Art by beloved US TV host and painter Bob Ross featured in new exhibition

Art by beloved US TV host and painter Bob Ross featured in new exhibition

The NewsA sweeping exhibition opening later this year at Indiana’s Minnetrista Museum & Gardens will showcase more than 200 works by the late painter, television host, and latter-day cultural icon Bob Ross. Mostly featuring paintings created for his long-running PBS series , the exhibit is grounded in the view that Ross should be “taken seriously as an artist,” rather than a mere “icon of kitsch,” The Wall Street Journal wrote. It was also devel…

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“His bushy-haired, denim-wearing image has inspired all kinds of merch, from bobbleheads and boxer briefs to wigs and waffle makers. Yet [one museum president] said the artist deserves something more: respect.” – Wall Street Journal (MSN)