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    Inauguration Day: Live Updates
    The inauguration kolam project is "not just a welcoming of a new administration. It's this idea that so many people came together with all of their stories," says Sowmya Somnath, one of the organizers.
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    In D.C., A Traditional South Indian Welcome Awaits Joe Biden And Kamala Harris

    Jan 20, 2021
    With 1,800 pieces submitted by the public, volunteers are putting together a kolam, a traditional South Indian art form used as a sign of welcome.
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    South Asian Artists' Designs Welcome New Administration To White House

    Jan 20, 2021
    Volunteers created an inauguration kolam, a traditional South Asian art form of geometric patterns, to welcome President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris to the White House.
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    Art & Design
    American and Mexican families play with a seesaw installation at the border near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in July 2019. London's Design Museum recognized the project with an award for best design of 2020.
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    Seesaws Built On U.S. Border Wall Win Prestigious Design Prize

    Jan 19, 2021
    "We are hopeful for change and that we start building more bridges instead of walls," says Ronald Rael, one of the designers of the project.
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    Art Where You're At
    Emma Amos, <em>Identity</em>, 2006
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    Emma Amos Died Just Before Her Retrospective But Her Art Is Alive As Ever

    Jan 13, 2021
    For six decades Amos explored race and gender in prints, paintings and fabrics. She died at 83 from complications of Alzheimer's but she knew that the Georgia Museum of Art show was in the works.
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    Television
    Actor Tanya Roberts at the 2006 TV Land awards in Santa Monica, Calif. She died Monday evening.
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    Actress Tanya Roberts Dies At 65, After Premature Announcements

    Jan 05, 2021
    Actress Tanya Roberts died Monday after representatives mistakenly announced she'd died earlier, then retracted their statements.
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    World
    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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    'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists

    Jan 02, 2021
    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.
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    Arts & Life
    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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    Pierre Cardin, French Fashion Designer, Dies At 98

    Dec 29, 2020
    The son of Italian immigrants worked with luminaries such as filmmaker Jean Cocteau and designer Christian Dior before launching his own line.
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    Movie Reviews

    'Soul' Surprises With Its Messages About Finding Purpose

    Dec 27, 2020
    Pixar's new film stars Jamie Foxx as a jazz musician whose soul gets separated from his body. The animated feature explores themes of music and transformation.
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    Goats and Soda
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    11 Original NPR Comics That Brought Joy, Hope And Help During The Pandemic

    Dec 23, 2020
    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.
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    Architecture
    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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    'Ugly,' 'Discordant': New Executive Order Takes Aim At Modern Architecture

    Dec 21, 2020
    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.
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    Goats and Soda
    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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    India's Female Superhero And Her Flying Tiger Are Out To Fight The Pandemic

    Dec 21, 2020
    '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.
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    Art Where You're At
    Frits Thaulow, <em>Cottages in the Snow</em>, 1891
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    These Artists Will Change Your Mind About Winter

    Dec 21, 2020
    If you'd prefer to experience the charms of winter from a safe (and warm) distance, Boston's Museum of Fine Art has some beautiful snowy scenes for you to admire.
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    Arts & Life
    Konstance Patton's mural in New York City.<strong> </strong>
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    The Art of an Uprising: Paint and Plywood Memorialize George Floyd

    Dec 20, 2020
    Artists inspired by the Black Live Matter movement have created images that have lasted even as protests have faded. Who are they? And how will this iconic art be preserved?
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    Art & Design
    "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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    OH OH OH! Joyful Holiday Cards That Don't Shy Away From A Tough Year

    Dec 13, 2020
    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.
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    Arts & Life
    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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    Sen. Mike Lee Blocks Legislation For Latino, Women's Museums

    Dec 11, 2020
    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.
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    Photography
    Bob Gruen calls this 1970 photograph of Tina Turner "one of the best pictures I've ever taken."
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    Cameras, Chaos And Cognac: How Bob Gruen Photographed The Spirit Of Rock 'N' Roll

    Dec 08, 2020
    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.
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    Goats and Soda
    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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    PHOTOS: Despite War And Violence, Kids Still Find 'Moments Of Playfulness'

    Dec 06, 2020
    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.
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    Art Where You're At
    José Clemente Orozco, <em>Rear Guard,</em> 1929, lithograph. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase with funds from the Cullen Foundation, the Friends of the McNay, Charles Butt, Margaret Pace Willson, and Jane and Arthur Stieren
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    'The Three Greats' Of Mexican Modernism Fought Tyranny With Art

    Dec 03, 2020
    Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros — Los Tres Grandes — are the focus of an exhibition at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas.
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    Book Reviews
    <em>Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation,</em> by Reid Mitenbuler
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    'Wild Minds' Traces The Origins Of Animation — From Blackton And McCay To Disney

    Dec 02, 2020
    Author Reid Mitenbuler's real target is a quintessentially American story of daring ambition, personal re-invention, and the eternal tug-of-war of between art and business.
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    The Picture Show
    Diego Maradona celebrating Argentina victory of World Cup at Azteca stadium, Mexico City, World Cup 1986.
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    Photos: Remembering Maradona, Latin America's Patron Saint Of The Pitch

    Nov 25, 2020
    Plus: NPR's Latino staffers share their memories of the Argentine soccer legend.
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    Arts & Life
    Joe Bryant, a 12-year-old superfan of German pro soccer, visted Weser Stadium in Bremen a year ago to show off his recreation of Werder Bremen's home field.
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    Lego Wunderkind Wows With His Intricate Models Of German Soccer Stadiums

    Nov 21, 2020
    Joe Bryant, a 12-year-old fanatic of the German pro soccer league, has been building detailed reconstructions of their arenas out of the tiny bricks without the help of blueprints.
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    Sheepless In Seattle

    Nov 20, 2020
    Late Night with Seth Meyers' Karen Chee and illustrator Jonny Sun play a game about romantic movies and animals. Try playing at home by developing a crush on that anthropomorphic fox from Zootopia!
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    TED Radio Hour
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    Alyssa Loorya: What Can A 300-Year Old Farmhouse Tell Us About Metropolitan New York?

    Nov 13, 2020
    In the heart of urban Brooklyn, a 300-year old farmhouse still stands. Archaeologist Alyssa Loorya explains how artifacts found at the site trace the life cycles of New York City--from 1720 to today.
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    Marwa Al-Sabouni: How Can The Architecture Of A City Play A Role In War?

    Nov 13, 2020
    Architect Marwa Al-Sabouni says French colonial design segregated Syria's cities and laid the groundwork for division and civil war. The future of the country may depend on how it decides to rebuild.
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    Kotchakorn Voraakhom: How Can We Better Design Cities To Fight Floods?

    Nov 13, 2020
    Thai landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom designed a way to offset flooding in Bangkok by designing a park with underground tanks. She says her design can protect delta cities that are sinking.
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