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Northern Star

Ending Putin’s support of Venezuela no easy feat for US

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and DARIA LITVINOVA | February 19, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — In October 2016, the head of Russia's largest oil company traveled to the birthplace of Hugo Chávez, in the empty, sweltering plains of Venezuela, to unveil a giant bronze statue of the late socialist leader that he and his longtime friend,...

Karen Pence adds campaigning for Trump to busy to-do list

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | February 18, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Karen Pence has no shortage of projects.The wife of Vice President Mike Pence promotes the healing power of art therapy and help for military spouses. She's into honeybees and supports sister cities. She's a watercolorist who designs...

Museum’s Rembrandt knockoff turns out to be the real thing

February 17, 2020

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Thanks to modern technology and some expert detective work, a nearly 400-year-old painting that had long been attributed to an unknown artist in Rembrandt’s workshop has now been judged to have been a work of the Dutch master...

Court raises sentence for banker who smuggled a Picasso

By Associated Press | February 4, 2020

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has raised the sentence against a former bank president found guilty of trying to smuggle a painting by Pablo Picasso out of the country.The Madrid court announced the decision Tuesday to raise the sentence against fined...

45 years on, ‘lost’ masterpieces see light in split Cyprus

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | February 4, 2020

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — It took more than 45 years, but 219 paintings thought lost or stolen — artwork that includes some of the most significant works produced by Greek Cypriot artists — have gone on display.One work by artist George P. Georghiou...

Q&A with Dan Grych

Q&A with Dan Grych

By Jessi Haish | February 7, 2013

Dan Grych, of The Art Box, 308 E. Lincoln Highway, and an artist during the creation of “Its Merits Recommend It...” answered some questions about his experience in an email Q&A. Northern Star: What was your “role” in the group of artists...

Postcards from DeKalb: Artists reminisce

By Jessi Haish | February 6, 2013

Thousands of people have gone through DeKalb. Some stay for four years, others a lifetime. However, one thing remains the same: DeKalb is rich with history and has a story that warrants being told. The summer of 1999, a group of artists and volunteers...