/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20130912104019Cerro-Prieto-Geothermal-Power-Station-Baja-Mexico-2012-Edward-Burtynsky-web.jpg)
In a new book, documentary and exhibition, photographer Edward Burtynsky looks at humans' dramatic relationship with water
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Peachoid-Gaffney-470.jpg)
Where is the world's biggest pistachio?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/art-of-birds-nest-631.jpg)
The architectural masterpieces of numerous bird species are the subject of Sharon Beals' latest photo series—on display at the National Academy of Sciences
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/SEP13_C01_FastForward_631x300.jpg)
A first look at the 15,000-square-foot space being built outside of Nanjing, China
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Davick-Hockney-631.jpg)
A new retrospective highlights the artist’s two, seemingly opposite passions
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/phenomenon-hidden-landscapes-631.jpg)
A Milan-based artistic duo uses color to reveal a series of dreamlike panoramas concealed in white light
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20130829095016Valley-of-the-reclining-woman-web.jpg)
The British photographer creates convincing landscapes—deserts and rocky scenes—by piecing together photos of nude models
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Collage-Red-Lightning-631.png)
Graduate student Jason Ahrns and colleagues hunt the skies for sprites—fleeting streaks and bursts of color that can appear above thunderstorms
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20130807093015Pierre-Carreau-Aquaviva-wave-web1.jpg)
Photographer Pierre Carreau captures waves mid-break, showing the surf's delicate balance of power and fragility
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20130805115016Robbie-Barber-shark-sculpture-web.jpg)
Intrigued by the powerful hunters, artists have made tiger sharks, great whites and hammerheads the subjects of sculpture
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20130802110035mayes_cr.jpg)
A new exhibition presents 1970s photography that challenged the traditional American landscape
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Collage-Psychedelic-bacteria.jpg)
Israeli physicist Eshel Ben-Jacob uses bacteria as an art medium, shaping colonies in petri dishes into bold patterns
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/High-Art-air-space-631.jpg)
The Air and Space Museum showcases the art of air and space. Check out photos of some of the works here
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20130723105017Robert-Laughlin-Sketches-of-Science-Volker-Steger-web.jpg)
Volker Steger photographs Nobel laureates posing with sketches of their breakthrough findings
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/asian-latino-art-intersections-veterans-plaza-631.jpg)
See works by Asian American and Latino artists, presented by the Smithsonian Asian-Latino Festival
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Beauty%20Shopt2.jpg)
The Modernist photographer pushed the boundaries of art and fashion
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Collage-Giant-Sun.png)
Artist Ron Miller presents several scenarios—most of them scientifically plausible—of landscapes imperiled and of Earth meeting its demise
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Aliens-DC-Pillar-Builder-631.png)
To us, the architecture of the Lincoln Memorial is an iconic callback to ancient Greece. But what would extraterrestrials make of it?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20130717112038georgiacr.jpg)
A new exhibition by the Archives of American Art examines the handwriting of more than 40 American artists
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Food-think-lettuce-egypt.jpg)
For nearly 3,000 years lettuce was associated with the Egyptian god of fertility, Min, for its resemblance to the phallus
Page 54 of 110
