Turning the financial crisis into an opportunity By Kai Ryssdal and Bridget BodnarApril 09, 2018FRED TANNEAU/AFP/Getty ImagesIn 2008, Ann Shen couldn't get a job she wanted. So she went to art school and started a different and successful career. POSTED IN: Economy illustration financial crisis artist career Jobs art employment ListenreadDownloadDownload
A talk with the woman who designed Michelle Obama's portrait dressBy Lizzie O'LearyFebruary 16, 2018SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesThe gown, with its graphic print, shows the former first lady's "intelligence, her realness," says Michelle Smith.POSTED IN: fashion dress Michelle Obama art portraits designers diversity ListenreadDownloadDownload
Will the Met Museum's new ticket policy change its audience? Probably not. By Ryan KailathFebruary 13, 2018Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesData shows a decision to visit a museum is more often a question of lifestyle than of finances.POSTED IN: Economy Metropolitan Museum of Art the met museums admission New York ListenreadDownloadDownload
American laborers as art at the National Portrait GalleryBy Kai RyssdalDecember 05, 2017Bridget Bodnar/Marketplace"I want people to walk away recognizing workers in their daily life ... and possibly feel a little less alone walking away," says the exhibit's co-curator.POSTED IN: national portrait gallery smithsonian art history portraits art museums ListenreadDownloadDownload
That $100 million Leonardo da Vinci painting might not even be by Leonardo da VinciBy David BrancaccioNovember 15, 2017TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty ImagesBut art critic Blake Gopnik explains why that might not be the right question to ask.POSTED IN: paintings art Leonardo da Vinci artists auctions ListenreadDownloadDownload
After 13 years of teaching, illustrator and graphic designer goes freelanceBy Emily Henderson and Robert GarrovaOctober 24, 2017GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images"It's been fun and profitable. It's been moving forward," says Ron Hill of Cleveland.POSTED IN: graphic design freelancing teaching career changes art school Economy ListenreadDownloadDownload
This artist cuts up cash and uses it for collageBy Kai Ryssdal and Maria HollenhorstApril 07, 2017Photo courtesy of Mark WagnerArtist Mark Wagner uses U.S. currency to make his intricate collages. POSTED IN: art currency artists Ben Bernanke fiat money life ListenreadDownloadDownload
NYC’s 'Fearless Girl' will keep standing on Wall StreetBy Jana KasperkevicMarch 27, 2017EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP/Getty ImagesThe new permit is good through February 2018. Not everyone is happy.POSTED IN: Wall Street art bull fearless girl gender finance read
My Economy: Caring for seniors through art By Robert GarrovaMarch 23, 2017GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty ImagesMany of the caregivers in nursing homes can't afford health insurance, Martha Rast says.POSTED IN: seniors elderly Economy business art ListenreadDownloadDownload
