Artist Alberto Giacometti's singular vision is celebrated in a special centennial exhibition at New York City's Museum of Modern Art
New Yorkers didn't much care for the twin towers until a nimble Frenchman named Philippe Petit danced across a wire between them
Best Seats in the House
In six years, William Faulkner went from salaried Hollywood script doctor to winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. How had this miracle occurred?
Artist Paul Signac steps out of the shadow of his celebrated colleague, pointillist Georges Seurat, to star in a new exhibition at the Met
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Uncovered a Shakespeare elegy, confirmed Ted Kaczynski wrote the Unabomb Manifesto and identified Eric Rudolph as a suspect in the 1996 bombing
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Twelve noted photographers respond in images to areas designated by the Nature Conservancy as Last Great Places
The Renaissance Image of the Ideal Woman
Bewitching her admirers around the world, Sarah Bernhardt dazzled audiences as she pioneered the cult of celebrity
Gilbert Stuart and the Creation of an Icon
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Proverbs in the asafo flags of Ghana
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Adventure photographer Peter McBride tells what it was like to shoot whirlpools while hanging from a ship's radio antenna.
Advances in production, energy efficiency and methods of construction have enabled glass to rise to new heights and assume unexpected forms
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With paper and paint, wire and wood, the renowned sculptor created a new vocabulary for modern art
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Heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post's Washington, D.C. estate, the Hillwood Museum and Gardens, is a showcase for her stately collection of decorative arts
Put a ghost in your ghost town photographs...and other easy tips to create cool pictures
Tiny Smith Island has three churches but only one pastor, who gets around by boat and Golf Cart
In charming paintings of "old timey things"sleigh rides, mills, farms and fieldsthe artist preserved a simpler, bygone world
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