This story caught the eye of Giorgio Vasari, who lifted it wholesale and moved it to Florence. When Giotto was a child in Cimabue's studio, says Vasari, he painted a fly on one of his master's portraits; Giotto, thinking it was real, swatted it. And so it's gone on.Charles Dar...
Mayor Ray Stephanson will honor the award recipients of the 2013 Richard Wendt Award and Mayor’s Arts Awards during a celebration at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at Everett Station’s Weyerhaeuser Room, 3201 Smith Ave.. Richard Wendt Award of Excellence Diane Wright, freelance writer and for...