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Art Child
Art Child (Arthur John Child, 1915 or 1916 to 1996) was a British-born Canadian goaltender, reserve on Great Britain's 1936 Olympic gold medal ice hockey team, later a Hamilton Tigers player, marketing executive, and politician.
Art colony
An art colony, or artists' colony, is a community of artists such as painters, writers, and composers who live and work together in one place.
Art competitions at the Summer Olympics
Art competitions at the Summer Olympics: Olympic medal events in architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture inspired by sport, held 1912–1948, founded by Pierre de Coubertin, abolished over amateurism, replaced by art exhibitions and the Cultural Olympiad.
Art Cook
Art Cook (Arthur Edwin Cook, 1928-2021), American rifle shooter nicknamed Cookie, won 50 m small-bore prone gold at the 1948 London Olympics with a world-record 599/600 after a tie-breaker with Walter Tomsen; youngest US Olympic shooting gold medalist until 2008.
Art Davie
Art Davie, Brooklyn-born former advertising executive and Marine, co-founded the UFC with Rorion Gracie as "War of the Worlds", produced UFC 1 in Denver in 1993, sold his stake in 1995, and entered the UFC Hall of Fame in 2018.
Art Deco
Art Deco, also called Style Moderne or Jazz Moderne, is a French-origin international decorative style of 1919 to 1939 named after the 1925 Paris Exposition, defined by geometric ornament, bright colors, and machine-age glamour.
Art Deco architecture
Art Deco architecture: decorative 1920s-1930s style from France, named after the 1925 Paris Exposition, defined by vertical lines, setbacks, terra cotta, and geometric ornament, with landmarks like the Chrysler Building and Mumbai's Indo-Deco ensembles.
Art Deco architecture of New York City
Art Deco architecture of New York City: interwar (mid-1920s to 1930s) buildings, also called modernistic, shaped by the 1916 zoning setbacks; Chrysler Building, Empire State, Barclay-Vesey; 900+ surviving buildings cataloged by ADSNY.
Art Deco in the United States
Art Deco in the United States was the American branch of the decorative and architectural style of the 1920s and 1930s, flourishing in skyscrapers, theaters, and consumer products.
Art Detectives (TV series)
Art Detectives is a 2025 Acorn TV British crime drama starring Stephen Moyer as DI Mick Palmer and Nina Singh as DC Shazia Malik of the Metropolitan Police's fictional Heritage Crime Unit, investigating art-world murders; six episodes, renewed for a 2027 season.
Art director
Art director: a creative professional who sets visual direction and directs artists producing artwork, in advertising, publishing, film, and digital media; US SOC 27-1011, May 2025 median wage $114,850.
Art Directors Guild
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) is a Hollywood labor union founded in 1937 as the Society of Motion Picture Art Directors, representing about 3,300 production designers, art directors, scenic, title, graphic, set, and model-making artists.
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago: avant-garde jazz collective from the AACM (founded 1965), classic lineup Mitchell, Jarman, Bowie, Favors, Moye, Paris rename 1969, motto Great Black Music Ancient to the Future.
Art film
Art film (art cinema, arthouse film): narrative films made outside mainstream commercial norms, emphasizing directorial vision, ambiguity, and stylistic expression; rooted in pre-WWI Film d'Art, named as a mode after WWII, shown via festivals and art house theaters.
Art Fleming
Art Fleming (Arthur Fleming Fazzin, 1924–1995), American broadcaster and actor, original host of NBC's Jeopardy! (1964–1975, 1978–1979, 2,858 shows) and College Bowl; died of pancreatic cancer in Crystal River, Florida.
Art for art's sake
Art for art's sake (l'art pour l'art, ars gratia artis): slogan holding that art has inherent value independent of morals or politics, from Victor Cousin and Gautier's 1835 Mademoiselle de Maupin preface, central to British Aestheticism (1860–1900) with Pater and Wilde.
Art forgery
Art forgery: fraudulent misattribution of artworks in an artist's style (distinguished from fakes and copies). Covers the three authentication pillars, famous forgers like Han van Meegeren, forensic pigment tests, and market impact.
Art gallery problem for robot sensing
The art gallery problem for robot sensing adapts the classical art gallery problem to placing cameras and robot viewpoints for tasks like surveillance, inspection, and next-best-view planning.
Art Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel (Arthur Ira Garfunkel, born 1941, Forest Hills, Queens) is the American tenor of Simon & Garfunkel, later a solo artist from 1973 (Angel Clare), actor (Catch-22), Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and father of singer Art Garfunkel Jr.
Art Harnden
Art Harnden (Arthur Harold Harnden, 1924-2016), American sprinter from Yoakum, Texas, not the curler E.J. Harnden; won 1948 Olympic gold in the 4x400m relay running the opening leg in 48.0 for Texas A&M.
Art Haywood
Art Haywood is an American politician and Democratic member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 4th district, covering Northwest Philadelphia and Eastern Montgomery County, and minority chair of the Senate Health & Human Services Committee.
Art history
Art history is a historical humanities discipline studying the visual arts, chiefly painting, sculpture, and architecture, in their historical context, asking how styles and practices changed over time.
Art Howe
Art Howe (born 1946), American MLB infielder and manager of the Astros, Athletics, and Mets (1989-2004); led the 2002 'Moneyball' A's to 103 wins and a 20-game streak; 1,129-1,137 career record.
Art Informel
Art Informel, also known as art autre, is a French term for gestural, improvisatory abstract painting of the 1940s and 1950s, coined by critic Michel Tapié in 1951.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: museum and School of the Art Institute (SAIC) incorporated May 24, 1879, at 111 S Michigan Ave. Second-largest art museum in North America; $1.12 billion endowment; Modern Wing (2009); Grainger conservation center planned for 2027.
Art LaFleur
Art LaFleur (Arthur Palmer LaFleur, 1943–2021) was an American character actor from Gary, Indiana, known as Chick Gandil in Field of Dreams, Babe Ruth in The Sandlot, and the Tooth Fairy in The Santa Clause 2 and 3.
Art Linkletter
Art Linkletter (Gordon Arthur Kelly, 1912–2010), Canadian-born American radio and TV host of House Party and People Are Funny, famed for interviewing children, Kids Say the Darndest Things, Disneyland opening, anti-drug advocacy.
Art Malik
Art Malik (Athar Ul-Haque Malik, اطہر الحق ملک), born 1952 in Bahawalpur, is a Pakistani-born British actor known for Hari Kumar in The Jewel in the Crown, True Lies, The Living Daylights, Homeland, and Holby City.
Art Metrano
Art Metrano (Arthur Metrano, 1936–2021), American actor and comedian; Lt. Ernie Mauser in Police Academy 2 and 3, "The Amazing Metrano" fake-magic Tonight Show act, and the one-man show Metrano's Accidental Comedy after a 1989 ladder fall left him quadriplegic.
Art Modell
Art Modell (1925–2012), NFL owner of the Cleveland Browns (1961–95) and Baltimore Ravens (1996–2004), moved the Browns to Baltimore in 1996, creating the Ravens; two-time champion, never elected to the Hall of Fame.