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By Behnam Nateghi Washington 30 April 2008 A New York art show chronicles the impact of the feminist movement on art between 1965 and 1980. The show features works by artists from around the world and includes paintings, sculptures and performance ar
STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we travel to Paris, France, to visit one of the most famous and most visited art collections in the world. From the twelfth to the eighte
Health Report - Knowing Women's Risk of Heart Disease 健康报道 - 了解女性心脏病风险 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Heart disease is the world's leading cause of death. Yet
By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 19 February 2008 The Taliban's destruction of the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan in March 2001 was the most dramatic expression of their mission to obliterate all idolatrous images from Afghanistan's pre-Islamic past. Along wit
By Steve Mort Miami Beach, Florida 19 February 2008 Miami Beach in Florida is home to the largest concentration of architecture from the 1920s and '30s in the United States. The historic art deco buildings are a popular tourist attraction, but preser
Celebrating Strange Art at Washington's Fringe Festival Every summer artists perform at Fringe Festivals around the world. Fringe Festivals are a celebration of strange art. They have all kinds of performers -- from dancers, musicians and actors to e
Glass Art Evokes World's Natural Wonders Glass artist Josh Simpson's fascination with the natural wonders of the universe is evident in his intricate platters, which resemble galaxies, as well as his one-of-a-kind planet-like spheres. All of my work
Angelina Jolie stars in a new fast-paced espionage thriller about a top CIA operative accused of being a 'mole' - a Russian agent planted in America's intelligence network. Here's a look at the action-drama Salt. Do you think everyone is who they say
Joseph Muchina was a teenager living in a Kenyan slum in the early 1970s when a radical concept took shape: teach the poor skills to make them self-reliant rather than keep them eternally reliant on charity. Muchina was among the first wave of partic
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS BAND CLUB) THE BEATLES: (Singing) It was 20 years ago today Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile. So may I introduce t
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The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers is a nonfiction book by Ayn Rand,published posthumously. Edited by Tore Boeckmann, it was published by Plume in 2000. The book is based on a 1958 series of 12 four-hour lectures about fiction which
AMERICAN MOSAIC - August 30, 2002: Dolly Parton's New Album / A Question About Presidential Pens / eBay HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC - VOA's radio magazine in Special English. (THEME) This is Stev
'Bruce' Reveals How Springsteen's Past Shaped his Art A new book about Bruce Springsteen contains revelations about the singers past and how it shaped his life and art. There have been many books written about Bruce Springsteen since he first became
The Art of Doing Nothing Sure, we all know how to do nothing. We all know how to lay around and waste time. But many of us are too busy to do it much, and when we do it, our minds are often on other things. We cannot relax and enjoy the nothingness.
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Now, NPR arts correspondent Mandalit del Barco is going to take us to a new pop-up art installation in Lincoln Heights. That's a neighborhood here in LA, just east of downtown. And she reports the exhibition by artist Simon Birch
An exhibition that serves as a panorama of various exhibitions last year is now underway at the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum. Curator of the exhibition, Zhu Qingsheng, has unveiled two major highlights of the annual event in an exclusive interview wit
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Miami's annual high-profile art market Art Basel kicks off today. And one of the hottest tickets this year is for a show running in conjunction with the fair. It features 80 works by the artist Banksy. The artist, however, is not h
The Art of Cry When Mrs Johnson entered Belli's room, she found that he was binding up his thumb. What's the matter with you? she asked. It is because of that hammer. Belli answered. But I didn't hear you cry. Oh, I thought you were not in just now.
The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of old put it this way: A man comes to this world with