Art & Artists

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Out of Africa and Onto The Mall–and Beyond

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Training to Slay the Dragon

Tucson recruits learn there's a lot more to fighting fire than just "putting the wet stuff on the red stuff"

Eames: The Best Seat in the House

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Seeking Mona Lisa

Temptress or icon of innocence, cult figure or cultural archetype, Leonardo's mysterious madonna has intrigued us for 500 years

Thayer contended that even brilliantly plumaged birds like the peacock can blend into, and thus be camouflaged by, their habitats.  To illustrate his theory, he and his young assistant Richard Meryman painted Peacock in the Woods for Thayer's coloration book.

A Painter of Angels Became the Father of Camouflage

Turn-of-the-century artist Abbott Thayer created images of timeless beauty and a radical theory of concealing coloration

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Making Art Accessible

Roslyn Walker plans to extend the African museum into the classroom and send exhibits on the road

Emily Carr

Canada's National Treasure

Artist Emily Carr captured the spirit of the northwest coast

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Pictures of a Tragedy

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John Singer Sargent

Dosso Dossi

Dosso Dossi

After four centuries a Renaissance artist is brought to light

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The Colors of Childhood

Crayola crayons take us all back with their fondly remembered look, scent and feel on paper

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The Beauty in the Blight

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The Age of Edo

A new exhibition illuminates one of the richest eras in the history of Japanese art

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The Hit Parade from Hell

Chuck Close, self-portrait

Close Calls in Art and Life

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Jackson Pollock: Modernism's Shooting Star

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Fired with Finesse

In North Carolina, artisans drawing on tradition and looking to the future are creating a hot market for pottery

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Van Gogh's Van Goghs

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A Mailbox with a Catch

The barn at Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Massachusetts

A Passion for the Past

Bertram and Nina Little spent six decades amassing folk art that captures a corner of American history

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