Arts & Culture

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What's Up

Jones (sporting Frank Sinatra's ring) has a hand in the Beijing Olympics as well as ongoing music and movies

The Arranger

From bebop to hip-hop, nobody alive has done more for American music than Quincy Jones

In 1907, recordings were interred in metal urns at the Palais Garnier, to be reopened in 100 years

A Record Find

How The Phantom of the Opera led me to a long-lost musical treasure in Paris

Chocolate truffles

A Brief History of Chocolate

Uncover the bittersweet story of this ancient treat and watch a video

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Prototype Online: Inventive Voices

Sharon Rogone, a neonatal nurse-turned-inventor, talks about her first invention

Jones is currently on the council of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Q at the Castle

Why the Smithsonian Institution can't get enough of American music's top artist-entrepreneur, Quincy Jones

Old Gramophone.

Forgotten Music

A long-lost musical treasure in Paris is rediscovered

“Strong Medicine” Speaks

Recollections from the matriarch of a once hidden tribe

Criminal Element

Fans of Koolhaas's CCTV skyscraper call it "gravity-defying", but critics claim it's nothing more than an expensive playtoy-and that the money would have been better spent reducing the country's runaway wealth gap

Beijng Redux

The capital hasn’t seen this kind of makeover since the Mongols overtook the city, but a new Beijing may not be what’s best for a modern China

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Tigers in Japanese Art

Muted Mastery

Neon of Note

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Texas Tea Threatens Earthwork

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On the Job

A Westminster Dog Show judge talks about his canine career

Anita Chernewski (American, b. 1946), Coney Island (Thunderbolt), 1987, Gelatin silver print

Dreamland Retrospective

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Rug-of-War

For nearly thirty years, Afghani weavers have incorporated images of war into hand-woven rugs

Trumpeter and bandleader Doc Paulin, being interviewed at 1995 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. His wife to the left of photo; interviewer at right.

Jukebox

Jazz Requiem

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Breuer Chair, 1926

Marcel Breuer's Bauhaus minimalism redefined a household basic

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Heaven Scent

A 600-year-old pharmacy started by Florentine monks is now a trendy global marketer of perfumes and medieval elixirs

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