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Chicago's Picasso sculpture
Chicago TribuneJust after noon, Mayor Richard J. Daley pulled a cord attached to 1,200 square feet of blue-green fabric, unwrapping a gift "to the people of Chicago" from an artist who had never visited--and had shown no previous interest in--the city. The artist was...Tags: Henry Moore, Arts and Culture, Sculpture, House Building, Richard J. Daley
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Author Blue Balliett talks about art and inspiration
With the delight of a child approaching a dandelion, Blue Balliett blew air on the "Red Petals" Alexander Calder mobile in the Arts Club of Chicago, her eyes twinkling as the heavy red pieces slowly drifted into a new spot. Balliett's first book, "Chasing...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Elizabeth Taylor, Chicago Tribune
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Art, kids in motion
Friends Calder, Petra and Tommy of Hyde Park are dealing with the trial of a new and apparently unimaginative 7th-grade teacher. On a field trip to an exhibit of Alexander Calder's art, the new teacher values standing in line quietly, rather than reacting...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Mystery (genre), Chicago Tribune
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BMW Art Cars
LACMA is the first U.S. venue in a major worldwide tour of the cars; they next appear in New York City's historic Grand Central Terminal, March 25-April 7, before heading to a three-city museum tour in Mexico. Never-before-seen footage of the four...Tags: Arts and Culture, Grand Central Terminal, David Hockney, Vehicles, Robert Rauschenberg
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9/11 Artifacts Await Place in History
Associated Press WriterThere are no bodies here -- just rusting chunks of steel twisted like ribbons, crushed cars and burned-out elevator motors. Off a service road at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a hangar that once housed Tower Air is now a gigantic graveyard for...Tags: Crimes, Arts and Culture, Bugs Bunny (fictional animal), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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One of the world's great museums is just a day trip away
Special To The SunThe nation's attic sits in a cluster of buildings around the National Mall in Washington. Founded more than 155 years ago, the Smithsonian Institution was the dream of Englishman James Smithson. Upon his death in 1829, Smithson willed his fortune to...Tags: Arts and Culture, Family, Natural Resources, World War II (1939-1945), Claes Oldenburg
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See the sofas -- and the city!
Tribune Staff ReporterMen, women and children do not live by clever furniture art alone. Sure, the city's whimsical collection of chairs and sofas can provide a pause that refreshes: a giggle while slogging along the city's summer-cooked streets or some relief for tired feet....Tags: Matzoh, Gene Siskel, Sculpture, Arts and Culture, Billy Crystal
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Chicago's art and soul
Times Staff WriterSome said it looked like a rusty tin can. Others likened it to a baboon with wings. An editorial in the Chicago Tribune derided it as a "predatory grasshopper." Alderman John J. Hoellen even introduced a City Council resolution to have the piece removed....Tags: Arts and Culture, Sculpture, Family, Willis Tower, Richard M. Daley
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Drawn to the Shore
Special To The SunThe Eastern Shore and art? To most outsiders, that usually means only one thing: ducks. Duck paintings. Duck sculptures. Duck decoys. But look beyond the surface and you'll discover a region that's redefining itself -- quite rightly -- as a serious arts...Tags: Julia Roberts, Sculpture, Arts and Culture, Robin Williams, U.S. Senate
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EAR Unit 'paints' a tribute
Earle Brown died last year a neglected composer, but he has not been forgotten. As a member of John Cage's New York circle in the 1950s, he has his place in history. At that time, he came into contact with Abstract Expressionist painters and developed...Tags: Don Davis, Jackson Pollock, Walt Disney, Death, Wildfires
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Getting Surreal twice over in Phoenix
Tribune staff reporterThere is something about the vast vistas, bright colors, clearly delineated lines, and fantastical shapes and formations of the American desert that go hand in hand with Surrealism as with no other art form. What better place than the Phoenix Art...Tags: Mark Rothko, Arts and Culture, Sculpture, Salvador Dali, World War II (1939-1945)
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