Gloria Vanderbilt attends an exhibition of her artwork at New York's 1stdibs Gallery in 2012. Ilya S. Savenok/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption
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Each of these vignettes required 37 "hexies," little hexagonal scraps cut from donated neckties. Dan Meyers hide caption
Christian Siriano watches over the work of Hester Sunshine on Project Runway. Barbara Nitke/Bravo hide caption
Eileen Gray: A House Under The Sun, by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes and Zosia Dzierzawska Nobrow hide caption
Tetris, an addictive brain-teasing video game, is shown as played on the Nintendo Entertainment System in New York, June 1990. Its creator, a Soviet computer programmer, explained the game appeals to people's "constructive spirit." Richard Drew /Associated Press hide caption
Happy Birthday, Tetris. 35 Years Later You're As Addictive And Tetromino-y As Ever
Pablo Picasso and Francoise Gillot in 1951. Lipnitzki/Roger Viollet/Getty Images hide caption
The Louvre was closed on Monday as security and reception staff went on strike over what they say are deteriorating working conditions as the museum draws record crowds. Here, visitors queue outside the Louvre in July 2015. Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Lonnie G. Bunch III speaks during the 2016 dedication of the National Museum of African History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Bunch, the museum's founding director, will be taking over as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in mid-June. Astrid Riecken/Getty Images hide caption
Tintoretto was in his late 20s when he painted this self-portrait circa 1546/48. (Scroll down to compare this portrait to one he painted 40 years later.) The Philadelphia Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY hide caption
Happy 500th, Tintoretto — A Retrospective Honors The Venetian Artist
Jordan Binnington, starting goaltender for the St. Louis Blues, looks on during the first game of the Blues' playoff series with the San Jose Sharks earlier this month. Binnington may be a rookie, but he's taking part in a tradition that dates back decades. Christian Petersen/Getty Images hide caption
Architect I.M. Pei stands in front of the Louvre museum's glass pyramid in Paris, just before the structure's inauguration in March 1989. Pierre Gleizes/AP hide caption
I.M. Pei, Architect Of Some Of The World's Most Iconic Structures, Dies At 102
Rabbit by Jeff Koons was sold for more than $91 million at Christie's in New York on Wednesday night. It set a record for the most expensive work by a living artist to be sold at auction. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Helen Marriage on the TED stage. Callie Giovanna/TED hide caption
Helen Marriage: How Can Large-Scale Performance Art Inspire Wonder And Creativity?
This Land is My Land: A Graphic History of Big Dreams, Micronations, and Other Self-Made States, by Andrew Warner and Sofie Louise Dam Chronicle Books hide caption
A visitor in 2005 views the impressionist painting called Rue St.-Honore, Apres-Midi, Effet de Pluie, painted in 1897 by Camille Pissarro, on display in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. Matriana Eliano/AP hide caption
Canada's new $10 banknote, featuring civil rights activist Viola Desmond, won "Bank Note of the Year" Award for 2018. Shannon VanRaes/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Gargoyles watch over the streets of Paris from the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral in 1996. Remy De La Mauviniere/AP hide caption
This 1991 photo became famous in the climbing community after appearing in a 1995 Patagonia catalog. Almost three decades after the photo was taken, Jordan Leads, the baby pictured, is grown up and tells NPR about her perspective on the photo. Greg Epperson hide caption
The Flying Baby From A Famous 1995 Patagonia Catalog Photo Is All Grown Up
Dread Scott's The Blue Wall of Violence, as part of the Perilous Bodies exhibit at the Ford Foundation Gallery in Manhattan. Yana Paskova for NPR hide caption
