Ruben C. Cordova writes his annual Valentine's Day essay, about artworks — including sculptures, reliefs, and custom cakes — that tell the story of Apollo and Daphne.
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This article — in celebration of Valentine’s Day — is a chronological sampling of Apollo and Daphne images from different times and places, ranging from antiquity to 20th-century fantasies.
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Here are eight artist couples from across the state who've made work for each other, with each other, or about love.
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Don’t mess with Cupid.
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Today, let’s celebrate art's penchant for the longing heart.
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The works that artists make about love can communicate something deeper than a Hallmark-card reflex — they can conjure the earnest, heartbroken, brooding, obsessive, disappointed and joyous — sometimes all at once.