World A New Tower to Soar over Paris April 30, 2007 • Prize-winning Los Angeles architect Thom Mayne sets his sights on Paris — with a design for a 984-foot-tall office building aimed at bringing life to a bleak part of the city of light. A New Tower to Soar over Paris Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9892526/9892557" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Smithsonian Plans to Charge to See Butterflies April 25, 2007 • A plan to charge museum-goers a $5 fee to enter a portion of a Smithsonian exhibition is drawing criticism. In November, visitors who pay the fee will be allowed to walk within a butterfly pavilion. It would be the first time a permanent exhibit at the Smithsonian requires an admission fee. Smithsonian Plans to Charge to See Butterflies Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9833681/9833682" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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At MOMA, a Multi-Ton Moving Day April 24, 2007 • The Museum of Modern Art is setting up a Richard Serra retrospective — which means getting his immense steel structures into the building. At MOMA, a Multi-Ton Moving Day Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9799004/9802774" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Photo Op: An Occasional Series Howard Ruby: From Capitalist to Environmentalist April 20, 2007 • Howard Ruby first took up a camera as a kid – taking pictures of other kids. Eventually, he put away his camera and became a wealthy CEO. But a trip to the Canadian Arctic, and a run-in with polar bears, put him back in touch with photography. The avowed capitalist and CEO is now an ardent environmentalist. Howard Ruby: From Capitalist to Environmentalist Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9714005/9714011" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Mysterious Portrait of Jane Austen Up for Sale April 19, 2007 • Christie's is putting up for sale the only known oil painting of Jane Austen. The portrait could fetch up to $800,000 at auction, but some skeptics say the young girl in the painting is just too pretty to be the author. Mysterious Portrait of Jane Austen Up for Sale Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9669835/9669979" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National In 'Nickel's Chicago,' a Lost City's Lost Champion April 16, 2007 • Architect Louis Sullivan's buildings defined the city of Chicago at the turn of the last century, but by the 1950s, many of those buildings were being torn down. Photographer Richard Nickel raced against time to preserve them on film, but it was a race he lost — Nickel was killed when one of the buildings he was shooting collapsed on top of him. In 'Nickel's Chicago,' a Lost City's Lost Champion Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9601376/9605442" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Sol LeWitt: Conceptual Art Pioneer Dies at 78 April 9, 2007 • Modern-art pioneer Sol LeWitt has died at age 78, leaving behind a legacy of strikingly simple invention. He was known for his dynamic wall paintings — and as a founder of minimal and conceptual art styles. Sol LeWitt: Conceptual Art Pioneer Dies at 78 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9481440/9483643" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Restored 'Gates of Paradise' Head to the U.S. April 8, 2007 • After 25 years of painstaking restoration in Italy, Lorenzo Ghiberti's gilded-bronze "Gates of Paradise" — lavish doors considered masterpieces of Renaissance art — will travel to the United States. Restored 'Gates of Paradise' Head to the U.S. Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9429782/9439769" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Nothing to Sneeze At? Pollen Picassos April 8, 2007 • Pollen is making its mark as the latest tool for allergy-ridden amateur artists in Decatur, Ga. Louisa Bailey and others ahve put their sniffles aside to draw pictures in the yellow stuff. Nothing to Sneeze At? Pollen Picassos Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9452552/9452553" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Exhibit Brings Detainees' 'Pictures from Home' April 5, 2007 • A new photo exhibition in Houston, "Guantanamo: Pictures from Home," features photographs were taken for Guantanamo detainees by their lawyers. To win their trust, the lawyers traveled to the detainees' family homes in the Middle East. Exhibit Brings Detainees' 'Pictures from Home' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9378346/9378347" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Artist Forces Racism out of the Shadows April 4, 2007 • Artist Kara Walker is known for life-sized silhouettes created from freehand drawings. Cutouts were used in Victorian times as portraits of quiet repose. Walker's silhouettes depict the violence of slavery. Artist Forces Racism out of the Shadows Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7898752/9350217" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Child Artists' Tools Include Mixed Media, Maggots March 29, 2007 • Letting kids dip maggots into paint may sound merely disgusting — but there's an entomologist from U.C.-Davis who calls it art. Rebecca O'Flaherty is using the maggot art to teach respect for a larva most people associate with road-kill. Under her guidance, students dip maggots in water-based paint. Child Artists' Tools Include Mixed Media, Maggots Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9213715/9213717" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Pritzker Winner Designs to Serve the Public March 28, 2007 • Richard Rogers, who has won architecture's top prize, designs buildings that flaunt their infrastructure — like Centre Pompidou in Paris. But he also has an interest in city planning, and pushes for walkable, welcoming cities. One of his new buildings is part of the World Trade Center site. Pritzker Winner Designs to Serve the Public Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9185563/9188624" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World A War Photographer's View of Iraq March 26, 2007 • Chris Hondros has done nine tours in Iraq as a photographer. He talks about memorable images, including that of a little girl — splattered with her dead parents's blood — crouched in darkness near a U.S. soldier. A War Photographer's View of Iraq Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9118474/9118526" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Artist Turns Trash into Tiny Globes of Treasure March 25, 2007 • Up the the street from NPR's Washington office is Warehouse, a neighborhood cafe and art space, where Christopher Goodwin is showing his latest project. He packs tiny found objects into plastic spheres that are sold out of a dispenser for 25 cents apiece. Artist Turns Trash into Tiny Globes of Treasure Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9128923/9128924" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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