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Google Doodle Sculpts a Tribute to Pioneering Artist Edmonia Lewis
Celebrate the first day of Black History Month by getting to know the 19th-century sculptor
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New Exhibition Highlights Art Inspired by Standing Rock
Art as a lens to understand the protest
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To Bear Witness to Japanese Internment, One Artist Self-Deported Himself to the WWII Camps
The inhumanity brought on by Executive Order 9066 spurred Isamu Noguchi to action
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A Huge Bronze Hippo in a Tutu Is Coming to Lincoln Center
Her name is Hippo Ballerina, and she’s sure to make theatergoers do a double-take
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This Great Pumpkin Heralds the D.C. Arrival of Yayoi Kusama
The Hirshhorn’s 65-year retrospective boasts six mirror rooms by this hugely popular artist
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For 50 Years, This Swedish City Has Celebrated Christmas Season With a Giant Straw Goat
And most of the time it meets a fiery end
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The Best “Art Meets Science” Books of 2016
Eight sumptuous books from the past year that meet at the intersection of science and art
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Five Colossal Stone Portraits Around the World
Carved out of rock, these massive monuments go beyond Mount Rushmore
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This Whale Sculpture Was Modeled After a Beached Orca
Canadian artist Ken Hall built Legacy based on 3D scans of the skeleton of Hope, an orca that died on the coast of Washington in 2002
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One of Rome’s Most Famous Sculptures Has Been Vandalized
Bernini’s “Elephant and Obelisk” is missing part of its tusk
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A Massive Collection of Cat Art Is up for Auction
The results of an art teacher’s passion project are for sale
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Four Stunning Exhibitions From Scotland’s Recently Closed Inverleith House
After 30 years, funding cuts caused one of Edinburgh’s most popular public art galleries to shut its doors
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The Last Living Carver of Mount Rushmore Reflects on the Monument at 75
The 95-year-old looks back at the colossal effort that went into making the American masterpiece
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This $1.4 Million “Bird” Makes an African-American Art Collection Soar to New Heights
With his first major contemporary acquisition, the Detroit Institute of Arts’ new director is reinvigorating the museum
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Italian Preservationists Save 900 Artworks From the Ruins of Earthquake-Struck Amatrice
The “Blue Helmets” spent months scouring rubble for priceless pieces
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In the visual arts exhibition the tone and the ambience suddenly shift
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The Sordid History of Mount Rushmore
The sculptor behind the American landmark had some unseemly ties to white supremacy groups
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Inside the 9/11 Museum’s First Art Show
The exhibit marks the 15th anniversary of the attacks
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These Mesmerizing Paper Sculptures Explore Nature’s Mirrored Structures
Artist Matt Shlian folds, cuts and glues paper to create faceted and curved works of art
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