Fine Art

Timothy Spall finds beauty in the unlikeliest places as painter J.M.W. Turner.

Arts

'Mr. Turner' Is A Snuffling, Growling Work Of Art

6:58pm December 19, 2014

by Bob Mondello

Critic Bob Mondello says Mike Leigh's earthy new biopic about the famed British painter J.M.W Turner shows viewers the incandescent beauty of the world as Turner himself must have seen it.

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Spanish Artist Francisco Goya On Display In Boston: An Extraordinary Exhibit

1:13pm December 08, 2014

by Lloyd Schwartz

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has assembled one of the largest exhibits of Goya's artwork ever seen in the U.S. His paintings, prints and drawings range in technique from exquisitely refined to raw.

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An anamorphic installation portrait of Malian actor Sotigui Kouyate by French artist Bernard Pras.

Arts

The Fine Art Of Deception

8:26pm December 05, 2014

by Linton Weeks

When visual tricksters play with perception, things are not always what they seem.

Anselm Kiefer's Sprache der Vogel belongs to one of Miami's best-known private collections.

How Private Collectors Helped Make Miami An Art Destination

10:34am December 04, 2014

by Greg Allen

Every December, tens of thousands of visitors descend on Miami. But they aren't there for the beaches; they're there for Art Basel, a giant art fair that private collectors helped lure to the city.

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Missing Painting Found On Set Of 'Stuart Little'

6:38pm December 02, 2014

A Hungarian art expert was watching the movie on TV when he noticed a painting hanging on a wall. He knew it as a famous, missing work of art that hadn't been seen by the general public since 1928.

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Economy

Mega-Rich Invest In Works By Living Artists

7:16am November 28, 2014

Renee Montagne talks to art sociologist and writer Sarah Thornton about how the habits of the 1 percent reverberate across the art world. She is the author of 33 Artists in 3 Acts.

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Nazi-Era Art Cache Brings Provenance Issues To Swiss Museum

10:15am November 25, 2014

Audie Cornish talks to Jonathan Petropolous, professor of European History at Claremont McKenna College, about the acceptance of Nazi-era art by the Museum of Fine Arts Bern in Switzerland.

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Galindo's "zapatello" uses gears and cranks to hit a shoe and glove on a drum made of a tire and rawhide.

Arts

Lost — Then Found — Along The Border, Objects Become Art

8:16pm November 23, 2014

by NPR Staff

A photographer's journey along the U.S.-Mexico border turned up dramatic images of lost possessions. Those found items were later made into instruments that sound just like that desolate landscape.

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#ColorFacts: A Weird Little Lesson In Rainbow Order

Arts

For One Artist, Colorblindness Opened Up A World Of Black And White

2:35pm November 17, 2014

by Angela Evancie

After his diagnosis, Peter Milton wasn't about to abandon art; but he did feel he had to abandon color. Today he says he finds black and white to be "fully more elegant than color."

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Arts

Cosbys Start A 'Conversation' With African-American Art

11:20am November 15, 2014

Bill and Camille Cosby have loaned more than 60 pieces of art to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Cosbys about their collection.

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