Art & Design

Ellsworth Kelly, shown before one of his huge pieces at Peter Carlson Enterprises, Sun Valley, in 1996, has died at the age of 92. Clarence Williams/LA Times via Getty Images hide caption

Princess Pageant crowns reflect the importance of patchwork, beadwork, and Seminole symbols. Will O'Leary hide caption

Over a decades-long career, Frank Stella has done sculptures, three-dimensional reliefs, brightly-colored geometric shapes and mostly black paintings that literally changed the way people looked at art. (Pictured here: Empress of India, 1965.) 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Digital Image/The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY. hide caption

The two control cabs at the Stockholm Arlanda Airport symbolize two ravens from Nordic mythology that were tasked with watching over the earth. Carolyn Russo/National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution hide caption

In his 1942 mural The Underground Railroad, Woodruff shows slaves about to cross the Ohio River to freedom. Peter Harholdt/Copyright Talladega College hide caption

The Graffiti Education and Mural Arts program in San Diego aims to keep kids off the streets — and maybe even make art like this, an example of the famous chicano artists murals found on a series of freeway overpasses, someday. Don Tormey/LA Times via Getty Images hide caption

This scroll map of China's Yellow River was made around 1750. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. hide caption

Hagrid, the trusty half-giant himself. Jim Kay/Courtesy of Bloomsbury hide caption