At a time when women were defined by their husbands and judged by the quality of their housework, Margaret Bourke-White set the standard for photojournalism and expanded the possibilities of being female. (Self-Portrait, 1943, Margaret Bourke-White, 19 1/8" x 15 1/4" Vintage gelatin silver print from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection)

A Life Less Ordinary

One of Life magazine’s original four photographers, Margaret Bourke-White snapped shots around the world

"War Thoughts at Home" is only one small part of a much larger research project, says Stilling.

Frost Bite

A recently discovered poem by Robert Frost has brought fame—and controversy—to an English student

Many artists throughout history, including Van Gogh, Cellini, and Michelangelo, have led lives worthy of tabloid headlines.

Artists Behaving Badly

Temperamental masters of the art world

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What’s Up

Visual music, Macbeth and people wearing hats

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Comic Phyllis Diller’s Cabinet Keeps the Jokes Coming

The stand up comic’s archive holds a lifetime of proven punch lines

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Operatic Entrance

As Paris feted Queen Elizabeth II, photographer Bert Hardy found a circumstance to match her pomp

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. Picture taken by Hubble

Dwarf Galaxies Caught Speeding

Milky Way Revised

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Saul Steinberg at Morgan Library

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That Seahorse-Shaped Space in Our Brain

Frank Gehry's Louis Vuitton design

Art in Glass Houses

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Martin Ramirez

Colored Sand and Gunpowder

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New Book Canvasses Contemporary Artists

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Vanished Drawings

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The Biggest Guggenheim Ever

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Martín Ramírez (1895-1963): Who’s He?

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What’s Up

A list of events and exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution

Sculptors and artists designed lifelike masks for gravely wounded soldiers.

World War I: 100 Years Later

Faces of War

Amid the horrors of World War I, a corps of artists brought hope to soldiers disfigured in the trenches

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Out of Africa

This month a special collection €“representing most of Africa’s major artistic traditions €“goes spectacularly on view

Longfellow is only the second writer to grace a U.S. stamp more than once.

Famous Once Again

Longfellow reaches his bicentennial; here’s why his poems became perennial

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