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I almost failed out of college and it nearly broke my self-confidence. I had been at the top of my high school class, class president, classically trained pianist, the total golden child. So when I decided that I wanted ...

A new documentary is telling the stories of burlesque dancers and revealing just how empowering getting naked can be. Directed by James Lester, "Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story" follows five professional burlesque danc...

Meric Algün Ringborg, Ninety Percent of Everything, 2015. Courtesy of Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin. At Frieze London, Stand B11. The World's Art In One City: In London for Frieze Week 2015 London is one of the most intern...

Marlys Fuego The largest and most comprehensive exhibit of Cuban art ever presented on the West Coast holds its gala opening this Saturday and Sunday at Arena 1 Gallery in at the Santa Monica Airport for the start a 5-we...

This video is scary fun. Mode recently released a video showing different styles of Halloween costumes throughout the course of a century. From simply scary getups to downright adorable outfits, costumes have gone thr...

On the pulsating lamentation "Dying of Another Broken Heart," Lindi Ortega suggested she should "hold a funeral for every love I've lost."At a crowded Gypsy Sally's on Wednesday night, the Canadian-born, Nashville-residi...

Many of the great composers who were also great performers were well known for championing the works of others. Mendelssohn, as conductor, was essential in restoring the nearly forgotten legacy of J.S. Bach. Similarly, h...

The National Gallery of Art added another 1,541 works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art to its permanent collection earlier this month, bringing the total works it acquired from the dismantled Corcoran to almost 8,000.

The National Gallery of Art added another 1,541 works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art to its permanent collection this month, bringing the total works it acquired from the dismantled Corcoran to almost 8,000.

Photographer Gabe Tomoiaga likes using his art to transport his three young sons into magical worlds. The Seattle-based dad photographs 4-year-old Landon, 2-year-old Liam and 10-month-old Lucas as they go on outdoor ...

In 2011, Limor Tomer,a curator and producer of avant-garde musical events in New York, took over the Concerts and Lectures series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For 41 seasons under her predecessor, Hilde Limondjian,...

Hard to miss with her short platinum hair, Australian accent and throaty laugh, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is bringing attention -- not to mention money and crowds -- to the 47-year-old Smithsonian muse...

Movie subtitles can annoy--as visual clutter--when you don't need them, but they are a godsend for the deaf and anyone watching a foreign language film. Now a devoted group of 200,000 volunteer video subbers on Viki.com ...

Museums are economic engines," reads a fact sheet published by the American Alliance of Museums. And there follows a staggering list of statistics: Museums employ more than 400,000 Americans and directly contribute $21 b...

If an exhibition is designed well, visitors should notice only the art.That might be disheartening for some of the people who choose the wall color and the arrangement of the objects on display, but it's a badge of honor...

Museum lighting can make art shine. But it also can make it suffer."Anytime you light something, you're damaging it," says Alex Cooper, resident lighting designer at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

First there was the career as a rock guitarist in a Spinal Tap-like band. Then came a gig as staff attorney at a corporate litigation firm in New York. Now, the artist known as Xiomáro is stepping up to serious photogra...

Growing up in Washington in the 1970s, a pudgy, big-eyed Ivan Campbell acquired the nickname Spanky."My father was a 'Little Rascals' fan," Campbell, 45, says with a laugh.The nickname stuck -- at least until Campbell st...

Nats slugger Bryce Harper has been known to set follicular trends in Washington. Remember a few years ago, when it seemed that every other Little Leaguer in the DMV was sporting a version of Harper's short-on-the-sides f...

The Kimbell Art Museum's iconic design boasts many elegant attributes, but it is known most for how the right calibration of natural light enters its travertine limestone and polished concrete interior. And no Kimbell of...

Pin it If you find it difficult to convince yourself that those formerly bright, now slightly graying towels and t-shirts are indeed fresh and clean--keep reading.

If you've ever made a Judy Chicago joke while attending a dinner party, or put on a gorilla mask and high heels to fight the patriarchy in style, or pondered a big decision by asking yourself, What Would Yoko Do? -- t...