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Visitors walk past a sculpture made of plastic soldiers by Syrian artist Thaier Helal on display at the Art Dubai exhibition on Wednesday.

Q&A: Lloyd Suh’s ‘Great Wall Story’

In 1899, three bored -- and slightly drunk -- newspaper reporters decide to concoct a story that the Great Wall of China is being torn down. The story takes off, and suddenly the reporters find themselves at the center of…

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A weekly roundup of arts and culture headlines.

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A man practices yoga as a couple rests Thursday in the Carrousel Garden at the Louvre in Paris.

Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Sweet Old-time Sound

Fiddle and banjo music today can seem antiquated, pulled from a time capsule of early Americana, but the Carolina Chocolate Drops want you to know they are more than just a young band with an old-time sound.

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Visitors study light projections of works by Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh at an audio-visual art show on Tuesday in Les Baux de Provence, France.

Condoleezza Rice Makes the Case for Arts as Vital Part of Education

By Tom LeGro

// On Tuesday, Jeffrey Brown sat down with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein to discuss a new report examining the connections between education and national security. He also took…

Around the Nation

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

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Ninots -- giant cardboard, wood, paper-mache and plaster statues -- burn Monday during the last day of Las Fallas in Valencia, Spain. The festival celebrates St. Joseph, as well as the arrival of spring, with fireworks, fiestas and bonfires. On…

Weekly Poem: ‘Journey Through the Past’

Matthew Zapruder is the author of three collections of poetry: "American Linden," "The Pajamaist" and "Come On All You Ghosts" (Copper Canyon, 2010). He is editor for Wave Books.