Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has had several confrontations with Chinese authorities. Beck Harlan/NPR hide caption
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Tuesday
Senior conservator of paintings Ann Hoenigswald works to fill in elements of Paul Cézanne's Riverbank c. 1895 in the National Gallery of Art's Paintings Conservation Lab in Washington, D.C. Liam James Doyle/NPR hide caption
With Chemistry And Care, Conservators Keep Masterpieces Looking Their Best
Wednesday
Carla Fendi in London in 2014. She died Monday in Rome at the age of 79. David M. Benett/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Lewis used leftover house paint to brighten the walls of the tiny home in Marshalltown that she shared with her husband. Steve Farmer/Art Gallery of Nova Scotia hide caption
Home Is Where The Art Is: The Unlikely Story Of Folk Artist Maud Lewis
Marlene Dietrich in a publicity photo for the film Dishonored (1931), in which she plays an Austrian spy. Eugene Robert Richee/Deutsche Kinemathek - Marlene Dietrich Collection Berlin / Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery hide caption
Gallery Gives Movie Star Marlene Dietrich The Big-Picture Treatment
Friday
Elise tries robo toilets in Japan. Illustration by CJ Riculan/NPR hide caption
Tuesday
Baked crema Mexicana doughnuts with a blood orange glaze, as featured in the food blog Chicano Eats. On his bilingual blog, Esteban Castillo shares traditional and fusion Mexican recipes. The blog has a stunning, minimalist aesthetic meant to challenge the way people see Mexican food. Esteban Castillo hide caption
One of Fallen Fruit's public art installations — a fruit tree in a planter at the Los Angeles State Historic Park. Courtesy of Fallen Fruit hide caption
Tuesday
Krisel said he wouldn't like to live in the desert, "but I like it as a locale for my architecture." Above, one of his designs perched on a mountain in California. Darren Bradley/Courtesy of Darren Bradley hide caption
William Krisel, Architect Who Helped Define California Modernism, Dies At 92
Polar Photographer Shares His View Of A Ferocious But Fragile Ecosystem
Grant Cornett, Jello Disco Floor, 2016, for Gather Journal, food styling by Janine Iversen. Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Sunday
Dad called these "his and hers chairs." He would sit beside Mom, his partner and wife of 34 years, as they got their weekly chemotherapy treatments. Howie Borowick had just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and wife Laurel was in treatment for breast cancer for the third time. For him, it was new and unknown. For her, it was business as usual, another appointment on her calendar. Nancy Borowick hide caption
Our Last Year Together: What My Camera Captured As My Parents Died Of Cancer
Saturday
The 6-story tall Rubber Duck by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman came to San Pedro, Calif., in August 2014. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Scaffold, a sculpture by Sam Durant, stands in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The art work is a reflection on the country's long history of institutionalized killing and references the hanging of 38 Dakota men among other executions. After swift community outcry, it will be dismantled and later ceremonially burned. Evan Frost/MPR News hide caption
After Outcry, Sculpture Depicting Dakota Tragedy To Be Dismantled, Burned
Wednesday
Frédéric Bazille's The Family Gathering has none of the quick, airy brushstrokes his future impressionist peers would discover; but the sunshine is there, as are the bright colors. Musee d'Orsay, Paris/Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art hide caption