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Incredible Photos of the Artist Who Makes Himself Invisible
Look closely at these photographs. Shut down by the Chinese government, Liu Bolin has mastered the art of disappearing
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Is Ai Weiwei China’s Most Dangerous Man?
Arrested and harassed by the Chinese government, artist Ai Weiwei makes daring works unlike anything the world has ever seen
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Ai Weiwei on His Favorite Artists, Living in New York and Why the Government is Afraid of Him
The Chinese government has long tried to contain the artist and activist but his ideas have spread overseas and he’s got plenty more to say
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When the Olympics Gave Out Medals for Art
In the modern Olympics’ early days, painters, sculptors, writers and musicians battled for gold, silver and bronze
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What William Shatner Would Put on His Gravestone
The modern-day Renaissance man, known for his work on the stage and the screen, provides insights from the Tao of Captain Kirk
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Happy 100th Birthday, Woody Guthrie!
New songs by the American folk legend keep turning up, a century after his birth
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Barbara Kruger’s Artwork Speaks Truth to Power
The mass media artist has been refashioning our idioms into sharp-edged cultural critiques for three decades—and now brings her work to the Hirshhorn
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A history of caricatures exposes the inside jokes
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Searching for folk music on movies can be surprisingly difficult
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Sharing Pork Chops With Jackson Pollock
Richard Field was an undergrad with gumption when he visited the painter at his Long Island home. Nearly 60 years later, Field recalls the memorable affair
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What Do Jackson Pollock, Tennessee Williams and Norman Mailer Have in Common?
Cape Cod’s dune shacks are American culture’s home away from home
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Re-envisioning the Statue of Liberty
Sculptor Danh Vo deconstructs the American icon
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A New Opportunity at the Panama Canal
The ongoing expansion of the waterway has given Smithsonian researchers a chance to find new fossils
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How Two Laser Cowboys Saved The Day
Paleontologist Nick Pyenson was in a race against a construction crew to salvage a bed of whale fossils, so he called upon 3-D technologists for help
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Where Did Jackson Pollock Get His Ideas?
A talented painter who died poor and forgotten may have inspired the influential American artist’s work in ceramics
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Winners of Nature’s Best Photography
Through January 2013, the Natural History Museum is home to stunning photographs of wildlife around the world
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How Posters Helped Shape America and Change the World
One enthusiast’s collection, on exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California, offers a sweeping look at grass-roots movements since the 1960s
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Chickens Dressed Like Napoleon, Einstein and Other Historical Figures
They came, they clucked and they conquered. Get the story behind these absurd portraits and how they came to be
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What a Physics Student Can Teach Us About How Visitors Walk Through a Museum
By sketching the movements of people at the Cleveland Art Museum, Andrew Oriani laid the groundwork for some deep insights into how art is appreciated
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A stunning statue at the Cleveland Museum raises concerns about the acquisition of antiquities
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