To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. News A traveling survey show focused on American artists in Spain will feature a recently discovered Mary Cassatt painting. The show is set to open first at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, in February. [Forbes] Is that strange monolith in …
SANDPOINT, Idaho — A county commissioner in northern Idaho has proposed defunding the local health district after the district instituted a mask mandate to slow the spread of the coronavirus as it surges in the area.The Bonner County Dailey reports that Bonner County Commissioner Steven Bradshaw proposed the resolution this week to pull about $250,000 …
NEW YORK — The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other.Toy companies are targeting stuck-at-home grown-ups with latte-smelling Play-Doh and Legos that turn into Warhols. Those who added a puppy to their family during the pandemic will see tons of gift options for their new furry friend. And with more …
New research has identified fungi, bacteria, and human DNA on some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous drawings, including Autoritratto and Uomo della Bitta. According to a report by the Spanish newspaper El País, it’s possible that some of the particles have been on the artworks since their creation in the Renaissance. A team of …
HONOLULU — Line-Noue Memea Kruse lives on Oahu’s famed North Shore, where marveling at sea turtles, epic waves and sunsets that paint the sky orange and purple are a must for many tourists in Hawaii.After the islands required a two-week quarantine for travelers amid the coronavirus pandemic, Kruse rejoiced in the little things as the …
Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street took a pause from the optimism underlined in a record-setting climb earlier in the weekBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business WriterNovember 26, 2020, 5:52 AM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleTOKYO — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday, after Wall Street took a pause from …
As the world came to a halt in the spring, I was reading two books simultaneously: How We Became Posthuman, a seminal work from 1999 by N. Katherine Hayles about transformation in the digital age, and Achille Mbembe’s Brutalisme, a philosophical volume on our tumultuous times that had just been published a few weeks prior. …
WASHINGTON — Gripped by the accelerating viral outbreak, the U.S. economy is under pressure from persistent layoffs, diminished income and nervous consumers, whose spending is needed to drive a recovery from the pandemic.A flurry of data released Wednesday suggested that the spread of the virus is intensifying the threats to an economy still struggling to …
Stocks are mostly lower as Wall Street heads into the Thanksgiving holidayBy ALEX VEIGA and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business WritersNovember 25, 2020, 5:44 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleNEW YORK — Stocks are mostly lower on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday, giving back some of their gains from a …
A historic moment occurred this past Friday when a bronze sculpture titled Floor Frame by renowned Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi was unveiled in the White House Rose Garden. It’s a worthy honor for an artist of profound influence, as well as a symbol of the enduring relationship between the United States and Japan. As …
