Van Gogh's Seascape at Scheveningen, 1882, was stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002. Van Gogh Museum hide caption
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AJS made these cone-headed taps for Stevens Point Brewery in Wisconsin. Courtesy of Olivia Locascio Film and Photo hide caption
Arts And Craft Beers: Brewers Draw Drinkers' Eyes With Snazzy Tap Handles
Sunday
The Zozobra, a 50-foot-tall, scowling, ghostly white marionette with flailing arms and a flowing muslin robe. Here it is, under construction. Mark Lennihan/Santa Fe New Mexican/Courtesy of the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives hide caption
Long Before Burning Man, Zozobra Brought Fire And Redemption To The Desert
Monday
Winston Churchill was so displeased with Graham Sutherland's portrait that his wife asked his secretary to destroy it. Pictured here is a preparatory sketch. Reprinted from "The Face of Britain" by Simon Schama with permission from Oxford University Press/National Portrait Gallery, London hide caption
Sunday
Mae Reeves and her husband Joel pose with her hats at Mae's Millinery in Philadelphia, circa 1953. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr. hide caption
Mae Reeves' Hats Hang At National Museum Of African American History And Culture
Thursday
Maurizio Cattelan's America goes on display Friday at the Guggenheim in New York. The artist says it is "one-percent art for the ninety-nine percent." Kris McKay/Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation hide caption
National Museum of African American History and Culture. Alan Karchmer for NMAAHC hide caption
Wednesday
Tim Gunn says the fashion industry needs to adjust itself to take advantage of the market for plus-size clothing. Mike Coppola/Getty Images hide caption
Tim Gunn: The Fashion Industry Is Not Making It Work For Plus-Size Women
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Celebrated street artist Keith Haring painted this mural in the stairwell of a former convent in the 1980s. Now, the church that owns the Manhattan building — which offered low-cost housing — says it's suffering financial difficulties and has asked its tenants to leave. But two tenants are fighting eviction and raising concerns about the future of the mural. Joel Rose/NPR hide caption
Sunday
A photo of apartment buildings near NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., that was run through the Prisma app's "wave" filter. Alina Selyukh/NPR hide caption
Saturday
Rybczynski believes the oldest kind of chair was not a throne, but a folding chair. Witold Rybczynski hide caption
Better Sit Down For This One: An Exciting Book About The History Of Chairs
Thursday
Mike Hudson's team starts pulling apart an old barn on the shady side because the temperature is approaching 90 degrees in Malta Bend, Mo. The pieces of the barn will be sold as reclaimed barn wood. Kristofor Husted/Harvest Public Media and KBIA hide caption
Monday
Artist Noah Davis founded The Underground Museum to bring world-class art to a neighborhood in Los Angeles — for free. He was just 32 years old when he died from cancer in 2015. Ed Templeton/The Underground Museum hide caption
He Died At 32, But A Young Artist Lives On In LA's Underground Museum
When a person places a finger in the slot on the left, the robot uses an algorithm — unpredictable even to its creator — to decide whether to prick the finger with the pin on the end of its arm. Alexander Reben hide caption