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...young artist from Mexico, by way of Manhattan, and his stunningly beautiful wife were set down by a Dutch packet steamer on the northern coast of Bali. Neither artist nor island would ever be the same. In two visits to Bali, amounting to just 20 months' residency, Miguel Covarrubias created an impressive body of drawings and paintings of the life of the island, and carried out the research for a dense 400-page book about its culture. Amazingly, Island of Bali, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1937, is still the indispensable work on the island's complex rituals...
...Despite the enduring renown of Covarrubias' book, the art he made in Bali has been neglected, rarely exhibited and mostly unpublished. Covarrubias in Bali, a gorgeous new book by Adriana Williams, the artist's biographer, and Yu-Chee Chong, now reveals the impressive mastery and range?and surprising quantity?of Covarrubias' work in Bali...
...exams, but were still happy to celebrate. “It’s nice to be done although I still have two finals and a paper to write,” said Gregory J. Gagnon ’06, who is planning on starting a career as an artist making video installations. Cailin O’Connor ’05, however, had finished all her work and related the joy of turning in her final assignment. “I turned in my last paper and without even thinking about it a smile was on my face...
...Also celebrating the arts-but from a female perspective-is the district's National Museum of Women in the Arts, tel: (1-202) 783 5000; www.nmwa.org. The 24-year-old establishment shows work by more than 800 women artists, from Renaissance paintings to contemporary sculpture. Unlike most facilities that showcase women's art, this one doesn't dwell on a single period or collections from one artist, notes director Judy Larson. Nor does it focus solely on painting and sculpture. Special exhibits have also concentrated on women in film, literature and music. An exhibit of ancient Mexican and Peruvian...
...hard to believe. He can be very absent-minded." MARIE CORNELIUSEN, mother of artist Trevor Corneliusen of Olympia, Washington, who chained and padlocked his feet together for a self-portrait while camping in California's Mojave Desert and had to hobble for 12 hours to find help after he lost...