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Norman Rockwell The Runaway

Art & Artists

Norman Rockwell's Neighborhood

A new book offers a revealing look at how the artist created his homey illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post
December 2009 | By Richard B. Woodward

Also see: Ansel Adams in Color | Gregory Crewdson's Epic Effects | The Life Aquatic with Bruce Mozert

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Man Ray

Man Ray’s Signature Work

Artist Man Ray mischievously scribbled his name in a famous photograph, but it took decades for the gesture to be discovered
November 2009 | By Abby Callard

Ansel Adams Sunrise Death Valley

Ansel Adams in Color

As a new book shows, not everything in the photographer's philosophy was black and white
November 2009 | By Richard B. Woodward

Anne Truitt

Anne Truitt’s Artistic Journey

Balancing the two lives of a Washington, D.C. sculptor—1950s hostess and emergent artist
September 2009 | By Katy June-Friesen

Panther vase

250 Years of Wedgwood

Two new exhibitions celebrate the enduring wares of ceramics designer and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood
September 2009 | By Nancy Mann Jackson

Jackson Pollock 1943 Mural

Decoding Jackson Pollock

Did the Abstract Expressionist hide his name amid the swirls and torrents of a legendary 1943 mural?
November 2009 | By Henry Adams

Bronze statuette of rearing horse

Leonardo’s Horse?

New research may shed light on a nearly century-old theory that a sculpture thought to be ancient Greek may be da Vinci’s work
September 2009 | By Marian Smith Holmes

Beheading of St John the Baptist

Looking for Leonardo

Are figures in a Florentine altar panel attributed to Italian artist Andrea del Verrocchio actually by Leonardo da Vinci?
October 2009 | By Ann Landi

Amy Herman teaching police officers

Teaching Cops to See

At New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Amy Herman schools police in the fine art of deductive observation
October 2009 | By Neal Hirschfeld

Fondly Do We Hope Fervently Do We Pray rehearsal

Dancing Around Abraham Lincoln

Bill T. Jones, one of America’s foremost living choreographers, tackles Lincoln’s complicated legacy in his newest work
September 2009 | By Rebecca Milzoff

The White House

Decorating the White House with Smithsonian Art

Continuing a Washington tradition, the Obamas selected artwork from the Smithsonian collections to hang in their historic home
August 2009 | By Abby Callard

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