Art & Design

A 2017 congressional committee report singled out this picture of Donald Rumsfeld as one example of the high cost of official portraits. Unveiled in 2010, after Rumsfeld's tenure as secretary of defense had ended, this official image — Rumsfeld's second

Congress Takes A Brush To The Budget, Barring Federal Funds For Portraits

5:50pm March 28, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

President Trump signed the Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act, or EGO Act, into law Tuesday, permanently banning the use of federal funds for painted images of government officials.

The Complex Story Of Civil Rights Photographer Ernest Withers

7:23am March 28, 2018

by Christopher Blank

Fifty years ago, photographer Ernest Withers took an iconic photograph of Memphis sanitation workers on strike. He chronicled the civil rights movement, but was revealed to have been an FBI informant.

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The oil painting Cider Making by William Sidney Mount is on display at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 758.

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A Feast For The Eyes: An Art-Inspired Food Tour At The Met

8:00am March 27, 2018

by Kristen Hartke

An ancient Greek shopping list that reads like a modern text. Broken eggs that signal a "ruined" woman. The food depicted in the Met's collection is ripe with hidden references.

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French Fashion Designer Hubert De Givenchy Dies At 91

12:36pm March 13, 2018

by Neda Ulaby

Hubert de Givenchy has died at 91. He dressed some of the world's most glamorous women including Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Kennedy and Grace Kelly.

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Jasper Johns, pictured in his New York City studio in 1964, was known for transforming common objects like flags, numerals and archery targets into unsettling paintings.

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The Flag Still Flies For Jasper Johns

12:24pm March 13, 2018

by Susan Stamberg

As a major retrospective in Los Angeles shows, the modern American artist got us to take a second look at even common objects like numerals, archery targets and, yes, flags.

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In a full-issue article on Australia that ran in National Geographic in 1916, aboriginal Australians were called "savages" who "rank lowest in intelligence of all human beings." The magazine examines its history of racist coverage in its April issue.

'National Geographic' Reckons With Its Past: 'For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist'

8:52pm March 12, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Before it could publish an issue on race, the magazine first had to look at its own history. "Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless," writes editor Susan Goldberg.

French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy at his design house at the Plaine Monceau in Paris, circa 1955. Givenchy has died at age 91.

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Hubert de Givenchy, Famed Couturier, Dies At 91

11:55am March 12, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Known for designing the little black numbers worn by Audrey Hepburn, a British fashion declared of his first collection: "These dresses remind you of that first, best, glass of champagne."

Doshi's design for Bangalore's Indian Institute of Management was inspired by traditional maze-like Indian cities and temples.

'Architecture Is A Backdrop For Life,' Says 2018 Pritzker Winner Balkrishna Doshi

6:20pm March 07, 2018

by Neda Ulaby

The Indian architect has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, known as the Nobel for architects. His buildings reflect an investment in local materials, social change and the environment.

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A statue of a Native American sitting below Sir Francis Drake and Father Junipero Serra in San Francisco.

San Francisco To Remove 19th Century Statue Critics Say Degrades Native Americans

10:37pm March 05, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

The idea of removing the statute had been debated for decades. It will be replaced by a plaque explaining the rationale for its removal from a site near City Hall.

Erich Berger and Mari Keto have made radioactive jewels, part of their Inheritance Project, that are unwearable by humans — and remain locked in a concrete vault equipped with radiation measurement devices.

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Can Nuclear Power Plants Generate Artistic Inspiration?

10:19am February 27, 2018

by Vincent Ialenti

"Nuclear" artists see motivating muses where others see only grey buildings, drab fences, and white steam piping out of concrete cooling towers, says guest commentator Vincent Ialenti.