Art & Artists

Alexander Calder’s ‘Gwenfritz’ will be reinstalled in its original location on the west side of the American History Museum in October. This mock-up shows the sculpture at its new and old home in a reflecting pool, part of Calder’s intended aesthetic.

How Do We Experience Art?

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On the Job: Broadway Producer

Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller tells us what it takes to stage a hit musical

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Larger than Life

Whether denouncing France's art establishment or challenging Napoleon III, Gustave Courbet never held back

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Letters

Readers Respond to the February Issue

Cap worn by Pullman Porter Philip Henry Logan

Buried Treasure

A Clarion call from the new African American History Museum: What's in Your Attic?

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Spirals of History

Hand-carved elephant tusks tell the story of life in the Congolese colonies of the late 1800s

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Making History

Where Animals Roam

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From the Castle

Hello? Hello?

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Fields of Color

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Broad Contemporary Art Museum building under construction

BCAM's Unintentional Performance Art?

Can't Get Enough

Irises, Vincent van Gogh

An Eye on the Bigger Picture

Charlotte Schulz, The maximum of all possible hate is realized in the eternal moment, and we cleave to our screens as it unfolds in that disquieting way (an incompossible) (detail), 2005.

Drawing Rooms

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Serious Firepower

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Prototype Online: Inventive Voices

Sharon Rogone, a neonatal nurse-turned-inventor, talks about her first invention

Chocolate truffles

A Brief History of Chocolate

Uncover the bittersweet story of this ancient treat and watch a video

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What's Up

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Making History

Mystery Illuminated

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John Alexander

A retrospective of artist John Alexander's work debuted at the American Art Museum in December and travels next to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts

Evel Knievel

Daredevil

Evel Knievel took risky behavior (and showboating) to new heights

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