In August two of Cobain's early drawings--a cartoonish pencil sketch of Ronald Reagan done in a high school art class and a Christmas card created for his grandparents when he was 6--sold at a celebrity memorabilia auction in Monterey, Calif.

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After attending Moses Brown, a prestigious Quaker school, on scholarship, Gallagher went to Oberlin College, where she took her first art class, in printmaking.

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This is a game that should be replayed in every class that is taught on the art of winning.

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There's a lot of energy in American culture about class, and about a tension between popular art and less popular art.

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With its stunning Renaissance art and architecture on view in well-proportioned squares and in world-class museums, there is a sense of elegance and permanence that helps root all who live here.

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The Peggy Guggenheim Collection houses a first-class collection of 20th-century art from Dali to Duchamp in a beautiful white palazzo on the Grand Canal, and the Punta della Dogana, a contemporary art centre at the tip of Dorsoduro, contains the modern art collection of Francois Pinault, the CEO of Kering, which owns labels like Gucci and Saint Laurent.

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At a relaxed Monday night cooking club in the Kochlounge, an events space in the 4th district, novices can learn the art of what is now considered a working class staple.

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Wrapped in a smart carry case, the students carry their iPads with them into math class, science, and art and the teachers download the appropriate apps that allow the kids to draw on the touch screen, look at graphs, or go online.

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