Visual arts
Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Quad-City Times. June 9, 2021. Editorial: It’s time to step up Unfortunately, the people of Davenport have become...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 27, 2021. Editorial: Ohio lawmakers should resist urge to score political points by cutting income tax ...

Two towns outside Chicago recovering from civil unrest

By Lauren Rohr Jun. 20, 2021 01:01 AM EDT
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — One year ago, Elias Akwo and Chaz Nieponski dropped everything and raced to their Aurora storefront to find the windows smashed and an...

FILE - In this May 9, 2021, file photo, people against the Tokyo 2020 Olympics set to open in July, march to protest around Tokyo's National Stadium during an anti-Olympics demonstration. Polls have found an overwhelming majority of Japanese people are skeptical of the Tokyo Olympics being held this summer during a pandemic, but only a few have publicly marched to protest. But there are creative projects that are looking to protest the increasingly unpopular Tokyo Olympics, even as authorities seek to shut them down. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
'Suffocated': Art becomes form of protest against Olympics

By Kantaro Komiya And Chisato Tanaka Jun. 17, 2021 02:06 AM EDT

Nonprofit pushes Chicago to build anti-racist arts community

By Kathleen Foody Jun. 14, 2021 04:41 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago nonprofit formed to highlight the lack of leaders of color within the city's arts and cultural systems is asking artists of color to...

Met Opera deal allow solo singer fees cut by up to 12.7%

By Ronald Blum May. 26, 2021 07:44 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera would be able to cut the fees of its highest-paid individual singers by 12.7% under a pending four-year contract with...

A museum employee poses for photographers next to Roman era gladiatorial helmets and a shield, during a media preview for the "Nero: the man behind the myth" exhibition, at the British Museum in London, Monday, May 24, 2021. The exhibition, which open to visitors on May 27 and runs until October 24, explores the true story of Rome's fifth emperor informed by new research and archaeological evidence from the time. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome's Nero

By Jill Lawless May. 24, 2021 12:29 PM EDT

Edilberto Jimenez poses with one of his drawings at his home in San Juan de Lurigancho, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Jimenez compiled in a book his interpretation of the sufferings that Peruvians have endured during the COVID pandemic that has caused a deepening economic crisis and has killed more than 66,000 people in the Andean country. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Artist publishes 100 drawings from Peru's COVID-19 pandemic

By Franklin Briceño May. 21, 2021 12:00 AM EDT

Gardeners work in the Japanese-inspired water garden of Claude Monet's house, French impressionist painter who lived from 1883 to 1926, ahead of the re-opening, in Giverny, west of Paris, Monday May 17, 2021. Lucky visitors who'll be allowed back into Claude Monet's house and gardens for the first time in over six months from Wednesday will be treated to a riot of color, with tulips, peonies, forget-me-nots and an array of other flowers all competing for attention. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Monet's gardens reopening, a picture-perfect pandemic tonic

By John Leicester May. 18, 2021 07:19 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press May. 17, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Omaha World-Herald. May 14, 2021. Editorial: Nebraska Passport program provides fun, helps local economies Tourism is a...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces the end of a statewide mask mandate during a news conference on Friday, May 14, 2021 in Annapolis, Md., following Centers for Disease Control guidance. The lifting of the mask mandate takes effect on Saturday, May 14, 2021. In alignment with CDC guidance, face coverings will still be required on public transportation, and in schools, child care and health care settings. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Governor: Maryland ending statewide mask mandate on Saturday

By Brian Witte May. 14, 2021 05:10 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 02:47 PM EDT
Bowling Green Daily News. May 11, 2021. Editorial: Thoughtful gestures mean much in tough times As the shutdowns and...

Artist Robert Seaman pauses while sketching in his room at an assisted living facility Monday, May 10, 2021, in Westmoreland, N.H. Seaman, who moved into the facility weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown his outside world in 2020, recently completed his 365th daily sketch, or what he calls his "Covid Doodles", since being isolated due to the virus outbreak. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
88-year-old artist finishes year of pandemic 'daily doodles'

By Holly Ramer May. 12, 2021 09:29 AM EDT

FILE - This March 12, 2020, file photo shows Josie Robertson Plaza in front of The Metropolitan Opera house, background center, at Lincoln Center in New York. On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, one of three major labor deals needed for the New York company to resume performances in September. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Met Opera strikes deal with chorus ahead of restart

By Ronald Blum May. 11, 2021 09:24 PM EDT

Visitors peek into the museum at the 9/11 Museum & Memorial, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in New York. In recent weeks, tourism indicators for New York City like hotel occupancy and museum attendance that had fallen off a pandemic cliff have ticked up slightly. It's a welcome sight for a city where the industry has been decimated by the impact of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Signs of optimism as NYC sees rise in tourism, bit by bit

By Deepti Hajela May. 11, 2021 07:49 AM EDT

This image released by Kings Features shows a frame from the Dennis The Menace comic strip promoting No Pants Day. More than 25 cartoonists are celebrating the quirky holiday to help charities get clothing to those in need. Participating artists are drawing their characters without trousers and urging readers to donate clothing to thrift and second-hand stores hard-hit by COVID-19. (Kings Features via AP)
Comic strip artists band together for a silly and good cause

By Mark Kennedy May. 05, 2021 09:00 AM EDT

This combination of photos shows actor Timothée Chalamet, from left, singer Billie Eilish, poet Amanda Gorman, and tennis star Naomi Osaka who will co-chair the Met Gala on September 13. (AP Photo)
Eilish, Chalamet, Gorman and Osaka headline fall Met Gala

By Jocelyn Noveck May. 03, 2021 09:58 AM EDT

Artist Deirdre Freeman hangs her artwork on a telephone pole in Alameda, Calif., Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Freeman, who has hung over 120 pieces of artwork on telephone poles to spread joy to others, says, "It's starting a love and kindness movement, which is what we need." (AP Photo/Janie McCauley)
Bay Area artist spreads love, smiles through her 'heartwork'

By Janie Mccauley Apr. 29, 2021 10:01 AM EDT

Workers at Massachusetts museum vote to join a union

Apr. 29, 2021 08:57 AM EDT
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (AP) — Workers at a Massachusetts museum have voted to join a union. Employees at the Massachusetts Museum of...

A Samsung Group flag and South Korean national flag flutter at the company's office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Samsung's founding family will donate tens of thousands of rare artworks, including Picassos and Dalis, and give hundreds of millions of dollars to medical research to help them pay a massive inheritance tax following last year's death of chairman Lee Kun-Hee. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Facing $11B tax bill, Samsung heirs donate massive art trove

By Kim Tong-Hyung Apr. 28, 2021 12:53 AM EDT