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Keely Beal of Littleton, N.C., takes photographs Wednesday at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., next to David Smith's "Circle" sculptures.

A woman experiences the "Rain Room," an art installation by Random International at the Barbican Centre in London. The["Rain Room" is a 100-square-meter field of falling water with sensors detecting where visitors are standing. The installation opens Thursday and runs…

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the MacArthur Fellows for 2012 on Tuesday. The 23 fellows, who each were awarded an unrestricted $500,000 'genius grant', were selected from hundreds of anonymous nominations identified for their creativity, and…

Atlanta-based artist Alex Brewer, also known as "Hense," paints over the exterior of a 10,000-square-foot empty building in Washington, D.C. The work is a collaboration with the art gallery Art Whino and will be completed next weekend for a showing…