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The new mural of Roy Orbison in Vernon, Texas.

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  • Arts & Life

A Biden Cabinet Secretary For Arts? Advocates Are Hopeful

The arts employ nearly five million people in America, but advocates say President Trump's record of support for arts and humanities has been mixed. Will that change under the Biden administration?

January 07, 2021
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Tanya Roberts at the 2006 TV Land awards in Santa Monica, Calif. She died Monday evening.

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  • Television

Actor Tanya Roberts Dies At 65 After Premature Announcements

Tanya Roberts died Monday after representatives mistakenly announced she'd died earlier, then retracted their statements. She's known for TV's Charlie's Angels and That '70s Show and as a "Bond Girl."

January 06, 2021
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  • Ted Robbins
The final restoration project by the nonprofit Advancing Women Artists group features works by Violante Ferroni, an 18th century prodigy about whom little is known today.

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  • World

'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists

A nonprofit has identified 2,000 works by women artists that had been stashed in Italy's public museums and damp churches. It's also supported restoration of 70 works from the 16th to 20th centuries.

January 02, 2021
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
French designer Pierre Cardin has died at age 98. Here, the member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts is seen in 2016, at the end of a fashion show marking 70 years of his creations at the Institut de France in Paris.

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  • Arts & Life

Pierre Cardin, French Fashion Designer, Dies At 98

The son of Italian immigrants worked with luminaries such as filmmaker Jean Cocteau and designer Christian Dior before launching his own line.

December 29, 2020
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  • Bill Chappell and
  • Andrew Limbong
The Lost and Found outdoor art exhibit asks residents to consider the question: What have you lost, and what have you found in 2020?

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  • Arts & Life

It Used To Be Just A Fence. It Became A Tribute To Things Lost And Found In 2020

A community art exhibit in suburban Maryland asked residents to consider a simple question: What have you lost, and what have you found in 2020?

December 26, 2020
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  • Samantha Balaban
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  • Art & Design

DIY During Quarantine. What Could Go Wrong? Plenty

Stay-at-home orders have inspired many people to take on do-it-yourself projects and tackle their own home repairs, but sometimes a tool box and YouTube videos aren't enough to prevent disasters.

December 26, 2020
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  • Global Health

11 Original NPR Comics That Brought Joy, Hope And Help During The Pandemic

In 2020, NPR created and published more than a dozen comics for the pandemic — everything from how to explain it to kids to how to help the older people in your life.

December 23, 2020
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  • Malaka Gharib
The FBI building in downtown Washington, D.C. — Utah Sen. Mike Lee describes it as looking like "an abandoned set from <em>The Hunger Games</em>."

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  • Architecture

'Ugly,' 'Discordant': New Executive Order Takes Aim At Modern Architecture

President Trump upset the architectural world in February when he proposed an executive order mandating traditional, classical architecture for new federal buildings. That order is now a reality.

December 22, 2020
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Frits Thaulow, <em>Cottages in the Snow</em>, 1891

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  • Fine Art

These Artists Will Change Your Mind About Winter

If you'd prefer to experience the charms of winter from a safe (and warm) distance, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has some beautiful snowy scenes for you to admire.

December 21, 2020
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  • Susan Stamberg
A scene from <em>Priya's Mask</em>, a new comic book and animated film that tackles the challenges around the pandemic. It's the latest installment of the Indian superhero series <em>Priya. </em>

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  • Children's Health

India's Female Superhero And Her Flying Tiger Are Out To Fight The Pandemic

'Priya's Mask' is the latest in the Indian superhero comic series. This time out, she's trying to get important info to young people — and to stop a superspreading villain.

December 21, 2020
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  • Sandip Roy
Konstance Patton's mural in New York City.<strong> </strong>

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  • Arts & Life

The Art Of An Uprising: Paint And Plywood Memorialize George Floyd

Artists inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement have created images that have lasted even as protests have faded. Who are they? And how will this iconic art be preserved?

December 20, 2020
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  • Babette Thomas
"Dumpster Fire 2020," a greeting card from McBitterson's, is one of the several blunt seasonal options offered by Chandra Greer's stationery shop.

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  • Art & Design

OH OH OH! Joyful Holiday Cards That Don't Shy Away From A Tough Year

Offering "charming" and "cheeky" greetings, Chandra Greer, owner of stationery company Greer Chicago, is selling holiday cards specifically designed to speak to a tumultuous year.

December 13, 2020
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  • Scott Simon and
  • Emma Bowman
Republican Sen. Mike Lee, seen at a 2015 event, said the Smithsonian doesn't need "an array of segregated, separate-but-equal museums for hyphenated identity groups."

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  • Arts & Life

Sen. Mike Lee Blocks Legislation For Latino, Women's Museums

In a move that infuriated supporters of museums to be dedicated to Latinos and women on the National Mall, the Republican senator blocked legislation Thursday that would lead to the creation of both.

December 11, 2020
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Bob Gruen calls this 1970 photograph of Tina Turner "one of the best pictures I've ever taken."

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  • Photography

Cameras, Chaos And Cognac: How Bob Gruen Photographed The Spirit Of Rock 'N' Roll

Gruen has photographed countless rock stars, including the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner and John Lennon. "For me, rock 'n' roll is all about freedom," he says.

December 08, 2020
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  • Dave Davies
Children climb a tree on the grounds of a school in La Rivera Hernandez, a neighborhood in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, that is notorious for high levels of violence in a city that has some of the highest homicide rates in the world.

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  • Photography

PHOTOS: Despite War And Violence, Kids Still Find 'Moments Of Playfulness'

Photojournalist Danielle Villasana shares images from 'Entitlements,' a new exhibit that showcases the resilience and perseverance of children living through war and conflict around the world.

December 06, 2020
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  • Rosemary Misdary
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