Art & Design

Many of Degas' nudes have their backs turned to the viewer. Above, Degas' pastel work, After the Bath, Woman Drying Her Neck, 1886-95. Photo Musee d'Orsay/rmn/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston hide caption

The Asia Series is Bob Dylan's first exhibit in New York.

Ruth Gruber, Alaska, 1941-43. Photographer unknown/Courtesy of International Center of Photography hide caption

Language drives Johnson's art since her illness, as depicted in her piece called Enthusiastic, created in 2009.

These two paintings were up for auction in Hong Kong in February. Art auctions produce eye-popping sales figures in China, though critics say there is a widespread problem with fakes.

Opened in 1997, the City Museum is an eclectic mix of mosaics, sculpted caves to explore, a hall of mirrors (pictured), slides to barrel down, even a massive outdoor playground.

Steve Jobs introduces new MacBook Air models at Apple headquarters on Oct. 20, 2010. Some say one of his greatest legacies is his impact on design.

The view from Madonna's former room at the Chelsea Hotel, where she lived after coming to New York in the early 1980s. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Made of glazed stoneware, Dora De Lario's Mother and Child (1968) is part of a collection of works that reflect on the history of Mexican-American artists in Southern California. Autry National Center hide caption

A dress as part of the Sankofa collection. Heidi Sheppard hide caption

By 1985, Warhol's style had evolved substantially; on this untitled headline piece, he collaborated with Keith Haring. National Gallery of Art hide caption