A look at the London skyline visible from Tate Modern's terrace on Oct. 27, 2016. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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These screenshots show deployed service members that Wove worked with to design engagement rings while they are away from home. The rings in the photos are replicas that the service members received so they would have a sense of what the actual ones would be like. Andrew Wolgemuth hide caption
Fashion designer Thom Browne waits in line outside Manhattan federal court on Jan. 9 in New York, wearing clothes with his signature stripes. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption
Thom Browne's win against Adidas is also one for independent designers, he says
A Pompeiian style fresco from Herculaneum titled "Young Hercules and the snake", dated to the I second A.C., is seen on display among other archaeological artifacts stolen from Italy and sold in the U.S. by international art traffickers, during a press conference in Rome, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption
The Embrace, the new memorial sculpture in Boston made in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, was unveiled on Friday. Lane Turner/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
The panel on the right, from KC Green's web comic strip "On Fire," became a popular online meme by 2014. KC Green hide caption
A decade on, the 'This is fine' creator wants to put the famous dog to rest
Gabriella Torres-Ferrer, Untitled (Valora tu mentira americana) (detail), 2018. Hurricane-ravaged wooden electric post with statehood propaganda. Private collection; courtesy of the artist and Embajada, San Juan. Whitney Museum of American Art hide caption
When people are less important than beaches: Puerto Rican artists at the Whitney
A view of a section of Michael Heizer's City Ben Blackwell/Triple Aught Foundation hide caption
Immerse yourself in this colossal desert 'City' — but leave the selfie stick at home
Jonah Kinigstein, 99, has been making art since he was a teenager. Some of his work satirizes modern artists such as Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock, visible in the painting behind him. Matthew Schuerman/NPR hide caption
This artist stayed figurative when art went abstract — he's finally recognized, at 99
Arata Isozaki arrives at the Élysée Palace in Paris on May 24, 2019. The Pritzker-winning Japanese architect has died at 91. Francois Mori/AP hide caption
The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin, from Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530, Simon Bening. Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment. Getty Museum hide caption
A drawing from a series featuring the character Colonel Heeza Liar, which ran from 1913-17 and 1922-24, that Kelley worked on. Manitou Productions hide caption
Looted Benin Bronzes that were returned by Germany to Nigeria are examined during a ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday. Nigerian officials said that more than 5,000 ancient artifacts are estimated to have been stolen from Nigeria, the majority by British colonizers. Olamikan Gbemiga/AP hide caption
Mohsen Lihidheb stands in the backyard of his museum that is filled with things that he's collected after the waves brought them ashore in Zarzis, Tunisia. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Jennifer Hadley's overall winning photo of a 3-month-old cub tumbling out of a tree. Jennifer Hadley/Comedy Wildlife 2022 hide caption
Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF created an ATM that displays and ranks the cash balance of users. MSCHF hide caption
Steve Lacy performs at The Fillmore Silver Spring in Maryland on Oct. 15, 2022. Kyle Gustafson/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
The Pantone Color Institute has been identifying colors of the year for the last two decades. Their pick for 2023 is a shade of magenta. Pantone hide caption
The silhouette of a person is seen in the middle of a large gallery space at ARTECHOUSE in Washington, DC. Panels covering the surrounding walls and floor are illuminated with artistic projections of neurons. ARTECHOUSE Team hide caption