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Visual & Performing Arts


Editor: Sarah B. Hood
Sarah B. Hood, Alison Joy

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

Mr. Fox & Busty Rhymes @ Vancouver Fringe

In: Modern World Theatre

By: Feature Writer Mike Mackenzie

You never know what you're going to get when you decide to attend a Fringe Festival show. It might be funny, sad, interesting, boring - who knows? more...

Drawing Babar Exhibition at NY's Morgan Library

In: Special Art Gallery Exhibits

By: Feature Writer Stan Parchin

"Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors" at New York's Morgan Library & Museum presents 175 illustrations and related materials from two classic bedtime stories. more...

Artist William Sidney Mount

In: 19th Century Art

By: Feature Writer Meg Nola

Painter William Sidney Mount rejected classical themes to celebrate everyday scenes from 19th century American life. more...

Understanding One-Point Perspective

In: Drawing

By: Feature Writer Alina Bradford

One-point perspective helps the artist draw images are three dimensional using a vanishing point, horizon line, and orthogonal lines. more...

Ann Temkin Chief Curator at Museum of Modern Art

In: Art Galleries/Museums

By: Feature Writer Stan Parchin

Ann Temkin has been appointed the Museum of Modern Art's new Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, succeeding John Elderfield. more...

Jann Arden on Sonnets and Soundtracks

In: Playwrights & Stage Actors

By: Feature Writer Coral Andrews-Leslie

Jann Arden loves movie soundtracks, but when it comes to prose, like England's Simon Callow she's a huge fan of the Shakespearean Sonnet! more...

Canon EOS 50D DSLR 15 Megapixels

In: Photography

By: Feature Writer Philip Northeast

The Canon EOS 50D DSLR breaks new technical ground with a 15-megapixel sensor and ISO settings up to 12800 while offering the novice plain language image exposure options more...

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