Joseph Cornell turned his obsession with a prima ballerina into art
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 reaches his bicentennial; here’s why his poems became perennial
This month a special collection representing most of Africa’s major artistic traditions goes spectacularly on view
Amid the horrors of World War I, a corps of artists brought hope to soldiers disfigured in the trenches
A list of events and exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution
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
Inside the little-known, action-packed world of Muay Thai boxing
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