An Indian artist paints an idol of Lord Krishna at a roadside stall on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, on Wednesday. The idols are in heavy demand ahead of the upcoming Hindu festival of Janmashtami, which marks the birth of…

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The Artists of Cultural Criticism: Remembering Robert Hughes and Judith Crist…

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It's hard to categorize Battles' sound -- so hard that even they don't like to.

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Click to enlarge. People wait to see the coffin of the late Costa Rican-born Mexican singer Chavela Vargas during a ceremony in her honor at Garibaldi Square in Mexico City on Monday. The iconic singer, who was…

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Gibson Fay-LeBlanc is a writer and teacher. His first collection of poems, "Death of a Ventriloquist," won the Vassar Miller Prize and was published by the University of North Texas Press in 2012. He lives in Portland, Maine, with his…

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Dancers with the English National Ballet perform during a dress rehearsal of "Swan Lake" at the London Coliseum on Friday.

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Ray Suarez talks to celebrity chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson, whose new memoir, the New York Times bestseller "Yes, Chef," traces his life and career, beginning with his birth in Ethiopia and adoption to a Swedish family, a move that…

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Nepalese children dressed in traditional cow costumes take part in a procession for the Gai Jatra in Kathmandu on Friday. Families who have lost a relative during the year parade a cow, a sacred animal which some believe helps the…

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Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

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A woman paints a map of Berlin on the German capital's Schlossplatz ("Palace Square") on Thursday. The giant map is part of a program to celebrate Berlin's 775th anniversary. A team of artists will use 274 templates to draw the…

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