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How the Old Masters painted animals: dragonfly wings and butterfly dust
A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.
Birds, blooms and bold colors: Meet the artist behind the new mural on Hertel Avenue
The sweeping artwork stretches across three buildings on Hertel Avenue, with The Monocle at 1235 Hertel serving as the anchor ...
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Birds, blooms and bold colors: The artist behind the new mural on Hertel Avenue
The sweeping artwork stretches across three buildings on Hertel Avenue, with The Monocle at 1235 Hertel serving as the anchor ...
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First Look: Wangechi Mutu’s “Black Soil Poems” at Galleria Borghese
The artist creates a dynamic conversation between the museum’s historic art and architecture and the fluidity of contemporary ...
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Hoax or Mistake? The Bird Audubon Painted That Never Existed
In 1827, naturalist John Audubon announced a massive discovery: the largest North American eagle. But did the Washington sea ...