David Douglas Duncan’s Life photographs captured the courage and anguish of marines in Korea, bringing home the gravity of war
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Born 200 years ago this month, Ralph Waldo Emerson had some strange ideas about the natural world. Recent research suggests they might even be true
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Laura Breitman fashions photo-realist collages out of whole cloth
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A major exhibition and a new ballet bring the renowned artist’s obsession with dance center stage
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The famed writer discusses her childhood, her writing and the importance of family
A new book of photographs by octogenarian Helen Levitt charts her amused view of an ever-evolving New York
Two courageous pioneers showed how a fearsome scourge could be defeated
A new exhibit showcases the neglected, playful sculptures of artist Joan Miró
A new exhibition reconsiders the industrial photographs of Margaret Bourke-White’s early, “rapturous” period
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Homely country togs defined a beloved Grand Ole Opry stalwart
Our photographic collections showcase the world from the seafloor to the stars above
Henry Kissinger’s new book revisits America’s troubled extrication from Indochina
Children’s books by celebrities are as old as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Here are our favorites
As a new exhibition makes clear, these friends and rivals spurred each other to change the course of 20th-century art
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Learning to love complexity
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An exhibition at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. asks: Did his work exploit or advance the American Indian?
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