NPR Topics: Visual ArtsNPR explores the visual arts including design, photography, sculpture, and architecture. Interviews, commentary, and audio. Subscribe to the RSS feed.Finding Beijing's Not-So-Hidden Art Treasure- August 7, 2008 A few years ago a handful of renegade artists staked their claim just outside Beijing, away from the eye of the authorities. Now 798, as the area is called, is a bustling arts zone supported by the Chinese government.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93374332&ft=1&f=1047 A Cross-Country Road Trip Back In Time- August 4, 2008 In the summer of 1973, photographer Stephen Shore set out on a quintessential American adventure. Now, 35 years later, his journey has become the focus of a book titled A Road Trip Journal. It reflects an America when gas was about 43 cents a gallon.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93210794&ft=1&f=1047 Experts Uncover A Painting Van Gogh Covered Up- August 3, 2008 A work by Vincent Van Gogh was recently uncovered at a museum in the Netherlands. But it wasn't lost in some dusty corridor, it was hidden under the paint of another Van Gogh. Scientists found it by using a giant X-ray machine.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93209918&ft=1&f=1047 |