Art & Artists

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November 2001

Mister Faulkner Goes to Stockholm

In six years, William Faulkner went from salaried Hollywood script doctor to winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. How had this miracle occurred?

September 30, 2001

Points of View

Artist Paul Signac steps out of the shadow of his celebrated colleague, pointillist Georges Seurat, to star in a new exhibition at the Met

September 30, 2001

Don Foster Has a Way With Words

Uncovered a Shakespeare elegy, confirmed Ted Kaczynski wrote the Unabomb Manifesto and identified Eric Rudolph as a suspect in the 1996 bombing

August 31, 2001

A Lens on the Land

Twelve noted photographers respond in images to areas designated by the Nature Conservancy as Last Great Places

August 31, 2001

Virtue and Beauty

The Renaissance Image of the Ideal Woman

August 31, 2001

The Divine Sarah

Bewitching her admirers around the world, Sarah Bernhardt dazzled audiences as she pioneered the cult of celebrity

July 31, 2001

The Painter and the President

Gilbert Stuart and the Creation of an Icon

July 31, 2001

Dueling Banners

Proverbs in the asafo flags of Ghana

July 31, 2001

Finding the Eye of the Whirlpool

Adventure photographer Peter McBride tells what it was like to shoot whirlpools while hanging from a ship's radio antenna.

July 31, 2001

The Ascent of Glass

Advances in production, energy efficiency and methods of construction have enabled glass to rise to new heights and assume unexpected forms

June 30, 2001

Calder's Playful Genius

With paper and paint, wire and wood, the renowned sculptor created a new vocabulary for modern art

April 30, 2001

A Lavish Legacy

Heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post's Washington, D.C. estate, the Hillwood Museum and Gardens, is a showcase for her stately collection of decorative arts

April 30, 2001

Photo Tips and Tricks

Put a ghost in your ghost town photographs...and other easy tips to create cool pictures

May 2001

Bedtime Horrors

April 30, 2001

Preacher on the Go

Tiny Smith Island has three churches but only one pastor, who gets around by boat and Golf Cart

April 30, 2001

An Uncommon Treasure-House

April 30, 2001

Grandma Moses Country

In charming paintings of "old timey things"—sleigh rides, mills, farms and fields—the artist preserved a simpler, bygone world

April 1, 2001

Minding the "Milkstone"

When works of art are pollen and rice, and even milk, the Hirshhorn Museum gives them extra-special care

April 1, 2001

Keeping Time

April 2001