Art
Minding the "Milkstone"
When works of art are pollen and rice, and even milk, the Hirshhorn Museum gives them extra-special care
You, Too, Can Be a Rembrandt
The 1950s paint-by-number craze turned everyone into an instant artist. Critics were contemptuous, but even the President's men were doing it
William Merritt Chase
Praised by critics, admired by colleagues and respected by students, the distinguished 19th-century artist produced paintings and pastels of gentle beauty
The Twigman Cometh
If Patrick Dougherty shows up in town, he's there to make art - with a twist - out of sticks
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Art Nouveau
The exuberant fin de siècle style is celebrated in a sweeping exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington
Imagining the Orient
A new exhibition explores the potent mystique of the Near East and its sway on American Art and Culture
Waterlogging
After more than a century on the bottom of Lake Superior, a sunken treasure of old-growth wood comes alive again
Tickling the Sky
Israeli designer Doron Gazit has harnessed the wind to create immense visual surprises and a whole new form of art
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"The Stormy Petrel of American Art"
Rockwell Kent was a master of bucolic landscapes, but his contentious politics earned him the nickname
Rescue and Restoration
Saving major works of art from decay
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Beirut Rises from the Ashes
After surviving a civil war, the city is once again a mecca for artists, a landscape covered with architecture and a wonderland of discoveries
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A Unique Home for Cutting-edge Art
MASS MoCA, the nation's newest and largest center for the contemporary arts, has brought a blue-collar New England town back to the future
Martin Johnson Heade: An American Original
A master of light, atmosphere and mood, the 19th-century artist is now recognized as one of this country's great Romantic painters
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An Act of Faith and the Restorer's Art
Just two years after a devastating earthquake, the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi reopens its doors
The Many Faces of Gustave Moreau
The 19th-century French painter infused his diverse works with exoticism and poetic imagination
The Resurrection of the Stones
Rising stark against the night sky, spectral ruins recall the wealth and power of Britain's once-great monasteries
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Beyond the Blue: The Art of Maxfield Parrish
A master of make-believe, he enchanted millions with his own vision of paradise
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