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Martin Ramirez

Chart showing the increase in autism diagnosis

Aut Couture

Colored Sand and Gunpowder

For The Birds

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Tool Time

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Vanished Drawings

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The Biggest Guggenheim Ever

Cornell's 1946 construction, an homage to the ballerina Tamara Toumanova, incorporated feathers from her costumes.

Pas de Deux

Joseph Cornell turned his obsession with a prima ballerina into art

Rossetti identified the subject of his Lady Lilith painting as Adam's first wife—"the witch he loved before the gift of Eve." The work (1866-68) was altered in 1872-73 to please patron Frederick Leyland. The original model was Rossetti's lover Fanny Cornforth.

Incurably Romantic

For much of the 20th century, Britain’s Pre-Raphaelite were dismissed as overly sentimental. A new exhibition shows why they’re back in favor

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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Out of Africa

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

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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What’s Up

A list of events and exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution

Richard Conniff has made six trips to Africa since 1996.

Harvesting Tourists

In this Q & A, Richard Conniff, author of “Death in Happy Valley,” argues that tourism, not cattle-ranching, would be a better use of Kenyan land

Bahb trains in the ring at Saktaywan Boxing Gym with the head trainer, Ajarn Sit (Ajarn means "teacher").

Thailand’s Fight Club

Inside the little-known, action-packed world of Muay Thai boxing

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