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The Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portrait Project exhibition features artwork by incarcerated artists critiquing the U.S. justice system and is on display at President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington, D.C. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
Singer and composer H. Sinno is bringing a site-specific opera to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Temple of Dendur. Derrick Kakembo/The Metropolitan Museum of Art hide caption
An ancient Egyptian temple in New York inspires a Lebanese American musician
Monday
A cargo ship heads into port on Oct. 13, 2021, in Bayonne, N.J. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Shipping container buildings may be cool — but they're not always green
Friday
Fantasia as Celie in The Color Purple (2023) Warner Bros. hide caption
The life lessons Fantasia brought to 'The Color Purple'; plus, Personal Style 101
Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1958, oil on watercolor paper mounted on hardboard. ShootArt Mobile 1/Copyright © 2023 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko hide caption
Sunday
Rana Samara, a Palestinian artist from Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR Images for NPR hide caption
Wednesday
Artist in Gaza continues to make art, despite a worsening humanitarian crisis
Sunday
A person removes a piece of art work by Banksy, which shows what looks like three drones on a traffic stop sign. Aaron Chown/AP hide caption
Friday
Furoshiki are a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth which used to transport clothes, gifts, or other goods. Some are turning to them as a method of holiday wrapping. John S. Lander/John S. Lander hide caption
For more eco-friendly holiday wrapping, some turn to the Japanese art of furoshiki
Marco Zamora, a 27 year-old interior decorator/design DIY-er, and Juan "El Creativo" Renteria, a 26 year-old floral artist, initially met over Instagram. The floral floating tree in Zamora's apartment is their first collaboration together. Marco Zamora hide caption
Thursday
This Frederick Douglass mural in Easton, Md., is a modern-day makeover that has some in the abolitionist's hometown divided. Alana Wise/NPR hide caption
Friday
Head of Buddha from the seventh century U.S. Department of Justice hide caption
Comic strip Snoopy first started rocking a puffer jacket in the 1980s. A plush version of the bundled-up beagle is flying off the shelves in 2023. ©Peanuts Worldwide LLC hide caption
Gen Z is suddenly obsessed with Snoopy — and not just because he's cute
Saturday
Dans la tour (In the Tower)/Self-Portrait of Leonor Fini with Constantin Jelenski, 1952, oil on canvas © Estate of Leonor Fini, Courtesy Galerie Minsky & Weinstein Gallery hide caption