Neal Adams revitalized popular comic book characters including Batman, the Green Lantern, Superman and the X-Men, by reimagining them in a more realistic style. Warner Bros. hide caption
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Art & Design
Saturday
A mural of Melissa Ortega, an 8-year-old victim of gun violence in Chicago, painted by artist Milton Coronado. Milton Coronado hide caption
Opinion: Painting the smiles of people we know, love and will never see again
Tuesday
People walk in a city park around a Soviet-era monument in Kyiv, Ukraine, in June 2020. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
Saturday
Women were an integral part of the construction effort. Among their jobs: Carrying cement for a building project in Chandigarh, India in 1956. Ernst Scheidegger for MOMA hide caption
Friday
Under the Do LaB's colorful tent, the crowds get doused with water guns. Juliana Bernstein hide caption
Sunday
Members of the all-female skate crew ImillaSkate in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The athletes wear polleras, skirts traditionally worn by Bolivia's Indigenous Aymara and Quechua women, when they skate at tournaments. "Many girls who see us skating feel proud to see us dressed [this way]," says skater Fabiola Gonzales. "Even our own families feel proud we're showing our traditions." Luisa Dörr hide caption
Saturday
A woman and a man ride in a vintage car as hot air balloons float behind them in the region of Cappadocia, Turkey. Emre Çakmak, Turkey, Shortlist, Open, Street Photography, 2022 Sony World Photography Awards hide caption
Friday
Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (French, 1848â1934), The Survivors of a Massacre Used as Gravediggers, 1915. Lithograph on wove paper, image: 8 9/16 x 11 7/16 in. sheet: 13 1/4 x 19 1/8 in. Clark Art Institute hide caption
Terrence Floyd speaks during a news conference during the unveiling of three sculptures as part of the "SEEINJUSTICE" art exhibition that feature the likenesses of his brother George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and John Lewis, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at Union Square in the Manhattan borough of New York. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
9,000 digital art NFTs are being released to raise funds in George Floyd's memory
Wednesday
Tuesday
Workshop participants learn to create pysanky, or Ukrainian-style decorated eggs, at a workshop in Troy, N.Y. on Mar. 21. Psyanky for Peace hide caption
These intricately decorated eggs are raising money and good wishes for Ukraine
Friday
Graciela Iturbide's work is on display at the Cartier Foundation in Paris through May. Michel Slomka/MYOP hide caption
A Paris exhibit looks back on the photographs of Graciela Iturbide
Thursday
A shipment of valuable art was seized at Finland's border with Russia, with customs officials citing sanctions stemming from the war in Ukraine. Finnish Customs hide caption
Wednesday
El Peso Hero saves civilians in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol in a special edition of Héctor Rodríguez's self-published comic book series. The 18-page issue is free, with text in English, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian. Héctor Rodríguez hide caption