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Monday, August 25, 2008

It was once no sweat to win a medal

Entertainment | By David Colker | August 25, 2008
Lee Blair won a gold medal for the U.S. in the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles without ever training in a gym, on a track or in a pool. Read more
 

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Art joins the fight

Entertainment | August 17, 2008
WITH THE Olympics in full swing and the presidential election on the horizon, patriotic themes are in the air, and the Norton Simon Museum hopes to tap into that dialogue by exploring the connection between modern politics and visual arts in its exhibition “The Art of War.” Read more
 

Same attitude, different media

Entertainment | By Lynell George | August 17, 2008
IT WAS fast, it was furious and it was over in a blink. Read more
 

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Flight attendant draws on passengers’ creativity by handing out crayons

California | Local | By Bob Pool | July 22, 2008
It didn’t take long for Jewel Van Valin’s cross-country art project to take off. Read more
 

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Urgent posts from Oaxaca

Entertainment | By Reed Johnson | July 20, 2008
MEXICO’S southern state of Oaxaca has two dominant character traits. Read more
 

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Art as fission statement

California | Local | By Bob Pool | July 15, 2008
Libya wanted to build one. Read more
 

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Back out in the world

Entertainment | By Stanley Meisler | June 15, 2008
IN AN act that provoked worldwide outrage, the fundamentalist Taliban rulers of Afghanistan in March 2001 destroyed the monumental statues of Buddha that had been carved into the rock cliffs of Bamiyan 1,600 years ago. Read more
 

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Against the flow

Entertainment | By Lynell George | May 11, 2008
IT COULD very well be a mirage: A trick of the glaring morning sun or something misread in the pre-caffeinated early morning haze. Read more
 

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Some fresh voices rise in Arabia

Entertainment | By Suzanne Muchnic | May 4, 2008
IT’S A quiet Sunday morning in this city of cacophonous ambition. Read more
 

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

New media, new enigmas

Entertainment | By Hugh Hart | April 30, 2008
Video is a fugitive medium,” said Getty Research Institute’s Glenn R. Phillips, and he should know. Read more
 

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Circling closer to a monumental work

National | By Nicholas Riccardi | April 20, 2008
When artist Robert Smithson assembled a massive spiral unfurling into the Great Salt Lake 38 years ago, there was no indication that this remote spot would be altered again by humans any time soon. Read more
 

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Two mavericks take music prizes

Entertainment | By Diane Haithman | April 8, 2008
How does it feel to share the limelight with rock legend Bob Dylan? Read more
 

Monday, March 24, 2008

Again, Bourgeois opens herself up

Entertainment | March 24, 2008
PARIS – At age 96, artist Louise Bourgeois has lost none of her ability to startle and unsettle: Her latest major series includes giant etchings of her own body – including esophagus, stomach and intestines – all soaked with blood-red gouache. Read more
 

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Collar and Bow’ – and then a suit

Entertainment | March 1, 2008
Collar and Bow,” a 65-foot-tall sculpture of men’s formalwear accessories, was supposed to go up in 2004 to provide a jaunty greeting outside Walt Disney Concert Hall. Read more
 

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Vietnamese Americans protest published photo

California | Local | February 12, 2008
For eight days, protesters paraded in front of one of Little Saigon’s leading newspapers. Read more
 

Sunday, February 10, 2008

The art of the gesture on the campaign trail

Entertainment | February 10, 2008
Writer Will Blythe asked artist Rachel Mason to accompany him and draw the candidates as he covered the John Edwards campaign last year. Read more
 

Sunday, January 13, 2008

The city’s diversity formed his palette

California | Local | January 13, 2008
Leo Politi captured some of Los Angeles’ most charming places with his two dozen children’s books and countless artworks. Read more
 

Monday, January 7, 2008

Good year on auction block

Business | January 7, 2008
Last year was the year Bill Gross said his stamps had outperformed his bond fund, Stanley Ho beat Damien Hirst in bidding for a truffle and Amazon.com Inc. Read more
 

Sunday, December 30, 2007

2008

Entertainment | By Christopher Knight | December 30, 2007
JONATHAN BUTTALL RICH BRITISH BOY He’s been dead for slightly more than 200 years, but Jonathan Buttall (1752-1805) has a face more famous today than when he was alive. Read more
 

Friday, December 28, 2007

QUICK TAKES - Egypt wants treasures back

Entertainment | December 28, 2007
Egypt has formed a committee to recover stolen antiques from its 5,000-year-old civilization that are sold at auctions and found in museums around the world. Read more
 
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