NPR consults memorial museum leaders on their approaches to educating children on the rather difficult, yet important tragedies that occured in American history.
By law, art of “recognized stature” is currently protected against modification or destruction. That only includes traditional art, and excludes newer forms of art, such as tattoos.
Over five billion dollars have been spent on expansions for major museums around the United States from 2007 to 2014, funded through private philanthropies.
After three years since it was last in use, Reading Prison will reopen its doors to commemorate the works of Oscar Wilde, who was previously jailed at the prison in the 1890s.
In San Francisco, arts and homeless advocacy groups paired up to collect over 16,000 signatures that will support major increases in funding for both the arts and projects to eliminate homelessness.
Greenpeace arranged an amazing performance by pianist Ludovico Einaudi to raise awareness on the decision to be made on whether or not to save the Arctic Ocean.
Artistic Noise began as a small effort to help young incarcerated women have an artistic outlet of expression and over the years has expanded into a number of workshops and programs that help these individuals beyond incarceration.
The FCC’s rules and regulations to ensure ‘net-neutrality’ have finally been upheld in court, perhaps finalizing the ongoing decades-long debate over internet providers’ ability to allow users to pay more for faster internet.
The Palace of Fine Arts is due for an upgrade and $20 million in preservation, and that might include the installation of a proposal for a San Francisco Museum at the Palace.
The odd and agile, centipede-like and wind propelled “strandbeests” of creator Theo Jansen will be on display — or rather “running” around — at the San Francisco Exploratorium.
Google has introduced the ‘Art Camera’, a new technology that captures even the smallest details in art pieces in gigapixels — producing images of 2 billion pixels.
Is 3-D printing considered art? The popular art medium has taken over the art world effortlessly, allowing people to recreate destroyed art pieces and to create new, elaborate pieces that may have otherwise been extremely time consuming.