadshow'

2:34pm May 11, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A grotesque vase covered in multiple faces: late 19th century, Picasso-inspired Mid-Atlantic art worth five figures? Well, maybe not.

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, may be best known as King Louis XV's Chief Mistress. But she was also a highly educated tastemaker, a patron of the arts, and an artist in her own right.

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More Than A Mistress: Madame De Pompadour Was A Minister Of The Arts

2:34pm May 10, 2016

by Susan Stamberg

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, may be best known as King Louis XV's chief mistress. But she was also a well-educated tastemaker, a patron of the arts and an artist in her own right.

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