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Visual & Performing Arts


Editor: Sarah B. Hood
Sarah B. Hood, Rannie Turingan

Your source for the arts, from theatre history (Shakespeare and beyond) to the modern stage and recent playwrights, from tragedians to comedians, and everything in between. Read about multimedia arts experiments, and the fascinatingly complex interplay of art and society.

Add past artists, contemporary art figures and music theatre on Broadway and elsewhere. Dance coverage embraces ballet to ballroom, tango to tap dancing, and the world of traditional dance.

Take an armchair tour of the world's great galleries and museums, join us for views and how-tos on photography, ceramics, sculpture. painting and mixed media, and email me with requests or check out Editors' Choice articles!

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Visual & Performing Arts

Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands

In: British Musical Theatre

By: Feature Writer Coral Andrews

In 2005, British choreographer Matthew Bourne re-invented director Tim Burton's 1990 film classic about the outcast in all of us. The result - shear brilliance. more...

Nikon D3X FX Format Digital SLR

In: Photography

By: Feature Writer Philip Northeast

With 24.5-Megapixel Resolution producing image files greater than 138 MB the Nikon D3X promises a new level of image quality in an SLR style full frame digital camera. more...

Economic Recession Affects Performing Arts

In: Art & Society

By: Feature Writer Alex Sharp

It is hard to be a strong theater in a weak economy. Theater funding depends on ticket sales, awards, and grants (both public and private). more...

Frick Collection Exhibitions 2009-2010

In: Special Art Gallery Exhibits

By: Feature Writer Stan Parchin

Upcoming special exhibitions at New York's Frick Collection include rare loans of paintings, drawings and decorative objects from American and European museums. more...

Lucrezia Borgia Portrait Identified in Australia

In: Curating Art

By: Feature Writer Stan Parchin

Australia's National Gallery of Victoria announced on November 25, 2008 that the sitter in a mysterious Italian Renaissance portrait is probably Lucrezia Borgia. more...

How to Enter Art Shows

In: Painting/Drawing

By: Feature Writer Alina Bradford

Before an artist enters an art show, the type of show, presentation, guidelines, shipping and installation should be considered. more...

American Artist Everett Shinn

In: 20th Century Art

By: Feature Writer Meg Nola

The youngest artist of The Eight, Everett Shinn's life and work revolved around the bright lure of the theater and fascinating city scenes. more...

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