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Architect Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church (1942) helped launch a design revolution in Columbus, Ind. Nearly 30 years later, as part of that same movement, sculptor Henry Moore created the 20-foot-tall Large Arch as a piece of art that could be walked through and around. Chris Smith/Columbus Area Visitors Center hide caption

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Wedding photograph of Wong Lan Fong and Yee Shew Ning, 1926. U.S. National Archives and Records hide caption

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Al Black is one of Florida's 26 officially recognized "Highwaymen" — a loosely affiliated group of artists who began painting in the 1960s, some of whom are still at it today. Courtesy of Gary Monroe hide caption

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Meet Al Black: Florida's Prison Painter

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The Highwaymen: Segregation And Speed-Painting In The Sunshine State

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De Waal's 2012 work all and more is on display in the Dining Room. It is made up of 23 porcelain dishes: 22 in white and cream glazes and one gilded dish, contained in a clear glass vitrine. Paul Barker/The National Trust, Waddesdon Manor hide caption

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Paul Barker/The National Trust, Waddesdon Manor

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People view the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the National Mall this week. Ebony Bailey/NPR hide caption

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Pieces Of AIDS Quilt Blanket Nation's Capital

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Art, Race And Murder: Meet Florida's 'Highwaymen'

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Tuesday

Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot's Red Bowl installation in Beauvais, France, recalls the way lepers once bathed in animal blood in an effort to cure themselves and avoid being ostracized to the one-time leprosarium where the installation is located. Courtesy of Cao | Perrot Studio hide caption

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Reflective Art Brings Light, Color To Historic Spaces

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