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Native Artists in the Limelight

At the American Indian Museum in NYC, curators paint eight decades of American Indian artwork back into the picture

Marcel Duchamp Played With the Definition of Art

Art connoisseurs Aaron and Barbara Levine amassed a formidable body of the artist’s works; they'd like nothing better than for you to see it

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At the centennial of the death of this captive animal, an archaeozoologist visited collections at the Smithsonian to examine human-animal relationships

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The Mystery of the Devil’s Corkscrews

Smithsonian paleontologist Hans-Dieter Sues tells the tale of a fossil find that bedeviled early 20th-century researchers

A Great Wave of Hokusai

The Freer Gallery—home to the largest collection of the popular Japanese artist’s paintings—unveils 120 rarely seen works

Native Artists in the Limelight — Native Artists in the Limelight

At the American Indian Museum in NYC, curators paint eight decades of American Indian artwork back into the picture

Marcel Duchamp Played With the Definition of Art — Marcel Duchamp Played With the Definition of Art

Art connoisseurs Aaron and Barbara Levine amassed a formidable body of the artist’s works; they'd like nothing better than for you to see it

Why Zebras Will Never Be Work Animals — Why Zebras Will Never Be Work Animals

At the centennial of the death of this captive animal, an archaeozoologist visited collections at the Smithsonian to examine human-animal relationships

A Salute to "Christmas Rappin'" — A Salute to "Christmas Rappin'"

In a 40-year salute to "Christmas Rappin,'" hip-hop chronicler Bill Adler tells the tale of how the famous rap recording came to life

December's Smithsonian Associates Events

The Mystery of the Devil’s Corkscrews — The Mystery of the Devil’s Corkscrews

Smithsonian paleontologist Hans-Dieter Sues tells the tale of a fossil find that bedeviled early 20th-century researchers

A Great Wave of Hokusai — A Great Wave of Hokusai

The Freer Gallery—home to the largest collection of the popular Japanese artist’s paintings—unveils 120 rarely seen works

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