The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History owns a pair of Dorothy’s shoes that have gradually lost their luster and begun to deteriorate.
October 20, 2016
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102 Latin American Works Gifted to the Museum of Modern Art
In addition to the historic gift, the museum will establish a center for the study of modern art from Latin America.
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A Lost 1920s Robot Is Reconstructed in London
The UK’s first robot, Eric, disappeared after his debut, but the Science Museum has created a working replica.
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Second Coming of Beast Jesus Spotted in Canada [UPDATED]
After vandals stole baby Jesus’s head off a sculpture, a local artist replaced it — with disconcerting results.
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A Visual Artist Creates Lyrical, Linear Poetry
There is something about a line that is eternal, not because we wish it so, but rather because in separating the light from the dark, we make a passage through all the sundry reasons to lie still and accept what you have been given.
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A Visit to the CIA’s “Secret” Abstract Art Collection
The CIA’s abstract art collection isn’t as “secret” as a series of articles made it seem—but it’s more politically significant than it appears, and there are still unanswered questions. Here, photographs of the collection are accessible to the public for the first time.
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Benedict Cumberbatch Passionately Reads Sol LeWitt’s Famous Letter to Eva Hesse
Reading the letter on stage, the Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning actor Benedict Cumberbatch practically foams at the mouth.
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Painting, Performing, and Deconstructing the Body
Jordan Casteel, EJ Hill, and Jibade-Khalil Huffman all use their work to explore the body, whether the subject’s, the artist’s, or the spectator’s.
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A Guide to Urban Havens in NYC, from a Quaker Meeting House to a Bird-Watching Refuge
The National Park Service and the Cultural Landscape Foundation launch a guide to New York City’s cultural landscapes as part of a series on urban design.
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Learn About Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s MFA Experience
The Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s MFA program includes five separate fine arts disciplines: 2D Fine Arts, 3D Fine Arts, Film/Video, and Photography.
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A Photographer of Unsettlingly Mundane, Lynchian Images
Roe Ethridge combines a commercial photography practice with his personal life to create diquieting images.
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An Artist Who Cultivates Deadly Plants and Photographs Them
Matthew M. Kaelin takes pictures of carnivorous plants to highlight their beautiful and fatal details.
