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In his last ten weeks of life, Vincent Van Gogh experienced a period of unprecedented productivity. A new book compiles paintings produced during that time.

The Woman Who Brought Van Gogh to the World

Art lovers have Vincent van Gogh’s sister-in-law to credit for introducing the impressionist’s work to the world

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Letters

Readers Respond to the September Issue

Big Opportunity

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Letters

For the Dyak people of Borneo, tattoos once commemorated headhunting expeditions.

Looking at the World’s Tattoos

Photographer Chris Rainier travels the globe in search of tattoos and other examples of the urge to embellish our skin

View the 21-minute film, Flooded McDonald's through November 28, 2010, at the Hirshhorn.

What’s Up

Kirk Savage was recently awarded the 2010 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Kirk Savage on the National Mall

Author Kirk Savage talks about the history and aesthetic beauty of our nation’s monumental core

"Happy Birthday Miss Jones" arrests everyone's attention, says collector Spielberg.

From the Castle: Show and Tell

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About the Artist

Of the 14 murals at Holy Trinity Cathedral, only three survived, including The Baptism of Our Lord, by Castera Bazile, and The Last Supper, by Philomé Obin.

About the Smithsonian Institution-Haiti Cultural Recovery Project

About the Smithsonian Institution-Haiti Cultural Recovery Project

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About This Painting

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Readers Respond to the July/August Issue

At American History through fall 2011, more than 50 works are on display in the exhibit "Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn."

What’s Up

Jules Feiffer recently spoke at the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture about photographer Bob Landry's portrait of dancer Fred Astaire.

Q and A: Jules Feiffer

The cartoonist, illustrator, author and playwright reflects on happy memories and the positive side of failure

Against all odds: Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Running Fence, from 1976.

Lest We Forget

"Most people from the Western world would think that imagery is forbidden in Islam and that Islamic art is fact geometry—the arabesque," says Sabiha Al Khemir.

Sabiha Al Khemir on Islam and the West

The museum curator and author predicts that relations between the United States and the Muslim world will improve

"I see it [comedy] changing by having the comedy club come to your house," says comedian George Lopez.

George Lopez on Comedy and Race

The late-night talk show host discusses how America’s changing demographics will affect what makes people laugh

James Cameron, with Sigourney Weaver, Joel Moore and Sam Worthington, is in command on the set of Avatar.

James Cameron on the Future of Cinema

The director of Avatar and Terminator talks about future sequels, 3-D television and Hollywood in 2050

Artists will move beyond the "four walls of established institutions," says Richard Koshalek, director of the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum.

Art’s Bold New Direction

The director of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum predicts how art will engage us as never before

African slaves brought their art of basket weaving to the American South. See samples such as this wave basket through November 28 at African Art.

What’s Up

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