The Conestoga stand and face their final moments Weshoyot Alvitre/Library Company of Philadelphia hide caption
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Eric Tucker painted the everyday people in his hometown of Warrington, England — like this smoker in a pub. Tony Longmore hide caption
'Unseen Artist' Eric Tucker Spent Decades Painting — But Nobody Knew
What could you possibly have to learn from a houseplant? DEA / G. Cigolini/De Agostini via Getty Images hide caption
"Spice pet" Jared Miller, photographed on Skid Row in Los Angeles. Jeff Sharlet/Jeff Sharlet hide caption
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology — known as The Penn Museum — has hired refugees and immigrants from the Middle East, Africa and Central America as part of their "Global Guides" program. Moumena Saradar, who is originally from Syria, stands next to the wedding jewelry and headdress of Queen Puabi, her favorite part of the Middle East gallery. Cameron Pollack for NPR hide caption
Two images from Janelle Lynch's photo book "Another Way of Looking at Love" Janelle Lynch / Flowers Gallery hide caption
The FBI building in downtown Washington, D.C. — Utah Sen. Mike Lee describes it as looking like "an abandoned set from The Hunger Games." ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
'Just Plain Ugly': Proposed Executive Order Takes Aim At Modern Architecture
Years ago, John Sonsini began approaching men in Los Angeles who were looking for work â and offering them modeling jobs. The results are on view in a show called Cowboy Stories & New Paintings. Above, Saul & Lorenzo, 2008. John Sonsini hide caption
Artist Says His Portraits Of Day Laborers Are Paintings — Not Statements
This Japanese black pine was stolen on Sunday from a museum in Washington state. It was grown from a seed in a tin can by Japanese American Juzaburo Furuzawa while he was incarcerated in an internment camp during World War II. Courtesy of Pacific Bonsai Museum hide caption
The piece shattered on Saturday. Giovanni Emmanuel/OMR hide caption
Models walk the runway for Christopher John Rogers during New York Fashion Week in September 2019. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows hide caption
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama stand next to their newly unveiled portraits during a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Feb. 12, 2018. The portraits are set to go on a yearlong tour to five cities in June of 2021. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
In the second season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) visits the Catskills. Costume designer Donna Zakowska says this outfit "in the boat with a funny lampshade hat" was among her favorites. Amazon Studios hide caption
Portrait of a Woman in Red, 1620, by Marcus Gheeraerts II Tate hide caption
Tracing 500 Years Of Pregnancy Portraits, From The Tudors To Today
North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr with Georgia Republican Kelly Loeffler. "He caught my attention because he wasn't wearing socks. And he has very expensive loafers, or they seem that way. And so I did a sketch of him. And the next day, he had it as his profile picture on Twitter." Kisha Ravi/NPR hide caption
Vase of White Lilacs and Roses, 1883 Dallas Museum of Art hide caption
Stickers designed by Grebet depict a local musician (left), and a woman wearing a traditional head scarf. O'Plerou Grebet hide caption
Conservator Felicitas Klein, right, traveled from Germany with Villas at Bordighera, an 1884 painting by Claude Monet. She inspects the painting at the Denver Art Museum, along with senior paintings conservator Pamela Skiles. Kendelyn Ouellette hide caption
1 Night In An Edward Hopper Hotel Room? It's Less Lonely Than You Might Think
A horn player (left) in this detail from a 1694 altar carving by Francesco Antonio d'Alberto in Piedmont, Italy, clearly has a swollen neck that signifies goiter, medical historians say. The thyroid condition was a sign of poverty in those days. Renzo Dionigi hide caption
Why Certain Poor Shepherds In Nativity Scenes Have Huge, Misshapen Throats
Façade of Chicago's first and only Hanukkah-themed pop-up bar in Wrigleyville. Nolis Anderson for NPR hide caption
