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Three Cones, 1964, Art © Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA, New York, N.Y. Acquavella Galleries hide caption
A team of nurses, patient care technicians and a respiratory therapist prepare to return a COVID patient to their back after 24 hours of lying on their stomach. That posture makes it easier to breathe and is a critical part of treatment for COVID patients in hospitals. Alan Hawes/Medical University of South Carolina hide caption
Intimate portraits of a hospital COVID unit from a photojournalist-turned-nurse
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A woman prepares traditional Mexican piñatas for sale at a market in Acolman, Mexico state in 2017. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A pen and black ink drawing by Albrecht Dürer titled "The Virgin and Child with a Flower on a grassy Bench" is seen at London Art Week dealer Agnews, on Nov. 19, in London. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
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Lola Flash Eliza Piccininni/Courtesy of Lola Flash hide caption
Photographer Lola Flash is honored for creating images that challenge invisibility
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New York Times food writer Priya Krishna says Dorie Greenspan's World Peace 2.0 cookie are impossible to hate. Mark Weinberg/Mariner Books, an imprint of Harper Collins hide caption
Gerard ter Borch's painting, titled Godard van Reede (1588-1648), Lord of Nederhorst. Delegate of the Province of Utrecht at the Peace Conference at Münster (1646-48). Rijksmuseum hide caption
What happens when you combine science, detective work and art? You reveal history
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Tanya Aguiñiga worked with indigenous communities in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico and in Alaska, but always felt drawn back to the border. Justin Lubke hide caption
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A file picture taken in January 2011 in Paris shows covers of some of the 42 foreign editions of the French fashion magazine "Elle", owned by French media conglomerate Lagardere. JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Picture for Women, 1979, transparency in lightbox Jeff Wall/© Jeff Wall; Courtesy the artist and Glenstone Museum hide caption
Why the photographer Jeff Wall relies on memory — not his camera — to make his art
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The pandemic was a major blow to the museum's budget. But this historic gift will allow it to expand its collection of modern and contemporary art. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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Virgil Abloh was the artistic director for Louis Vuitton menswear and the founder of the label Off-White. He died on Sunday after a private battle with cancer. He was 41. Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Qatar Museums hide caption