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Black, Female And An Inspirational Modern Artist()  

Elizabeth Catlett's 1968 sculpture Homage to My Young Black Sisters

February 12, 2012 In just the last year, 96-year-old sculptor Elizabeth Catlett has had her work featured in exhibitions from Istanbul to Mexico to New York. She broke through barriers of race and gender, yet remains unknown to all but the artists she inspires.

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Global Trends Expected To Dominate Fashion Week()  

A Spring 2012 design by Phillip Lim. He will show his Fall 2012 collection during this year's Fashion Week in New York.

February 9, 2012 For the next eight days, designers from around the world will show off their fall collections on runways and online. NPR's Michel Martin checks in with Robin Givhan of Newsweek and The Daily Beast to discuss how globalization and technology are influencing runways and transforming the industry.

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Vintage View: 1920s Pacific Northwest In Color()  

Mt. Saint Helens from Spirit Lake

February 4, 2012 Back in the day, the closest thing to Photoshop involved paint and a negative. These colorful lantern slides show Washington State like you've never seen it.

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The Mona Lisa's Twin Painting Discovered()  

The original Mona Lisa is on permanent display at the the Musee du Louvre in Paris.

February 2, 2012 Conservators at Madrid's Museo del Prado recently discovered that a replica of the Mona Lisa might have been painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's pupils. The find provides fresh insight into da Vinci's enigmatic masterpiece and studio practice.

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In Italy, Art As A Window Into Modern Banking()  

Oil painting by Marinus van Reymerswaele.

January 31, 2012 With a nod to the current financial crisis in Europe, an Italian art exhibition looks at the often controversial role that banking played in expanding trade and helping usher in the Renaissance.

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Film Noir: Weegee Was His Name; Murder Was His Game()  

The Genius of the Camera, circa 1938: A self-portrait

January 29, 2012 He went by Weegee — as in ouija — because in the 1930s and '40s, the prescient photographer and his camera were often the first to show up at crime scenes.

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