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They could now all be illegal subjects of discussion or display on the Internet--punishable by a maximum fine of $250,000 and two years in prison...
Etchings by James Whistler, Edward Hopper, Pablo Picasso, Jasper Johns, as well as other less well-known artists, are currently on display at the Fogg Museum in the special exhibition "Etching and Etchers Since 1850." The show highlights etchings done since etching became a rare artistic medium--that is, since the invention of photography and less expensive print processes allowed for mass-production of illustrations and rendered etching an inefficient process...
...Picasso's early prints are on display, out of the 2500 he produced during his life-time. The ease with which Picasso crosses media is evident in these drypoint and line-etching pieces. "The Watering-Place" (1905) is a small, lyrical piece, with its hyper-sparse and beautifully interwoven lines. The bold, thick black lines of "Goat Skull on Table" (1952) appear as if carved into a weighty physical object...
Amber's dual roles as artistic medium and scientific research tool have rarely intersected. But that's just what they'll do starting later this week. On Saturday the American Museum will unveil, under Grimaldi's curatorial supervision, the most comprehensive display of amber ever mounted. The exhibition, "Amber: Window to the Past," features 146 fossil specimens and 94 decorative objects from museums and private collections all over the world, including Stone Age amulets from Scandinavia, 18th and 19th century Chinese figurines and treasures once owned by the Medicis of Italy and the Czars of Russia. Many of these artworks...
...Dick torture devices, nipple clamps and chain dildos" are some of the more popular items on display, Lee says...