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Thomas' work puts Black women front and center. "We've been supportive characters for far too long," she says. "I would describe my art as radically shifting notions of beauty by
Visitors to the Dali Museum in Florida can ask the Catalan artist, who died in 1989, questions. The installation uses generative AI to bring his consciousness to life. (Story aired on
In Legacy of Lies, El Salvador 1981-1984, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg documents how U.S. foreign policy fueled a violent 13-year civil war in El Salvador.
An authoritative artist has many rules for his still life painting. Too bad! Because the mouse, the dragon, the knight, and the princess are here to break them in this
In Pittsburgh, entire houses have been converted into individual art installations filled with unusual objects. A new house is now open.
Prokoviev's tale about a young man who captures a wolf is a children's holiday classic. But how to handle stories like this one at a time when capturing a wolf
The final day of election season is coming to an end as polling stations around the U.S. close. See what Election Day looked like across the country.
Trump statues appeared next to sculptures of nude women in Portland and Philadelphia. The plaques bear the title In Honor of a Lifetime of Sexual Assault and quote Trump's Access
Two politically pointed statues have mysteriously appeared in the nation’s capital in the leadup to the election: a pile of poop on the former House speaker's desk and a hand
The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2020, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea market in southern France.
