Celebrating Resistance
The curator of a portrait exhibition discusses how African Americans used photography to resist stereotypes
Protecting the Priceless
How one retired Army Reserve Major taught soldiers to save artworks and antiquities during wartime
Portraits of Resistance
The inaugural show of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Being Funny
How the pathbreaking comedian got his act together
Looting Iraq
No one was prepared for the pillaging of Baghdad’s Iraq Museum in 2003, but Marine officer Col. Matthew Bogdanos, improvised an investigation
Making History
The Dirt on Mud
Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks donated mementos to the American History museum, including his trademark cowboy hat, a gold record and a handwritten lyric sheet
Breuer Chair, 1926
Marcel Breuer’s Bauhaus minimalism redefined a household basic
Aerosol Art
Largely dismissed as vandalism, graffiti migrates from city streets and subway cars into major galleries
From the Castle
Barcoding 101
Gaga Over a Gargoyle
From Margaret Bourke-White to Annie Leibovitz, photographers have scaled dizzying heights to frame the perfect prop
Letters
Readers Respond to the December Issue
Bound and Determined
Reflecting on resistance
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