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Arts & Culture / Art & Artists

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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Finding a $1 Million Painting in the Garbage Is Very Unusual

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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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Finding Home on a Gallery Wall

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Memory Blocks

Artist Gunter Demnig builds a Holocaust memorial one stone at a time

Art for the Masses

“Little Boxes” and Big Ideas

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Red Light Photo

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Van Gogh’s Letters and Drawings

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Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences

Take a look at 37 people under the age of 36 who are shaping the world through their talents in the arts and sciences

"We must have run up and down that street 300 times," recalls co-star Carol Lawrence (with Larry Kert).

West Side Glory

Out of Hell’s Kitchen came an image that would epitomize one of Broadway’s greatest love stories

“He’s changed the whole environment,” a fellow educator says of Gonzalez (at Middle School 223, March 2007). Though many of his students come from poor or unstable homes, “he’s shown that all kids can read, all kids can write.”

Organizing Principal

In the South Bronx, Ramón Gonzalez gives a troubled middle school a kidcentric makeover

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Painting the Edge

With an eye for despoiled landscapes, Lisa Sanditz captures the sublime

With his own record label, Sufjan Stevens is “one of the indie world’s most eccentric and personal songwriters,” says Rolling Stone.

One Man Band

The next Bob Dylan? Maybe. Sufjan Stevens’ honest sound and stark lyrics speak volumes to a new generation. And he plays all the instruments

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