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Hang-ups are an occupational hazard
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Following a debilitating stroke, the incomparable jazz pianist Oscar Peterson had to start over
The author of the Life of Samuel Johnson spent much of his own life trying to escape the country of his birth
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Channel Islands Foxes; Eddie Grant…
Readers respond to the October issue
![Alan Grant photographed Jayne Mansfield in 1957 in her Hollywood swimming pool, among hot-water bottles in her image, which now fetch hundreds of dollars each on Internet auction sites. "I could have been a multimillionare [if I'd saved some]," jokes Grant.](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/dk1woMhT-vNrP1gQCbWGcXSnrE8=/450x300/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/slices_pool.jpg)
From Hollywood to Buchenwald, and Manhattan to the Kalahari, the magazine pioneered photojournalism as we know it. A new book shows how
But the boy who never grew up shows no signs of getting old
Walker Evans’ underground-breaking photographs resurface for the centennial of New York City’s rapid transit system
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The works of Cai Guo-Qiang, director of visual effects for the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympic Games, truly sizzle
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The artist’s groundbreaking Les Demoiselles d’Avignon gets a face lift from experts at New York’s Museum of Modern Art
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Threatened by megastores and a shuttered local chain, a Wyoming town revives Main Street by giving power to the people
Lee Bontecou’s Brave New World
A star of the 1960s art scene returns with a triumphant exhibition of futuristic works
An eccentric photographer and a racehorse made history one day in 1878. The world would never look the same
Our new and improved photo contest swings into gear
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
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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
A grateful Pomo Indian’s gift to a friend exemplifies the brightest form of Native American artistry
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
A 1947 portrait by the renowned Irving Penn broke the fashion mold and celebrated an elegance all too rare today
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