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Conspicuous Consumption

The spider sculpture Maman by Louise Bourgeois

Anything but Bourgeois

Cave of Pettakere, Bantimurung district (kecamatan), South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Hand stencils estimated between 35,000–40,000 BP

Drawing for Survival

High Art Xerox

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What’s Up

Chinese artworks, wartime bonds and sun gods

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The Gates of Paradise

Panels from the Italian Renaissance sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti tour the U.S. for the first time

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Turning a New Leaf

The story of one man’s fall

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Trunk Show

Even in 1992, Steve McCurry says, Kabul was full of surprises

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Beading the Way

How Joyce Growing Thunder Fogarty created one of the centerpieces for the National Museum of American Indian’s “Identity by Design” exhibition

Alive and Kicking

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Sculpting Her Vision

A photo gallery of Nora Naranjo-Morse’s inspiring outdoor designs

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Viva Erne$to!

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The Kennedys: Portrait of a Family

An excerpt from the new book by Shannon Thomas Perich

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Portrait of the Kennedys

Never-before-published photographs reveal a personal side to the first family

Lithograph. Four Judges

A Farewell to RB Kitaj

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Paper Boon

Ólafur Elíasson's The Weather Project, Turbine Hall of Tate Modern

A Room with a View

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