Arts and crafts fairs
Voodoo Fest in New Orleans canceled for 2nd straight year

Jun. 11, 2021 11:04 AM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For the second year in a row, organizers have canceled a Halloween weekend music festival in New Orleans. Last year’s...

South Carolina Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, asks lawmakers to put a $1,200 bonus for state workers making under $50,000 a year into the budget on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The proposal failed. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
SC House budget: Raises for public workers; no vaccine lotto

By Jeffrey Collins Jun. 09, 2021 03:22 PM EDT

Summer art fairs in Ann Arbor, Wyandotte are back on

May. 26, 2021 08:14 AM EDT
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The Ann Arbor Art Fair is back on. Organizers said the popular fair, which draws thousands of people to the streets...

Ann Arbor art fair scratched again because of COVID-19 rules

May. 13, 2021 09:43 AM EDT
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A popular summer art fair in southeastern Michigan has been canceled again. Organizers of the Ann Arbor Art Fair...

A painting by Chinese modern artist Xu Beihong, titled "Slave and Lion." is displayed during a Christie's auction preview in Hong Kong, Monday, April 19, 2021. The painting by Xu from 1924 is expected to fetch at least $45 million in an auction in Hong Kong, as the appetite for art continues to rise among collectors even amid global economic uncertainty brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Sale of Chinese painting shows art value rising in pandemic

By Katie Tam Apr. 19, 2021 03:39 AM EDT

People visit the 14th edition of Art Dubai at Dubai International Financial Centre, DIFC, which features 50 galleries from 31 countries with a focus on modern and contemporary art, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
In Dubai, an art show's return reflects city's new normal

By Malak Harb Apr. 01, 2021 02:05 AM EDT

FILE - This Oct. 25, 2014 file photo people watch The Roots perform at the Life is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas. The Life is Beautiful arts and music festival has announced its performer lineup, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, marking a return of large annual events to Las Vegas after cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Big music festival announces lineup for return to Las Vegas

Mar. 10, 2021 01:39 PM EST

Double Decker Arts Festival canceled for 2nd year in a row

Feb. 16, 2021 05:55 PM EST
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi festival that usually attracts thousands of people is being canceled for the second year in a row because of the coronavirus...

In this 2020 photo provided by Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, artist Simone Leigh poses for a photo at Stratton Sculpture Studios in Philadelphia. Leigh will be the first Black woman ever to represent the U.S. at Italy's prestigious Venice Biennale arts festival to be held in 2022. (Shaniqwa Jarvis/Simone Leigh and Hauser & Wirth via AP)
Sculptor will be 1st Black woman to represent US at Biennale

By William J. Kole Oct. 14, 2020 07:08 AM EDT

Art Paris General Curator Guillaume Piens, poses during the private view of Art Paris at the Grand Palais in Paris, Wednesday Sept. 9, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has led to the cancellation of this year's premiere global art fairs, stymieing the main commercial artery of the multibillion-dollar industry. But Art Paris, which is France's second-biggest contemporary art fair, is opening its doors to thousands of visitors from Thursday in the Grand Palais. The four-day show is going ahead despite a spike in COVID-19 infections in the country. Art Paris is the first big international art fair to physically go ahead since the coronavirus swept through the world, grounding flights, triggering lockdowns and devastating commerce. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Paris art fair to go ahead despite virus pandemic

By Thomas Adamson Sep. 09, 2020 10:53 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, a sculpture by artist Jane Alexander with the Stevenson Gallery is shown during Art Basel Miami Beach, in Miami Beach, Fla. According to a statement released Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, the Art Basel fair, known for glamorous parties and celebrity sightings, is cancelling its annual Miami event amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Art Basel cancels annual Miami event due to virus

By Kelli Kennedy And Brendan Farrington Sep. 02, 2020 05:26 PM EDT

Shona McCarthy Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on a normally busy Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland, Friday Aug. 21, 2020. McCarthy said cancelling the Fringe festival for the first time since 1947 was “profoundly sad” but artists and organizers are determined the festivals will return, even if it's in a smaller, more digital form. (AP Photo/David Cheskin)
Artsy Edinburgh, laid low by the virus, hopes for recovery

By Jill Lawless Aug. 27, 2020 03:19 AM EDT

Virtual art show offers encouragement to Lakota artists

By Stephen Groves Jul. 26, 2020 10:20 AM EDT
The Red Cloud Indian Art Show held every summer on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is usually an intimate gathering — a chance for local...

Visitors take in an art exhibit from inside a car as they drive through a warehouse displaying paintings and photos in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, July 24, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Galleries, cinemas, theaters and museums are closed due to the restrictive measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19, but a group of artists and a curator found a way to overcome the restrictions to share their art with the residents of Brazil’s largest city. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Galleries shut by COVID-19, Brazil has a drive-thru art show

By Tatiana Pollastri And Daniel Carvalho Jul. 24, 2020 07:29 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2019, file photo, Kamaru Usman poses during the ceremonial weigh-in event ahead of his fight against Colby Covington in UFC 245 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The UFC revealed the location Tuesday, June 9, 2020, and announced a series of fan-free shows for Fight Island, in Abu Dhabi, starting with a card tentatively featuring three title fights at UFC 251 on July 11. The pay-per-view UFC 251 show is expected to be headlined by U.S. welterweight Kamaru Usman's title defense against Brazil's Gilbert Burns. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
UFC 'Fight Island' revealed in Abu Dhabi, will host 4 shows

By Greg Beacham Jun. 09, 2020 03:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2018, file photo, Henry Cejudo, left, kicks Demetrious Johnson during their UFC flyweight title mixed martial arts bout at UFC 227 in Los Angeles. Cejudo is scheduled to fight Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Blood, sweat and swabs: UFC seeks safe shows in pandemic

By Greg Beacham May. 07, 2020 06:58 PM EDT