Artist Joan Stevens helps preserve Circus World Museum's historic wagon collection. As a teenager, Joan Stevens ran away with the carnival and fell in love with circus art. Today, she is helping ...
Recently, in Bar Harbor, Maine, I attended the unveiling of a new work of art, a memorable and impressive painting of the circus, a triptych done in 3 sections that spans almost an entire wall. The ...
Marc Chagall once wrote that the circus seemed to him “like the most tragic show on earth.” The quote turns up in the Bruce Museum’s “Circus! Art and Science Under the Big Top,” beneath four of ...
Like with many things he's done recently, Hockney is believed to have made the latest design on his iPad. David Hockney’s new artwork for the Piccadilly Circus station. Aaron Whittington / Facebook ...
Walking around the grounds of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla., with its palm trees and views of Sarasota Bay, a visitor can easily see what appealed to two Midwesterners ...
A large-scale public art commission in the central area of London’s West End has launched for the summer. Artists associated with the Royal Academy of Arts have designed flags, painted pedestrian ...
The area surrounding Piccadilly Circus has been transformed by artists, with 30 hanging flags and 13 pedestrian crossings in place for the next six weeks. It has taken the work of five artists, chosen ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
From tightrope to trapeze, circus arts have long fascinated and inspired people of all ages. Now, research is revealing the true value of circus skills and their unique ability to deliver significant ...
Though she knew little about the circus when she joined The Ringling staff 27 years ago, Deborah Walk is now considered one of the top circus historians in the country, and she credits millions of ...