Art & Design

Valeriya Kamelkova, artist and sculptor, illustrates the Russian flag and a pool of blood.

These Ukrainian artists capture the country's spirit and the war's toll

5:00am March 14, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

As Russian forces continue attacking Ukraine, Ukrainian artists have been visualizing the resilience of their nation and how their lives have been turned upside down by war.

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Ukrainians work to protect historic monuments from Russian bombs

5:46pm March 12, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

Over half of Ukraine's UNESCO-protected monuments are in the western city of Lviv. To protect them, city officials are wrapping statues in fireproof material and hiding artifacts in bunkers.

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Ukrainian artists stretch their creativity to continue making art during war

9:18am March 12, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Ukrainian artists have had to become creative in the ways they express themselves through their art during the war.

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The making of the Cartography Project, a work honoring victims of racial violence

5:17pm March 06, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with artists Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Liz Gre about The Cartography Project — a multi-year art commission that explores the effects of racial violence.

The Kennedy Center joins other U.S. sites illuminating their buildings in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

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The Kennedy Center and other sites light up their buildings to support Ukraine

5:32pm March 04, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

The colors of the Ukrainian flag illuminated buildings across the U.S. and the rest of the world. In Washington, D.C., the Kennedy Center and in New York, Lincoln Center were awash in yellow and gold.

Rubble and a damaged vehicle is seen across the street from the Kyiv TV Tower on Wednesday.

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Ukrainian heritage is in peril. The Smithsonian hopes to rescue what it can

5:52pm March 03, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

The Smithsonian Institution says it is in touch with contacts inside Ukraine who specialize in rescuing and preserving cultural heritage sites in times of crisis.

Dragon blood tree at Diksam Plateau, on Yemen's Socotra Island. It's one of the sites included on the 2022 Watch from the World Monuments Fund.

Sites in Beirut, Benghazi and Brownsville, Texas, make a most-endangered list

11:23am March 01, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Beirut's historic city center and the traditional territory of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas are among 25 places listed by World Monument Watch as in urgent need of preservation.

Models walk the runway at the Tom Ford spring/summer 2022 fashion show at Lincoln Center during New York Fashion Week on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021.

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From Tumblrcore to 2014core, the nostalgia loop is getting smaller and faster

8:37am March 01, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Wired headphones are among the artifacts from the past decade making recent "nostalgic" comebacks. Fashion once moved in 20 year cycles but the nostalgia loop is getting smaller and faster,

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Kandinsky painting that was auctioned during WWII is returned to Jewish heirs

6:44am March 01, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

The 1909 painting was just one of a treasured art collection inherited by Robert Lewenstein and his wife Irma Klein, But the pair were forced to sell it in October 1940 as they fled the Nazis.

Left to right: Xyenz Fyxion, Asante Amin, and Aidah Z. M.

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Reflecting on the power of affirmations for Black History Month

7:01am February 26, 2022

by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

Daily affirmations can highlight traits we already possess or summon who or what we aspire to be. Photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn says they're an important part of a larger self-care routine.