Biggs Museum's big changes go far beyond a face-lift
They're calling it the 'new' Biggs Museum of American Art, but changes under way also mean a bigger Biggs with an updated infrastructure and increased user friendliness
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5 x 5 By Milton Arts Guild. Five paintings based on five photos. Through Tue. Milton Historical Society, 210 Union St., Milton. Free.
View ArticleSix Wyeth paintings fetch over $2 million at NYC auction
The highlight of the sale was N.C. Wyeth's "Norry Seavey Hauling Lobster Traps Off Blubber Island." The 1938 oil of a fisherman off the coast of Port Clyde, Maine, sold for nearly $844,000.
View ArticleCrossroads: Bellefonte says art in a big way
Best known a decade ago for its funky boutiques and resale shops, Bellefonte is now building a new reputation as an arts colony.
View ArticleDance a respite for determined Townsend teen
Courtney Hurd won't let medical issues stop her devotion to ballet. Not the cancer in her left shoulder, the ligament problem in her neck, the tumor in her right knee, the cyst in her skull or the...
View ArticleCrossroads: Centreville exhibit gives different meaning to art of war
Front and center for a special exhibit this month of mixed media works are 10 artists, all U.S. Armed Forces veterans, at Hardcastle Gallery in Centreville.
View ArticleMary DeWitt's glass reverse portraits include inmates, chickens
Now through July 14, the Media, Pa., artist's work is on display at Blue Streak Gallery on Delaware Avenue in Wilmington. 'Heads Up, Fowl!' a collection of a dozen of DeWitt's reverse glass hen and...
View ArticleCrossroads: Annette Alessi's show reflects inspiration from Wyeths, Kuerner
Her oil paintings and pastel pieces are just part of Annette Alessi's artistic expression.
View ArticleCrossroads: Rehoboth Art League celebrates Jack Lewis
Jack Lewis was a Delaware art icon. His murals and paintings are bright, flowing and loosely drawn, with rich colors and sweeping movement. Rehoboth Art League currently features a special exhibit to...
View ArticleDateline Delaware: Choir school strumming a new tune
Young director is helping to breathe new life into the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware, an assembly of voices that traces its roots to 1883 and has transformed the lives of many a young chorister,...
View ArticleFriends join for ALIVE exhibit at Wilmington's Chris White Gallery
David Norbut thinks Delaware has more in common with art hubs like New York City and New Orleans than one might think.
View ArticleDCCA exhibit examines art of breaking bread
It turns out that watching dough rise is not the single most boring activity on the planet. To some, it's fine art.
View ArticleAbstract pioneer features 2 Philly exhibits
Two exhibits in Philadelphia honor abstract pioneer Ellsworth Kelly, who turned 90 in May.
View ArticleDelaware Art Museum director takes Drexel job
Delaware Art Museum Executive Director Danielle Rice has been appointed director of the new museum leadership graduate degree program at Drexel University in Philadelphia, the university announced today
View ArticleMetropolitan Opera simulcasts coming to Cape Henlopen, if funds keep flowing
With the Cape Henlopen School District Board of Education approving live simulcasts of the Metropolitan Opera at the Cape Henlopen High School auditorium starting this fall, it's now a matter of...
View ArticleNew Broadway season has something for everyone
There's Denzel Washington and Billy Crystal, plenty of Shakespeare and a nice dash of Harold Pinter. There's even a musical of the boxing classic 'Rocky' and the much anticipated return of Neil Patrick...
View ArticleAutumn arts:10 highlights of the post-beach, pre-holiday season
Sure, there might be some leftover sand in your shoes and possibly even a stray ticket from Rehoboth Beach's Funland still floating around in your pockets.
View ArticleMike Nichols returns to adultery in 'Betrayal'
NEW YORK (AP) - It's only 3 p.m. but master director Mike Nichols warns that he's been through a lot already.
View ArticleCorporations do more to put art on public display
Corporate art buying in North America has fallen off since the boom days of the 1970s and 1980s but even as the economy improves, some companies are buying less art but doing more to put their works...
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