Babacar Niang, known as Matador, raps at a recording studio at Africulturban's center in Pikine, Senegal. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption
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Tuesday
Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, poses for a portrait with the Dilbert character in his studio in Dublin, Calif., Oct. 26, 2006. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
Thursday
The "balloon dog" sculpture, pictured, shortly after it shattered. Cédric Boero hide caption
He watched the Koons 'balloon dog' fall and shatter ... and wants to buy the remains
Tuesday
This photo released by the Union Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC), shows jewelry on display at a room of Latchford family in London on Feb. 14, 2023. AP hide caption
Monday
Joan Brown's Joan + Donald, 1982, Oil enamel on canvas, 72 1/4 x 60 in. (183.5 x 152.4 cm), collection of Adam Lindemann Venus Over Manhattan, New York hide caption
Mr. Whiskers is ready for his close-up: When an artist's pet is also their muse
Sunday
The "balloon dog" sculpture, pictured, shortly after it shattered. Cédric Boero hide caption
Friday
Tyler James Hoare was a beloved artist who made his mark on San Francisco. Bob Colin hide caption
With fake paperwork and a roguish attitude, he made the San Francisco Bay his gallery
André Leon Talley arrives at the 2011 Met Gala. Hundreds of items of clothing, artwork, accessories, furniture belonging to the late fashion journalist fetched more than $3.5 million at auction this week. Evan Agostini/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Pharrell Williams poses at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles earlier this month. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Two of artist Dean Gillespie's miniatures in the traveling visual arts exhibition Marking Time, which examines mass incarceration. Xavier Hadley/Courtesy of Marking Time hide caption
'Imagining Freedom' will give $125 million to art projects focused on incarceration
Tuesday
Name Against the Same is part of Stephanie Mercedes' A Sky of Shattered Glass Reflected by the Sun exhibition at Culture House in Washington, D.C. Stephanie Mercedes hide caption
Melting guns and bullet casings, this artist turns weapons into bells
Friday
The multidisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes, whose Healing Project has won a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. Ray Neutron/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
An artist's 'Healing Project,' focused on incarceration and violence, wins $1 million
Thursday
Activists hold a banner reading "Take down the Sackler name" in front of the Pyramid of the Louvre museum in Paris on July 1, 2019. Stephane De Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed' chronicles Nan Goldin's career of art and activism
Thursday
Owners of apartments (seen at right) opposite Tate Modern have won a privacy case against the famous art gallery. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption