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Monday, August 25, 2008
It was once no sweat to win a medal
Entertainment |
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 |
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 |
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 |
July 20, 2008
MEXICO’S southern state of Oaxaca has two dominant character traits. Read more
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Back out in the world
Entertainment |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
