Transforming the Beauty of Skeletons Into Architecture
Inspired by nature in motion, Spanish-born Santiago Calatrava will create his first U.S. project for the Milwaukee Art Museum
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Edgar Degas’s Last Years—Making Art That Danced
An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago proves that, contrary to popular wisdom, the Impressionist master just kept getting better
Edmonia Lewis’ masterwork, a portrayal of Cleopatra at the moment of death, included stints in a Chicago saloon and as a grave marker for a racehorse
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An Art Museum That Can Go Wherever the Railroads Run
It started in 1971 in Michigan; now, Artrain is on a three-year nationwide tour, bringing an exhibition from the Smithsonian to 100 towns
When Cubism Met the Decorative Arts in France
From side tables to the dazzling dress designs of Sonia Delaunay, a new exhibition at the Portland Museum in Maine surveys the scene
The Refined Art of Picturing Natural History
An exhibition showcasing works by members of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators opens at the Smithsonian’s Ripley Center
I Owe Them a Lot; They Taught Me the Love of Work
From boilermaking to fixing up an angel’s wing, Les Compagnons hone marketable skills in a medieval brotherhood brought up to date
These People Belong In An Institution!
The Smithsonian Institution, of course. A search of the archives has produced these lighter looks at life behind the scenes
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A Curator Hunts Down the American Photography Collection of Her Dreams
A curator hunts down the American photography collection of her dreams
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For These Precious Scrolls, Aged Glue and ‘Damage Maps’
Not to mention patience, as 40 of them go from the Freer Gallery to six workshops in Japan to undergo a complete overhaul
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A New Vision for a Museum on the Mall
Architect Douglas Cardinal hopes to realize his plan for making the National Museum of the American Indian into a Washington landmark
Welcome to the Hechinger Collection, where hammers are brittle, saws never get old and wrenches mimic baby birds
Package Design: the Art of Selling, All Wrapped Up
When competition for customers’ attention gets ferocious, that bottle, carton or can is a lot more than just another pretty face
Protecting museum treasures - paintings by the masters, the delicate wings of a tropical beetle - requires the strictest climate control, right?
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Fabergé’s Labor of Love: A Case of Cherchez la Femme
After a spectacular collection was given to a Paris museum, the story emerged of how a princess kept the flame of love burning
When France Was Home to African-American Artists
Everything was open to them in postwar Paris, as a new exhibit in New York proves
The Art Treasures of China Are on the Road Once More
For years they were shuttled from one hiding place to another to escape the Japanese and then the Communists - now they’re coming here
Rediscovering an Idaho Photographer
From 1895 to 1912 in her Pocatello studio, Benedicte Wrensted produced telling portraits of Northern Shoshone and Bannock Indians
Walk This Trail to See What Inspired the American Impressionist Painters
Bought on a whim for the price of a painting, J. Alden Weir’s farm, now a National Historic Site, became a place to redefine American art
They’re Holding On: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives
Long ago, they found a talent or a cause, a way of life or a way of work, then stuck with it—and said to hell with what other people think
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