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Artist Birthday: Scott Burton (1939-1989 US)

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 | Karl Cole

Scott Burton was an ingenious sculptor/furniture maker who established a unique body of work that functioned as both sculpture and furniture. Burton’s sculpture-installations often functioned as ...

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Who Knew? Healthcare can be an Art Subject Matter II

Monday, February 2, 2026 | Karl Cole

Healthcare, medicine costs, insurance, etc. have been a hot topic for a long time, and a lot of the problems have consistently not changed for the better. Another thing about healthcare that has not c ...

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Artist Birthday: Nancy Rubins

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | Karl Cole

Through sculptures assembled from discarded materials and graphite drawings that assume the appearance of liquid metal or crumpled steel, Nancy Rubins transforms quotidian objects into artworks that e ...

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Artist Birthday: Edmonia Lewis

Monday, July 7, 2025 | Karl Cole

Edmonia Lewis was a pioneering African American and woman artist, at a time when it was difficult for either to get an arts education. Lewis skillfully learned the style that was dear to American patr ...

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Lost Dog Awareness Day: Giacometti

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | Karl Cole

On April 23, 2014, Lost Dogs of America created and launched the first National Lost Dog Awareness Day (NLDAD), a canine-focused day aimed to bring attention to all dogs that are lost each year, while ...

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Artist Birthday: Yamaguchi Katsuhiro

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 | Karl Cole

Katsuhiro Yamaguchi was a key figure in the transition to modernism in Japanese art after World War II (1939–1945). He incorporated his view of modernist experiment almost as a science into nume ...

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New Acquisitions: Classic Minimalist Carl Andre

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 | Karl Cole

My fascination with modernism (doesn’t that term sound old-fashioned)—let me rephrase that—forward-thinking art never seems to diminish. Call me lucky (I think I am), but as we add n ...

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