George Catlin’s Obsession
An exhibition at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. asks: Did his work exploit or advance the American Indian?
Providential Happening
A fiery installation draws crowds in Providence, Rhode Island, illuminating a “daylighting” trend
Unfazed by All the Buzz
The portrait that took the photographic world by swarm
Monumental Achievement
Our 2002 profile of architect Maya Lin that marked the 20th year of the Vietnam Memorial
Frida Kahlo
The Mexican artist’s myriad faces, stranger-than-fiction biography and powerful paintings come to vivid life in a new film
Pack Rat
First Virgil Johnson gave up smoking. Then he gave up his breathtaking collection of tobacco-nalia
Politically Correct
Artist Peter Waddell’s scrupulously researched paintings of the U.S. Capitol bring history to life
Master Class
Like generations of painters before them, artists from around the globe go to Paris to copy the masterpieces at the Louvre
The Limerick is Furtive and Mean…
From the Maigue poets to Ogden Nash, witty wordsmiths have delighted in composing the oft-risqué five-line verses
Eye in the Sky
A French photographer’s aerial portraits of Iceland’s Blue Lagoon, cotton bales in Ivory Coast, a tulip field in Holland document a world of fragile beauty
Against All Odds
A new play and photo exhibition call attention to Ida B. Wells and her brave fight to end lynching in America
Rich in Talent
Ed Rich gave magazines a whirl. And then some
Stieglitz in Focus
A new exhibition at Washington’s National Gallery of Art tracks the development of seminal photographer Alfred Stieglitz
Artemisia’s Moment
After being eclipsed for centuries by her father, Orazio, Artemisia Gentileschi, the boldest female painter of her time, gets her due
Shades of Merriment
Robert Capa, famous for his battle photographs, made friends along the way
Multiple Viewpoints
Photographer Edward Burtynsky’s politically charged industrial landscapes are carefully crafted to elicit different interpretations
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