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Fans of DC Comics will go batty for this new installation at the National Museum of American History
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A new exhibition at the Library of Congress highlights female artists and their contributions to comic strips, magazine covers and political cartoons
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Miles Toland describes how he captured Indian street scenes on his phone and recreated them as giant murals that same day
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1968: The Year That Shattered America
A short story reimagines the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the chaos that shocked the world
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These rare Buddhist artworks were found to contain traces of bone and blood
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The celebrated portraitist’s glittering images of black women upend tradition
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The pioneering photographer's latest book documents the welcoming community of transgender individuals who serve as spirit mediums in Burma and Thailand
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A new book chronicles Ernst Haeckel's life and his gorgeous renderings of wild things—scales, spikes, tentacles and all
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A swirl of dance portraits complement a single Swiss loan of Hodler’s Italian dancer
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The Cooper Hewitt's collection of some 1,000 bags reveals a few with some very cheery holiday scenes
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It's 'Deck the Halls' with Christmas cheer at the beloved Victorian-style dollhouse at the National Museum of American History
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The artist takes 21st century technology and culture to a 15th century aesthetic
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The work pays homage to the vaulted domes, ornate Italianate arches and Art Deco geometric forms of nine of the nation's historic ceilings
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Beginning in the 1880s, amateur photographer Wilson A. Bentley considered the endlessly varied crystals "miracles of beauty"
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The works and machinations of Thomas Wilfred, a lone performer, inventor and visionary, are now on view
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Songwriter, singer, actor, producer, virtual reality maven. John Legend is an entertainment all-star
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Her eye for American history puts her in the vanguard. Her passion for justice makes her a hero
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These eye-opening works invite us to find ourselves in history and nature
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The Hirshhorn Museum hosts the artist’s first solo show in Washington
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"In New York, I went berserk over painting," said Rufino Tamayo, whose works are now on view in a new retrospective
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