Arts & Culture

Richard Misrach, Untitled 1132-04, 2004-Misrach says he began to notice how “people group up and leave a sort of comfortable space around them—something that maybe would only be revealed when you stand back to see it.”

Richard Misrach's Ominous Beach Photographs

A new exhibition of oversized photographs by Richard Misrach invites viewers to have fun in the sun. Or does it?

Follow the "Guests of the Hills" opening August 23 at the Freer Gallery.

What's Up

Smithsonian exhibitions highlight the secrets of soil, lavish interiors and Chinese landscape paintings

"Minnesota's" vasectomy was reversed due to his species becoming nearly extinct.

Making History

Role Reversal

Avant-garde performance artist and pop icon Laurie Anderson.

Laurie Anderson

The celebrated performance artist discusses Andy Warhol, NASA and her work at McDonald’s

Channing (as Lorelei Lee, 1974) recalls taking her first bow in a dress encrusted with 40 pounds of bling: “I fell over forward and almost broke my teeth.”

All That Glitters

Carol Channing can't forget the night her gown got ransomed

U. Utah Phillips was known for his blend of song and storytelling.

Jukebox: Dogged Underdog

Biographer Wade Davis says Schultes approached photography with the "same precision as he did botany."

Photo Find

With a rolleiflex camera, a pioneering botanist documented his fieldwork—and created art

Smithson: Using “diffusion” as an analogy for education?

From the Castle

Keeping Up

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Letters

Readers Respond to the June Issue

Leopold (top) and Loeb (bottom)

Challenges

To save a wall and understand killers' motives

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Who Do You Love?

Bo Diddley's beat changed the course of rock music. And his lyrics evoked a history that reached all the way to Africa

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Blue Ridge Bluegrass

The town of Floyd, Virginia draws jam-ready musicians and some toe-tapping fans

Model for Hotel 2007

From Antony Gormley, Plinth Power

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Q&A: Chris Carter of "The X Files"

The creator and writer behind "The X-Files" reveals his inspiration for the sci-fi series and motivation behind the upcoming film

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Zhang Huan and Groupthink

Flag-Waving Artists

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Our 10th Annual Photo Contest Ends Today at 2 PM EST!

Enter your best shots by November 30th at 2 PM EST, and compete to win our grand prize!

Six days after Betka Tudu's birth, female relatives and neighbors in the West Bengal village of Purulia gathered to bless him and "to protect him from harm's way," says Dey. Born into the Santhal tribe, Betka "unknowingly drew his distant kin closer than ever."

Welcome to Your World

This year's photo contest winners reflect decidedly international points of view

Navajo frybread cooks in an iron frying pan.

Frybread Recipe

A recipe from Foods of the Americas: Native Recipes and Traditions

A frybread meal at a Navajo powwow.

Frybread

This seemingly simple food is a complicated symbol in Navajo culture

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