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Tuesday

In the second season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) visits the Catskills. Costume designer Donna Zakowska says this outfit "in the boat with a funny lampshade hat" was among her favorites. Amazon Studios hide caption

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Meet The Designer Who Makes 'Mrs. Maisel' Look So Marvelous

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Sunday

Portrait of a Woman in Red, 1620, by Marcus Gheeraerts II Tate hide caption

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Tracing 500 Years Of Pregnancy Portraits, From The Tudors To Today

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Friday

North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr with Georgia Republican Kelly Loeffler. "He caught my attention because he wasn't wearing socks. And he has very expensive loafers, or they seem that way. And so I did a sketch of him. And the next day, he had it as his profile picture on Twitter." Kisha Ravi/NPR hide caption

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Sketch Artist Captures 'Something Unusual' At Senate Trial

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Tuesday

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Making art is good for your health. Here's how to start a habit

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Sunday

Conservator Felicitas Klein, right, traveled from Germany with Villas at Bordighera, an 1884 painting by Claude Monet. She inspects the painting at the Denver Art Museum, along with senior paintings conservator Pamela Skiles. Kendelyn Ouellette hide caption

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Kendelyn Ouellette

How Do You Move 100+ Monet Masterpieces? Very, Very Carefully

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Thursday

Travis Fullerton/Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

1 Night In An Edward Hopper Hotel Room? It's Less Lonely Than You Might Think

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Tuesday

Tuesday

A horn player (left) in this detail from a 1694 altar carving by Francesco Antonio d'Alberto in Piedmont, Italy, clearly has a swollen neck that signifies goiter, medical historians say. The thyroid condition was a sign of poverty in those days. Renzo Dionigi hide caption

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Renzo Dionigi

Why Certain Poor Shepherds In Nativity Scenes Have Huge, Misshapen Throats

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Sunday

Façade of Chicago's first and only Hanukkah-themed pop-up bar in Wrigleyville. Nolis Anderson for NPR hide caption

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In Chicago, Hanukkah Now Has Its Own Pop-Up Bar Experience

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Tuesday

The Mayor, a green cube with a top hat, goes "kaboom" in Wattam. Funomena/Annapurna Interactive hide caption

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Meet 'Wattam,' The Newest Absurd Video Game Playground From Keita Takahashi

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Saturday

Two editions of Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian, a banana duct-taped to a wall, have reportedly sold for more than $100,000. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: This Art Is Bananas

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Socks on display in the NPR gift shop. Petra Mayer/NPR hide caption

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Sock It To Me: In Praise Of An Evergreen Holiday Gift

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