'This Machine Kills Fascists': Politics And Music With Billy Bragg
The singer-songwriter is used to speaking and singing out against the rise of authoritarianism.
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R&B Star Raphael Saadiq Explores Addiction And Loss In 'Jimmy Lee'
The former Tony! Toni! Toné! singer confronts dark memories to create his first solo album in eight years.
Margaret Atwood On The Enduring Resonance Of 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Her new book, "The Testaments," is a sequel to the 1985 bestseller.
Artists Take On Global Migration: 'It's Hard To Watch And It's Hard Not To Watch'
An exhibition in Washington, D.C., features some 75 works — paintings, photographs, videos and installations — reflecting on displacement and relocation. Many of the artists are immigrants themselves.
Across Europe, Museums Rethink What To Do With Their African Art Collections
Attitudes toward returning cultural artifacts, often looted during colonization, are changing. In countries like France, Germany and Belgium, the talk has turned to restitution and repatriation.
Crock Of Ages: New Exhibit Reveals Ancient Pottery's Millennia-Long Songs
Sculpture seems like an inherently visual art, but Oliver Beer has made it auditory. He dropped microphones into a mishmash of objects from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to craft an orchestra.
Sculptor Augusta Savage Said Her Legacy Was The Work Of Her Students
Savage was an artist, an educator, an activist and a community leader. Born on Feb. 29, 1892, Savage once said, "I was a Leap Year baby, and it seems to me that I have been leaping ever since."
Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' Is Getting Restored And You Can Watch It Happen Live
Rembrandt's most ambitious painting — the wall-size "The Night Watch" — is getting a tune up. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Petria Noble of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam about the restoration.
The Goal Is To Feel Strong, Says 'Black Panther' Jewelry Designer
Douriean Fletcher made the powerful adornments worn in the 2018 film Black Panther. She's happy to see people "taking chances" with their jewelry — breaking away from the "dainty pair of hoops."
'She Had A Special Energy': Philly Teen Inspires Amy Sherald's 6-Story Mural
Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama still draws crowds to D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery. Now, Sherald has painted 19-year-old Najee Spencer-Young on the wall of a Philadelphia Target.