Timeless Tweed
On the Hebrides Isle of Harris, weavers are still producing their sought-after textile
Leonardo’s Horse: A Long Shot Pays Off
500 years late, but 56 hands high
A Passion for the Past
Bertram and Nina Little spent six decades amassing folk art that captures a corner of American history
“Hallelujah, I’m a Bum”
They took to the road in jobless thousands to escape failure, seek work or find a kind of freedom
A Brush with Gold
Sculptures by a modern master using age-old techniques will be on public view for the first time
The Art of Money
Across the globe, the images on a country’s currency offer a window on its culture
How the Bard Won the West
Mountain man Jim Bridger could recite Shakespeare with the best of them
One Under the Sun
With a newly refurbished logo, the Smithsonian reaffirms its unity of purpose
Sharing the Gift of Music
An endowment accompanying rare instruments lets them be heard in performances and on recordings
Pierre Bonnard
The masterful modernist manipulated light, form and focus to create color-strewn scenes of everyday life
The Man Who Dreamed Up Madeline
A dashing nonconformist himself, Ludwig Bemelmans conferred a winning waywardness on his headstrong heroine
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