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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

The book cover of "Zoobiquity" by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D., and Katherine Bowers.

Chip Kidd

Chip Kidd, a graphic designer and author, received a 2007 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for one of his innovative book covers

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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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Hill of Beans

For author Julia Alvarez and her husband, starting an organic coffee plantation was a wake-up call

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Finding Home on a Gallery Wall

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For Hire: Master Brewer

A few rounds with beermaker Will Meyers

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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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Stepping Up

Even as he travels the world, dancer and hip-hopper Marc Bamuthi Joseph has stayed close to his musical roots

“I do think there’s a lot of good writing now on TV,” says Ruhl. “I loved ‘Six Feet Under,’ for example. But writing plays is my first passion. So far, I’m very happy in the theater.”

Wild Woman

Playwright Sarah Ruhl speaks softly and carries a big kick

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Painting the Edge

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

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