Le hallebardier (The Halberdier) (1971), Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

Calder’s Playful Genius

With paper and paint, wire and wood, the renowned sculptor created a new vocabulary for modern art

Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens

A Lavish Legacy

Heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Washington, D.C. estate, the Hillwood Museum and Gardens, is a showcase for her stately collection of decorative arts

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Photo Tips and Tricks

Put a ghost in your ghost town photographs…and other easy tips to create cool pictures

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Bedtime Horrors

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Preacher on the Go

Tiny Smith Island has three churches but only one pastor, who gets around by boat and Golf Cart

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Grandma Moses Country

In charming paintings of “old timey things”—sleigh rides, mills, farms and fields—the artist preserved a simpler, bygone world

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Minding the “Milkstone”

When works of art are pollen and rice, and even milk, the Hirshhorn Museum gives them extra-special care

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Keeping Time

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His Heart Was in the Highlands

Robert Burns’ fierce pride, penetrating wit and perfect ear for language gave Scotland—and the world—an imperishable legacy of poetry and song

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You, Too, Can Be a Rembrandt

The 1950s paint-by-number craze turned everyone into an instant artist. Critics were contemptuous, but even the President’s men were doing it

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William Merritt Chase

Praised by critics, admired by colleagues and respected by students, the distinguished 19th-century artist produced paintings and pastels of gentle beauty

A Guide to Cliches

Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

An Oasis of Art

Long Island City’s best-kept secret, the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum offers a rare insight into the sculptor’s work

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The Twigman Cometh

If Patrick Dougherty shows up in town, he’s there to make art - with a twist - out of sticks

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Portraits of Her People

Historian, photographer and Macarthur “genius,” Deborah Willis documents the black experience

Andrew Carroll

Andrew Carroll: Man of Letters

From poetry to war correspondence, this 31-year-old has been spreading words with a missionary’s zeal

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What’s Wrong with This Picture?

Hint: It’s Real

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Farewell, Bright Soul

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