Pablo Picasso rampaged like a minotaur through modern art’s china shop. He almost single-handedly invented Cubism, and he imposed his protean creativity on painting, drawing, sculpture, collage, photography, engraving, textiles, ceramics, set design and even poetry.
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The Most Living Artist
In art, as in most other matters, the ’70s have not yet been named.
10 Questions for Dan Savage
How did you come up with the idea for It Gets Better? Last summer I was reading about teen suicides, speaking at colleges and thinking that what I should be doing is going to high schools.
Say farewell to GeoCities, the vintage Web-hosting site
The flashing banner ads, questionable color schemes and omnipresent “Under Construction” signs of GeoCities are no more.
Libya marks anniversary of Gadhafi rule
Libyans on Tuesday celebrated Col.
PTA Fundraisers: Can a Bake Sale Save a Teacher’s Job?
How many bake sales does it take to save a teacher’s job? For decades, public-school parents have organized such fundraising events to cover the costs of field trips, sports equipment and other frills that enrich their children’s education. Yet now, as recession clouds hang ever lower and state budgets tighten, schools and districts are increasingly asking adults to help pay for essentials
Ahmadinejad may face bumpy 2nd term
Four years ago, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei kissed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the cheek before he was sworn in as Iran’s new leader. Song and prayer heralded a new start for Iran with the hard-line Tehran mayor, virtually unknown to the outside world in 2005. He promised to stamp out corruption and fight for justice
Iran warns opposition ahead of key sermon
Former president and one of Iran’s most powerful clerics, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has started delivering the Friday sermon at Tehran University, witnesses told CNN. Rafsanjani, who backs reformist Mir Hossein Moussavi, the opposition candidate who challenged hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the disputed June 12 elections, planned to offer a solution to the ongoing crisis in the latter part of his sermon, witnesses said.
Small wildfire contained near Getty Center in Los Angeles
Firefighters Thursday extinguished all "visible" flames of a small wildfire that broke out near an upscale section of Los Angeles. But other mysteries abound, particularly related to Jackson’s appearance, which changed dramatically from his early adulthood