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The Story Behind Banksy
On his way to becoming an international icon, the subversive and secretive street artist turned the art world upside-down
Flower Power, Redefined
In a new book, Andrew Zuckerman embraces minimalism, capturing 150 colorful blooms on white backdrops
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Bill T. Jones, one of America’s foremost living choreographers, tackles Lincoln’s complicated legacy in his newest work
September 11, 2009
| By Rebecca Milzoff
Continuing a Washington tradition, the Obamas selected artwork from the Smithsonian collections to hang in their historic home
August 04, 2009
| By Abby Callard
At 82, the pathbreaking painter known for stylized figurative works has never been in more demand
August 2009
| By Cathleen McGuigan
António Ole and Aimé Mpane came together to converse through artwork in a new insallation at the National Museum of African Art
June 23, 2009
| By Joseph Caputo
For decades, the photographer has documented the physical and cultural changes in Harlem and other American urban communities
June 02, 2009
| By Jamie Katz
With his Botanica Magnifica, podiatrist-turned-photographer Jonathan Singer captures flowers on the grandest of scales
May 21, 2009
| By Megan Gambino
An exhibition of Depression-era paintings by federally-funded artists provides a hopeful view of life during economic travails
June 2009
| By Jerry Adler
As the first of the New Deal acts that funded public art projects with federal money, the PWAP produced more than 15,000 works of art in just six months
May 19, 2009
| By David A. Taylor
At the National Portrait Gallery, artist David Lenz pays tribute to a champion for the intellectually disabled
May 11, 2009
| By Barbara Sanford
A painter by training, Edward Steichen changed fashion photography forever
May 2009
| By Owen Edwards
An associate of Andy Warhol, Gerard Malanga reflects on his subjects and his career as a photographer
April 14, 2009
| By Jeff Campagna
Half a millennium later, the story of the painting of the Sistine Chapel is as fascinating as Michelangelo’s masterpiece itself
April 10, 2009
| By Jamie Katz
Astrophysicist Don Olson breaks down the barriers between science and art by analyzing literature and paintings from the past
April 2009
| By Jennifer Drapkin and Sarah Zielinski
April 22, 2009 | By Megan Gambino
March 19, 2009 | By Megan Gambino
A long-forgotten poem about the African-American experience is given new life in a multimedia performance featuring singer Jessye Norman
March 13, 2009
| By Laban Carrick Hill
Turn-of-the-century artist Abbott Thayer created images of timeless beauty and a radical theory of concealing coloration
April 1999
| By Richard Meryman
The Los Angeles County Museum aims to draw new visitors and historic insights with a landmark costume acquisition
March 06, 2009
| By Jeanne Maglaty
February 27, 2009 | By Jesse Rhodes
A new exhibition re-establishes Lievens' reputation as an old master, after centuries of being eclipsed by his friend and rival
March 2009
| By Matthew Gurewitsch
It took three generations to produce Wayne F. Miller's photograph of his newborn son
February 2009
| By Owen Edwards
A portrait created by a graphic designer ended up becoming the icon for the Obama campaign and an international phenomenon
January 14, 2009
| By Megan Gambino
The long-forgotten art form receives a long overdue renaissance in an exhibit featuring centuries-old woven tapestries
December 23, 2008
| By Matthew Gurewitsch
For Vincent Van Gogh, fantasy and reality merged after dark in some of his most enduring paintings, as a new exhibition reminds us
January 2009
| By Paul Trachtman
A new exhibition celebrates the work of brothers Charles and Henry Greene, masters of American Arts and Crafts architecture
December 09, 2008
| By Arthur Lubow
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