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Michelle samples India's rich textiles, art
NEW DELHI: US First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday morning visited the National Handicrafts and Handloom Museum here and sampled some of the country's rich textiles, art and crafts.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 11/08 10:11am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 11/08 10:11am
10 tips for a great jack o' lantern
Most pumpkin-carvers have made a simple jack o’ lantern with triangle eyes and nose plus a jagged smile. But this year, how about something different -- maybe a creative scene etched onto the pumpkin skin or a wicked smile that will scare the trick-or-treaters. You don’t need to spend all October creating a design either, because there are tons of great templates available.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/28 9:52pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/28 9:52pm
Video and Pics: Taylor Swift Unveils Wax Figure, Calling It 'Crazy'
The 20-year-old country music singer has revealed her wax replica at Madame Tussauds New York in Times Square, wearing Jenny Packham-designed dress which was also worn by the figure.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/28 4:29am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/28 4:29am
Very early photographic images of humans discovered
So the recent discovery of what appears to be two men near the river's edge in a photo of Cincinnati taken in 1848 is kind of a big deal among photography historians.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/27 10:22pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/27 10:22pmPlans unveiled for Dupont's underground
District officials and developers are moving ahead with plans to convert underground tunnels at Dupont Circle into art galleries, restaurants and a winery.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/21 9:05pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/21 9:05pm
Why Video Games Aren't Art (At Least Not All of Them)
If video game fans have any designs on getting their hobby into a museum, with the argument that video games are art, they would be wise to check the Internet connection in the exhibition hall.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/21 9:03pm
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/21 9:03pm
"Taj Mahal" of Tallahassee raises question about photos: Is it art?
Tallahassee, Florida -- The controversial construction of a new appellate court in Tallahassee, criticized as the "Taj Mahal" for its opulence, is also raising questions for its purchase of 400 historic photographs for the building.
Is it art, or something else?
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/21 9:03pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/21 9:03pm
The art of making high-end wine (photos)
NAPA VALLEY, Calif.--Up here in wine country, as the days get shorter, it can only mean one thing: harvest. Sure enough, all across this beautiful, rich, and lush vineyard-covered region, wineries big and small are bringing in the grapes, and getting ready to bottle their 2010 vintages.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/19 8:10pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/19 8:10pm
Kanye West Fans React To Controversial Twisted Fantasy Art
'What was he thinking?' one fan asks about the album cover. 'Because it's very explicit.'
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/18 10:04pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/18 10:04pm
Kanye West's New Album Really Banned for Naked Cover Art?
Kanye West knows how to stay in the limelight with the upcoming release of his new album, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" -- whether that includes posting unreleased songs for free on the Web, or making television appearances.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/18 9:00pm
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/18 9:00pm
£94 million of art sold at Frieze auctions
Last week’s auctions held to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair sold £94 million of art, comfortably within estimates, and more than double the amount achieved last year. The highest priced contemporary work was a massive Damien Hirst butterfly painting, which sold for £2.2 million at Christie’s.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/18 6:17pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/18 6:17pm
Truth and the Art of 'The Social Network'
"I don't want my fidelity to be to the truth; I want it to be to story-telling." So said Aaron Sorkin in Mark Harris' intriguing New York Magazine piece on the origins of The Social Network.
But, when a film is about real people, real events and real time, shouldn't there be fidelity both to truth and to story-telling? I think so.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/18 6:16pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/18 6:16pm
Dad makes world's most incredible pancakes
From the pictures we gather that Allie gets a kick out of her dad's edible antics, but he admits with some of the more intricate designs, like his crowning achievement, the Ferris wheel pancake, she may go in the other room to watch morning cartoons.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/15 10:30pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/15 10:30pm
Painting 100 Million Sunflower Seeds: A Futile Art Endeavor?
How many people does it take to paint 100 million tiny porcelain sunflower seeds? Oh, just about 1,600 people in the small Chinese city of Jingdezhen. That is, in essence, the latest installation at Tate Modern: Artist Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds fills a room about 1/3 of an acre in size.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/15 4:52pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/15 4:52pm
ART AND ABOUT: SOME GRIEF, SOME JOY
For more than a generation now, the Children’s Art Therapy Program at Riverview Medical Center has been helping the youngest members of families impacted by death and serious illness, by providing a beneficial and creative way to channel and express their feelings — using a daub of paint, a glob of clay or a tub of crayons.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/13 5:39pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 10/13 5:39pm