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6:11 pm
Fri October 26, 2012

Livable St. Louis Conference Offers New Vision For The Region

Credit (Rachel Lippmann/St. Louis Public Radio)
Ann Mack, CEO of Trailnet
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Community visionaries and organizers from across the region held a conference in St. Louis on Friday.   The “Livable St. Louis” conference aims to transform the region through a range of quality of life improvements.

The conference was organized by Trailnet and focused on improving declining neighborhoods through projects such as affordable housing, safe streets, vibrant public spaces and green infrastructure.

Regina Martinez works with a group called the Rebuild Foundation that tries to transform old structures into new community assets.

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Fine Art
10:28 am
Mon October 15, 2012

One Dot At A Time, Lichtenstein Made Art Pop

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Credit Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein leaves it up to the viewers to decide what has just transpired in his 1964 painting of a tense phone call titled Ohhh ... Alright ...
Credit The Museum of Modern Art, New York / Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
"I don't care! I'd rather sink — than call Brad for help!" laments Lichtenstein's 1963 Drowning Girl.
Credit Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
Lichtenstein said of his series Brushstrokes: "It has that built-in absurdity, and that's the reason I like it."
Credit Monet: AP/Sotheby's / Lichtenstein: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
About 80 years after Claude Monet painted the Rouen Cathedral (left), Roy Lichtenstein did his own take on the iconic landmark (right.) Click here to learn more about Monet's Cathedral series.
Credit National Gallery of Art / Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
Pablo Picasso was Lichtenstein's hero, says National Gallery curator Harry Cooper. Lichtenstein painted his Picasso-inspired Cubist Still Life in 1974.
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Originally published on Mon October 15, 2012 6:59 am

Whaam! Varoom! R-rrring-g! The canvases of painter Roy Lichtenstein look as if they're lifted from the pages of comic books. Comics were a big inspiration for this pop artist, who was rich and famous when died in 1997 at age 73. But at a major Lichtenstein retrospective at Washington's National Gallery of Art, you can see that the artist found inspiration beyond comic books; he also paid his respects to the masters — Picasso, Monet and more.

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The Two-Way
1:55 pm
Thu September 27, 2012

Is This An Early 'Mona Lisa?'

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A closeup from the portrait that a Swiss foundation says is an early "Mona Lisa" by Leonard Da Vinci.
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The image that may be an earlier "Mona Lisa" is at left. A closeup from the work hanging in the Louvre is beside it.
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Originally published on Fri September 28, 2012 1:41 pm

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