NPR Topics: Visual ArtsNPR explores the visual arts including design, photography, sculpture, and architecture. Interviews, commentary, and audio. Subscribe to the RSS feed.Daniel Mendelsohn, Examining The 'Beautiful'- September 14, 2008 A classical scholar with a voracious appetite for high and low culture alike, he's dauntingly smart — but far too interested in why we love what we love to be a snob. Jacki Lyden talks to Mendelsohn about his new essay collection.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94569671&ft=1&f=1047 Pigs Out, But Artist Sells Tattoo Off Man's Back- September 11, 2008 Eight tattooed pigs were supposed to be part of Wim Delvoye's exhibit at a Chinese art show. But authorities didn't consider them art, so Delvoye tattooed an elaborate scene on a man's back and displayed him instead. A collector has purchased the tattoo — with the right to remove it after the man dies.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94481690&ft=1&f=1047 Artist Personifies NPR Listener's Grocery List- September 11, 2008 Hillary Carlip interprets shopping lists as if they were Rorschach inkblots. She selected a typed, meticulously organized list sent by a listener and created a character based on clues. The result is "a little sinister," according to the list's actual author.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94506595&ft=1&f=1047 What Is She Wearing Fashion Laws Of Politics- September 10, 2008 Americans are not only scrutinizing presidential candidates for their positions on the issues. There are also lots of opinions about the sense of style embraced by the candidates' wives and other women on the campaign trail. A fashion reporter and former congresswoman discuss the style of would-be first ladies Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94453553&ft=1&f=1047 Saving Superman's House: Comic Book Fans Unite- September 10, 2008 In 1986, the city of Cleveland declared the house where Jerry Siegel thought up the Superman character to be a landmark. But today, the house is falling apart — and a group of high-profile fans is trying to save it, by auctioning art and other work.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94457056&ft=1&f=1047 Can Taste Be Taught- September 9, 2008 Justin Davidson, a classical music critic for New York Magazine, ponders when, where and how kids learn to have taste in music and art. He talks about his quest to teach his 10-year-old son Milo about the finer things in life.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94420629&ft=1&f=1047 J.J. Abrams, Life On The 'Fringe'- September 8, 2008 Lost creator J.J. Abrams discusses his latest television show, Fringe. The show, which Abrams describes as having a "a slight 'Twilight Zone' vibe," focuses on the unnatural occurrences in the world of a brilliant but mentally-unstable research scientist.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94383346&ft=1&f=1047 Poking Fun At The 'Stuff White People Like'- September 3, 2008 In a new book based on his popular blog, Christian Lander tracks the trends and tendencies of white people, from fair-trade organic coffee to vintage T-shirts.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93962369&ft=1&f=1047 |