World-class Mexican Museum being built in San Francisco
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ San Francisco is getting another cultural treasure — a world-class museum to showcase the largest collection of Mexican and Latino art in the nation. A dedication…
Visual arts
Iranian leader in France for next leg of EU trip
The Latest on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Europe (all times local): 4:25 p.m Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has landed in France for the first such visit by an…
‘Essence’ honoree Ruth Carter’s accidental Hollywood career
By LINDSEY BAHR “Selma” costume designer Ruth E. Carter never set out to work in Hollywood. Even while living in a tiny apartment in Los Angeles’ Koreatown in the 1980s,…
TV makers design for streaming video to stay relevant
By ANICK JESDANUN Does anyone just watch TV anymore? The dramatic shift toward online and mobile viewing is driving television set makers to design as much for streaming video as…
US co-opted Cuba’s hip-hop scene to spark change
By DESMOND BUTLER, MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ In early 2009, a U.S. government contractor sent a Serbian music promoter to Cuba with these covert marching orders: Recruit…
JEWISH GROUP DEMANDS RETURN OF ALL NAZI-LOOTED ART
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER The president of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder anwers to questions during an interview with The Associated Press at a hotel in Berlin, Thursday, Jan. 30,…
‘JIHAD JANE’ GETS 10 YEARS IN PLOT TO KILL ARTIST
By MARYCLAIRE DALE FILE – This June 26, 1997 file booking photo provided by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, shows Colleen R. LaRose, also known as…
FAWCETT PORTRAIT WORTH $12M, EXPERT TELLS JURY
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY This photo released by courtesy of the Blanton Museum of Art shows Andy Warhol’s painting of “Farrah Fawcett,” 1980. The painting was bequeathed by Fawcett to the…