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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
Alyda Gilkey On The Life And Legacy Of Her Son David, Who Put 'Pictures On The Radio'
John Lurie grumbles about art and life while painting watercolors as tree-frogs croak in the tropical night. It's weirdly calming. HBO hide caption
The inauguration kolam project is "not just a welcoming of a new administration. It's this idea that so many people came together with all of their stories," says Sowmya Somnath, one of the organizers. Apostolis Ventouris/Tony Ventouris Photography hide caption
In D.C., A Traditional South Indian Welcome Awaits Joe Biden And Kamala Harris
American and Mexican families play with a seesaw installation at the border near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in July 2019. London's Design Museum recognized the project with an award for best design of 2020. Luis Torres/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Emma Amos, Identity, 2006 (c) Emma Amos/Courtesy RYAN LEE Gallery, New York hide caption
ARCIS, a U.S. Foreign Trade Zone for the storage of cultural property and fine art. Richard Mitchell /Richard Mitchell hide caption
The new mural of Roy Orbison in Vernon, Texas. Ann Arnold-Ogden hide caption
Tanya Roberts at the 2006 TV Land awards in Santa Monica, Calif. She died Monday evening. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The final restoration project by the nonprofit Advancing Women Artists group features works by Violante Ferroni, an 18th century prodigy about whom little is known today. Francesco Cacchiani/AWA hide caption
'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists
French designer Pierre Cardin has died at age 98. Here, the member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts is seen in 2016, at the end of a fashion show marking 70 years of his creations at the Institut de France in Paris. Chesnot/Getty Images hide caption
The Lost and Found outdoor art exhibit asks residents to consider the question: What have you lost, and what have you found in 2020? Sarah Silbiger for NPR hide caption
It Used To Be Just A Fence. It Became A Tribute To Things Lost And Found In 2020
The FBI building in downtown Washington, D.C. — Utah Sen. Mike Lee describes it as looking like "an abandoned set from The Hunger Games." ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
'Ugly,' 'Discordant': New Executive Order Takes Aim At Modern Architecture
A scene from Priya's Mask, a new comic book and animated film that tackles the challenges around the pandemic. It's the latest installment of the Indian superhero series Priya. Syd Fini, Hamid Bahrami and Neda Kazemifar hide caption
Frits Thaulow, Cottages in the Snow, 1891 Bequest of David P. Kimball in memory of his wife, Clara Bertram Kimball/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston hide caption
Konstance Patton's mural in New York City. Konstance Patton hide caption