Family as a fine art
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The literature of the American theater is chockablock with dysfunctional-family dramas, stories about fathers loathing mothers, wives resenting husbands, brothers and sisters who care too much
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Norman Rockwell paintings often resonate because of their depictions of everyday life, but the life of one of his paintings has been anything but mundane.
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Films use artwork the way they have long used music: to set a mood.
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Illustration by Mark Coomer / Courier &amp; Press. WASHINGTON - At family gatherings, talk of the latest ailments is a dinnertime staple.
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Politics and art donât always mix well, but the combination has yielded a rare chance for Hong Kong residents and visitors to see what is arguably Chinaâs most famous painting.
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"Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints" (Pantheon Books. 524 Pages. $30) &#151; Joan Acocella: While culling essays for her new collection, "Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints," Joan Acocella discovered a loose theme: the hardships that come with creation, and how various artists dealt with these obstacles &#151; or did not. The humbler virtues of perseverance, she came to see, are as important, and as laudable, as talent.
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Being naturally creative, artists often excel at more than just making art. In some cases they so excel that they double up or even switch professions.
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Staged photographs produce some class acts
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South Asian art is a hard sell here. Does it come across as too sexy, too spiritual, too naturalistic, too all of these?  Asia Society smooths over the issue by offering a something-for-everyone array.
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Le imprese del generale e la sua intensa vita familiare
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Richard Prince blurs the distinctions between life and art, truth and fiction, and even automaking and sculpture.
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Dozens of Irving Pennâs portraits of artists, writers and musicians are on view in âClose Encounters: Irving Penn Portraits of Artists and Writersâ.
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This season collections had a wide range of inspirations, from 18th century painters to 1980s hipsters
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Life & style: In pictures: Iconic images feature in a new retrospective photographic exhibition.
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LOS ANGELES  - Art imitates life, and life imitates art, and sometimes it's hard to tell which is which. Take the little town of Marceline, Mo., a place so idyllic, so orderly, so utterly all-American that it seemed impossible to improve on. Marceline declined once the automobile came and the crowds started to roll in, but it is forever enshrined in the memories of several generations of Americans.
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Most high-performing fund families share one important trait.
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Keep your art collection in your living room? Why, thatâs for novices.