Arts & Culture

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Subway Spy

Walker Evans' underground-breaking photographs resurface for the centennial of New York City's rapid transit system

For the 2005 Festival of China, artist Cai Guo-Qiang created a fireworks display over  the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.

Art That Goes Boom

The works of Cai Guo-Qiang, director of visual effects for the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympic Games, truly sizzle

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

Cleaning Picasso

The artist's groundbreaking Les Demoiselles d'Avignon gets a face lift from experts at New York's Museum of Modern Art

Powell, Wyoming

For Sale By Owners

Threatened by megastores and a shuttered local chain, a Wyoming town revives Main Street by giving power to the people

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Lee Bontecou's Brave New World

A star of the 1960s art scene returns with a triumphant exhibition of futuristic works

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Man of Action

An eccentric photographer and a racehorse made history one day in 1878. The world would never look the same

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Point, Shoot, Submit

Our new and improved photo contest swings into gear

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Impressionism's American Childe

A new exhibition of works by Childe Hassam, a pioneering interpreter of the French style, highlights his "incorrigibly joyous" break with the past

Left-right: Zola Budd, Mary Decker, Maricica Puică, 3000 m, 1984 Olympics

Fallen Star

When Mary Decker crashed to the ground at the Los Angeles Olympics 20 years ago this month, a young photographer was there to catch the anguish

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Token of Appreciation

A grateful Pomo Indian's gift to a friend exemplifies the brightest form of Native American artistry

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Walden's Ripple Effect

One hundred fifty years after its publication, Henry David Thoreau's meditation remains the ultimate self-help book

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What is This Thing Called Love?

A new movie explores composer Cole Porter's consummate musical gifts and his remarkable, unorthodox marriage

Adirondack chair

Everybody Take A Seat

Comfort for the masses? Or a tacky blight? Seemingly overnight, the one-piece plastic chair has become a world fixture. Can you stand it?

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Dazzle by the Dozen

A 1947 portrait by the renowned Irving Penn broke the fashion mold and celebrated an elegance all too rare today

Pete Seeger, 1986.

"All Music Is Folk Music"

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings may soon be coming to a computer near you

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Treasure Trove

Our first ever photo contest yields a rich and various bounty

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The Wizard of Odd

Illusionist Ricky Jay, a keeper of magic's secrets, conjures up a dirty deal in TV's "Deadwood"

Back to Nature

Artist Steve Tobin turns organic forms into sculpture

A Love Letter Set to Music

The night a teenager met the girl of his dreams 50 years ago, the stars were bright above

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Tons of Talent

Picking the winner of our first photo contest required a bit of heavy lifting

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