NPR's Andrea Hsu paid $75 for her midcentury modern table and chairs, shown here in a 1963 Drexel Declaration catalog. She quickly realized it was a steal. Courtesy Drexel Heritage hide caption
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Cartoonist Lynda Barry Helps College Students Tap Innate Creativity
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The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden proposed adding a giant, inflatable structure that would balloon out of its top and side. Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI/Landov hide caption
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Sam Bompas (left) and Harry Parr made names for themselves with spectacular gelatin creations. Courtesy of Sam Bompas hide caption
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Nanoflowers, each smaller than the thickness of a dollar bill, sprout up spontaneously on a surface dipped in salts and silicon. Courtesy of Wim Noorduin/Harvard University hide caption
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Winter, on display in downtown Milan, Italy, in 2011. Luca Bruno/AP hide caption
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Self portrait by Heather Dewey-Hagborg. Portrait generated from her own DNA. Heather Dewey-Hagborg/Heather Dewey-Hagborg hide caption
A man inspects a plastic cover placed over Slave Labour, an artwork attributed to Banksy, in London. This piece of art was put up for sale in Miami last February, but the ensuing outrage led to the auction's cancellation. The mural is now part of an exhibition in London, and is is expected to move to the U.S. afterward. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images hide caption
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The Procuress, painted by Johannes Vermeer in 1656, hangs in a Dresden, Germany, museum in 2004. While this particular work is not in question, Benjamin Binstock argues that other pieces attributed to the Dutch master are by an apprentice and a member of his household. Norbert Millauer/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Beyonce, complete with thigh-high boots to match. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Thomas Cole completed Portage Falls on the Genesee in 1839. Courtesy Seward House Museum hide caption
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When illustrator Ralph Steadman accepted an assignment with writer Hunter S. Thompson at the Kentucky Derby, he never imagined the weekend that would ensue. Here, Steadman depicts the race's winner, a colt named Dust Commander. Ralph Steadman hide caption
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The elaborately tiled City Hall subway station in New York City — still extant but now closed to the public, alas — used the Guastavino touch to convince wary city dwellers to head underground for a train trip. Michael Freeman/National Buildling Museum hide caption