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100th Anniversary of Chicago’s Flag

Vandalized Art list. Combo of EB owned illustration (top) and parent Asset 182294. 4 of 11 The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez was hit with a meat cleaver by Mary Richardson

Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art

Painting palette with oil paints and brushes. Rainbow colored paints, arts and entertainment

Art History: The Origins of 7 of Your Favorite Art Supplies

Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel

Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries

Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)

5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong

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Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls

Pro and Con: School Uniforms

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.

Why Is It Called Black Friday?

Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides

Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)

8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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Born	1967 (age 57) • Chicago • Illinois

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Mickalene Thomas

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Selma Burke and her bust of Booker T. Washington

Selma Burke

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Augusta Savage: Realization

Augusta Savage

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Edmondson, William: Rabbit

William Edmondson

American sculptor

Edmonia Lewis

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Lever #3, painted ponderosa pine by Martin Puryear, 1989; in the McKee Gallery, New York City. 8412 × 162 × 13 inches.

Martin Puryear

American sculptor

Elizabeth Catlett

Elizabeth Catlett

American-born Mexican artist

Charles H. Alston

Charles H. Alston

American painter, sculptor, illustrator, and art instructor

Sargent Johnson

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Barthé, Richmond

Richmond Barthé

American sculptor

James Earle Fraser

American sculptor

Coosje van Bruggen

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Hermon A. MacNeil

American sculptor

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

American artist

Cornell, Joseph

Joseph Cornell

American sculptor and filmmaker

Ana Mendieta

Ana Mendieta

Cuban-born artist

Smith, Tony: Throwback (1/3)

Tony Smith

American architect, sculptor, and painter

Kehinde Wiley

Kehinde Wiley

American artist

Audrey Flack

Audrey Flack

American painter and sculptor

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Native American artist