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Tanya Karina, a resident artist at the House of Yes, was in Texas waiting to perform at South by Southwest when the news broke about the severity of the pandemic. Since March 2020, Karina has been using their free time studying holistic therapy and learning the dance form of waacking. José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR hide caption
Ciera Amaro's art is one of the submissions to a project called Dispatches from Quarantine. Ciera Amaro via Alexandra Zapruder hide caption
Dispatches From Quarantine: How Young People Are Documenting History
Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers of the art squad's archaeological unit pose with a headless Roman statue wearing a draped toga in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Carabinieri/AP hide caption
Amy Sherald, Breonna Taylor, 2020, oil on linen Joseph Hyde/© Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth hide caption
'Filled With Her Spirit,' A Louisville Art Exhibition Honors Breonna Taylor
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'Filled With Her Spirit,' A Louisville Art Exhibition Honors Breonna Taylor
Mumbai's grand Keshavji Nayak fountain towers above the street and serves as a place of respite for thirsty passers-by. It's one of dozens of ornate fountains in the city, built during the British colonial era. Viraj Nayar for NPR hide caption
Kobe memorial piece in progress Rahim Fortune hide caption
Niki de Saint Phalle in September 1967 Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Saks Fifth Avenue is joining a growing list of retailers and brands to phase out animal fur. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
The Apollon Gallery at the Louvre museum in Paris on Jan. 14, 2020. Stephanie de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Not Heading To Paris This Summer? The Louvre Has Digitized 482,000 Artworks
Microbial Peacock by Balaram Khamari Balaram Khamari hide caption
A Cultural Triumph: Microbiology Student Makes A Petri Dish Masterpiece
Frankenthaler at work in her studio in 1969. Ernst Haas/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
James E. Ransome, Quilt Folks, acrylic and paper collage James E. Ransome hide caption
Illustrators Build A Bridge For Young Readers, Says Artist James Ransome
Winter gardens and balconies were added to expand living space in social buildings in Bordeaux in 2017. Philippe Ruault hide caption
2021 Pritzker Prize Goes To French Architects Who 'Work With Kindness'
Everydays, The First 5000 Days, sold for $69 million at auction Mike Winkelmann hide caption
Brothers Travis, Griffin, and Justin McElroy. Sarah Deragon/Portraits To The People hide caption
Designer Rabih Kayrouz says he's going back to basics with his new collection. Rabih Kayrouz hide caption
Frida Kahlo, Diego and Frida 1929 – 1944, 1944, oil on masonite with original painted shell frame, private collection, courtesy Galería Arvi © 2021 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York hide caption
Untitled Tara Wray /Too Tired Press hide caption
A crowd watches people dressed in rat and flea costumes to illustrate the creatures that spread bubonic plague, which took millions of lives in India in the early 20th century. The photo was taken on Jan. 1, 1910. Hulton Deutsch/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Chanell Stone photographs places like overgrown lots and green spaces at public housing projects, often including herself in the frame. Above, "In search of a certain Eden," 2019, Brooklyn. Chanell Stone hide caption
The skyline of Washington, D.C., including the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, U.S. Capitol and National Mall, as seen on June 15, 2014. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Deborah Willis, I Made Space For a Good Man, 2009, Lithograph, gift from the collection of Winston and Carolyn Lowe in honor of Brandywine founder, Allan L. Edmunds, 2019.18.35 Deborah Willis/Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia hide caption