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Two schools of thought about school

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The Ancient Greek Water Clock That Kept the Most Accurate Time for 1,800 Years

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Historian Timothy Snyder Teaches a Free Course on Hitler, Stalin & How “It” Can Happen Here

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The Paradoxes and Possibilities of Transformation: Adam Phillips on Our Ambivalent Desire for Change

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A New Batch of Art-World Novels

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Spanning 200+ Works, a New Book Celebrates the World of Fungi

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An Art-Filled Fall in Upstate NY

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For Sophie Lewis, Femininity Is Not the Enemy of Feminism

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How Korean Paper Became War Collateral

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Kahlil Gibran on the Courage to Weather the Uncertainties of Love

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Trump-Ousted Kennedy Center Chairman Buys Removed Shapiro Sculpture

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‘The Otherworld Is Home’ Explores Personal Reclamation, Cultural Identity, and Spiritual Passage

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Artist Lucien Smith, Fixture of NYC’s Downtown Scene, Dies at 37

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The Law & Order Writer Who Moonlights as an Artist

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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Steps Down Amid Trump’s Attacks

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Hurricane Helene Washed His Wife Away From Their Mobile Home. Now New Residents Live on the Same Land.

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Edge-to-Edge Splendor Fills Maria Yolanda Liebana’s Buoyant Paintings

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Renoir Artworks Worth Millions Stolen in Five-Minute Heist in France

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Secret Career as a Japanese Art Dealer & How It Shaped His Architecture

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This Bottle of Dijon Mustard from Costco is Crazy Hot. A Months-Long Investigation Revealed the Surprising Reason Why.

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Apply for a 2027–2028 Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

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America in the Making

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Henry Wessel’s Candid California Photos Underscore the Art of Noticing

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15 US Museum Shows We Can’t Wait For

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The Thief Who Wanted to Save the World

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Our eloquent hands

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“I don’t know”

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How the Japanese Practice of “Forest Bathing”—Or Just Hanging Out in the Woods—Can Lower Stress Levels and Fight Disease

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How to Break Free from the Tyranny of Certainty: The Japanese Concept of “Ma”

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Teaser trailer for You Can See Everything from Nathan...

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On Tour with the Eclipse Chasers

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How Not to Waste Your Wildness

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15 Museum Exhibitions to See Across the US This Fall

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Preserving Ernie Barnes’s Legacy in Paint Tubes

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Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity

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The Artist Residency That Never Was

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The Pine Trees That Would Not Leave Me

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In Queens, Immigrant Women Sew a Truer Atlas

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The reality of sunk costs

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The planet is… up to something

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Art Books We’re Reading This Fall

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Continental divide

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Meet Lloyd Kahn, the Counterculture Publisher Who Is Skateboarding at 91

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Bertrand Russell Explains Why Karl Marx’s Philosophy Produced the Disaster of Communism

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I Long to Read More in the Book of You: Moomins Creator Tove Jansson’s Tender and Passionate Letters to the Love of Her Life

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The True Purpose of Tarot

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How to Apologize: Reflections on Forgiveness, Self-Forgiveness, and the Vulnerabilities of Being Human

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The lab, the factory and the dentist

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Erich Fromm’s 6 Rules of Listening: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist on the Art of Unselfish Understanding

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How to Reconcile Your Most Painful Mistakes: The Life-Shaping Difference Between Regret and Remorse

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