James E. Ransome, Quilt Folks, acrylic and paper collage James E. Ransome hide caption
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Winter gardens and balconies were added to expand living space in social buildings in Bordeaux in 2017. Philippe Ruault hide caption
2021 Pritzker Prize Goes To French Architects Who 'Work With Kindness'
Everydays, The First 5000 Days, sold for $69 million at auction Mike Winkelmann hide caption
Brothers Travis, Griffin, and Justin McElroy. Sarah Deragon/Portraits To The People hide caption
Designer Rabih Kayrouz says he's going back to basics with his new collection. Rabih Kayrouz hide caption
Frida Kahlo, Diego and Frida 1929 – 1944, 1944, oil on masonite with original painted shell frame, private collection, courtesy Galería Arvi © 2021 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York hide caption
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A crowd watches people dressed in rat and flea costumes to illustrate the creatures that spread bubonic plague, which took millions of lives in India in the early 20th century. The photo was taken on Jan. 1, 1910. Hulton Deutsch/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Chanell Stone photographs places like overgrown lots and green spaces at public housing projects, often including herself in the frame. Above, "In search of a certain Eden," 2019, Brooklyn. Chanell Stone hide caption
The skyline of Washington, D.C., including the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, U.S. Capitol and National Mall, as seen on June 15, 2014. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Deborah Willis, I Made Space For a Good Man, 2009, Lithograph, gift from the collection of Winston and Carolyn Lowe in honor of Brandywine founder, Allan L. Edmunds, 2019.18.35 Deborah Willis/Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia hide caption
Amy Sherald, who painted the official portrait of Michelle Obama, appeared in the film Black Art: In the Absence of Light. HBO hide caption
'Black Art' Chronicles A Pivotal Exhibition And Its Lasting Impact On Black Artists
Visitors wear masks at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in October. The museum's director says the Met is considering selling art to pay for operating expenses. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
After the deaths of his father and brother in 1917 and 1918, Duncan Phillips found solace in art. His wife, Marjorie Phillips, was a painter. They opened The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., in 1921. They are pictured in the Main Gallery, circa 1920. The Phillips Collection hide caption
Happy Birthday To The Phillips Collection, America's First Museum Of Modern Art
Vanessa Leroy says attending a racial justice protest in 2014 helped her realize she wanted to be a photographer. She photographed a helicopter that day, saying, "I took it out of the context that it was originally in to make it feel you're entering into this dream space where you're about to navigate all of these memories and past experiences." Vanessa Leroy hide caption
Lucas Samaras, Untitled, 2008-2020, inkjet print © Lucas Samaras/Courtesy Pace hide caption
Artist Lucas Samaras Opens New Virtual Exhibition, 'Gestures And Constructions'
Julia Watson: What Can We Learn From Indigenous Design Developed Over Generations?
A guide to county risk level tiers on California's COVID-19 site. covid19.ca.gov hide caption
Purple Is The New Red: How Alert Maps Show When We Are Royally ... Hued
Combing Hair, Syracuse, N.Y., 1986, High Museum of Art, gift of Eric Ceputis and David W. Williams, 2017 Dawoud Bey hide caption
'An American Project': For Decades, Dawoud Bey Has Chronicled Black Life
The Stoop Stare Down (Nia & Afiya, Two Generations in Harlem), Jan. 26, 2020, 3:30 p.m., 42 degrees Ruben Natal-San Miguel/Ruben Natal-San Miguel & Postmasters Gallery hide caption
Models walk the runway during the Chanel Womenswear Spring/Summer 2021 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in October 2020 in Paris, France. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images hide caption
David Gilkey and his mother Alyda. Layla Miller hide caption