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El Peso Hero saves civilians in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol in a special edition of Héctor Rodríguez's self-published comic book series. The 18-page issue is free, with text in English, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian.

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  • Arts & Life

Mexican American superhero saves Ukrainian civilians in comic book issue

Fed up with Mexico's non-interventionist policy after Russia invaded Ukraine, Héctor Rodríguez sends his Mexican American superhero to Mariupol in the latest issue of the series.

April 06, 2022
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  • Olivia Hampton
Beauford Delaney's last known self-portrait. The then-70-year-old Delaney portrays himself as wide-eyed, lithe and youthful, and clad in African attire not unlike that of a Maasai warrior. It is the only known self-portrait canvas in which Delaney presents himself full-figure.

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  • Race

Knoxville and Paris make plans for Beauford Delaney's art to get its due

Knoxville, Tenn. is building a museum for the works of Beauford and Joseph Delaney.

April 05, 2022
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  • Ambriehl Crutchfield
Early opera recordings on wax cylinders 1900–1904, recorded by Lionel Mapleson.

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  • Arts & Life

Mystery recordings will now be heard for the first time in about 100 years

The New York Public Library recently received a machine that will read cracked and scratched wax cylinders — which include some of the earliest recorded audio.

April 05, 2022
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
Several pyramids in the morning light in the royal burial grounds in Meroe, Sudan.

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  • Arts & Life

Chester Higgins' camera brings a 360 degree view to Black life

Acclaimed African-American photographer Chester Higgins has made dozens of trips to Africa since the 1970's to document the continent's history and culture. Now 75, he has no plans on slowing down.

April 01, 2022
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  • Jon Kalish
Visitor experiencing Yayoi Kusama's<em> Infinity Mirrored Room—My Heart Is Dancing into the Universe</em> (2018), part of the 2022 exhibition<em> One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection </em>at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

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  • Fine Art

Dots all, folks—at the Hirshhorn, artist Yayoi Kusama immerses viewers in infinity

Yayoi Kusama, the 93-year-old Japanese artist, is famous for her immersive infinity rooms. Starting April 1, the Hirshhorn in D.C. will be displaying two of these dazzling works.

April 01, 2022
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  • Susan Stamberg
Rapper Andrew Hean, whose family owned a donut shop in California, is pictured in a silkscreen print on a donut box by artist Phung Huynh.

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  • Art & Design

Pink donut boxes are canvas for artist portraying kids of Cambodian-American refugees

Artist Phung Huynh incorporates pink donut boxes into her portraits of young Cambodian-Americans who grew up in their family donut stores in Southern California.

March 22, 2022
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  • Neda Ulaby
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In Iraq's Mosul, art springs up from ruins almost 5 years after the ouster of ISIS

This vibrant street art is a sign of the spirited rebuilding going on in the northern Iraqi city, after ISIS was defeated in 2017.

March 20, 2022
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  • Jason Beaubien
Some of the vendors at the Broadway Makers Marketplace, which carries their handmade goods

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  • Theater

At the Broadway Makers Marketplace, theater fans find both crafts and community

A pop-up shop in a New York subway station is home to all things Broadway: memorabilia, live performances and handmade goods created by fans. Now, the shop's owners hope to find a permanent home.

March 19, 2022
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  • Jeff Lunden
Statues wrapped in protective materials stand in Lviv's old quarter in western Ukraine. Officials are taking precautions to protect statues from being destroyed in Russian attacks.

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  • World

Ukraine scrambles to protect artifacts and monuments from Russian attack

On top of the humanitarian crisis, Ukrainians worry about Russian destruction of cultural heritage sites. In Lviv, they're wrapping statues in fireproof material to protect them from Russian bombs.

March 15, 2022
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  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Claire Harbage
Diébédo Francis Kéré, this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize winner.

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  • Architecture

For the first time in its history, architecture's top award goes to a Black architect

The 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize honors Diébédo Francis Kéré, who comes from a village with no school in Burkina Faso. He has designed primary schools for "many children to be happy and learn."

March 15, 2022
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  • Neda Ulaby
Installation view of Joseph Wright of Derby's <em>An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump</em>, in "Science and the Sublime: A Masterpiece by Joseph Wright of Derby."

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  • Fine Art

A mad scientist and his bird in a bubble: The story behind a peculiar painting

The Los Angeles-area Huntington Museum and London's National Gallery are swapping two paintings: Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy for Joseph Wright of Derby's An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump.

March 15, 2022
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  • Susan Stamberg
Valeriya Kamelkova, artist and sculptor, illustrates the Russian flag and a pool of blood.

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  • Art & Design

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

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.

March 14, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
The Kennedy Center joins other U.S. sites illuminating their buildings in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

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  • Arts & Life

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

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.

March 04, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Rubble and a damaged vehicle is seen across the street from the Kyiv TV Tower on Wednesday.

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  • Arts & Life

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

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.

March 03, 2022
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  • Andrew Limbong
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.

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  • Arts & Life

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

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.

March 01, 2022
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  • Neda Ulaby
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