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Art i Desastres Naturals

Recursos i llocs que tracten els desastres naturals com a font d'inspiració artística-

The Johnstown Flood: Disaster, Art and the Critics

When the leading repertory theater in the nation's most important theater city after New York stages an ambitious new play about one of the greatest disasters in American history; when the play, written by one of the city's major playwrights, is given an elaborate, no-expense-spared production by the theater's Tony-nominated artistic director; and when the play is roundly panned by nearly every critic in town ("A theatrical disaster," said the Chicago Sun-Times) ...

Politically charged flood art up for auction

(AP) -- As the swollen Mississippi River threatens residents of the South, a 1951 painting is a reminder of another devastating flood 60 years ago. Flood Disaster by American painter and muralist Thomas Hart Benton is scheduled to be auctioned at Sotheby's on Thursday. The presale estimate is $800,000 to $1.2 million.