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Can art help unite a diverse society? Museums aim to find out.The reopening of the Museum of Modern Art in New York shows a trend toward diversity, with more attention paid to women and artists of color.聽
Please touch the fine art: Museums embrace a hands-on approachMuseums and artists are collaborating with visually impaired individuals to create multisensory exhibits that go beyond sight.聽
One woman鈥檚 quest: Use art to bring focus to marriage (video)The beautiful designs of聽Nushmia Khan鈥檚聽nikahnamas 鈥� Islamic marriage contracts 鈥� help draw attention to each partner鈥檚 rights and responsibilities.
Honoring Leonardo da Vinci, the master who never stopped experimentingThis year, museums across Europe are celebrating Leonardo da Vinci鈥檚聽unparalleled achievements with exhibitions that glimmer with life.
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Welcome to the museum. Did you bring a spoon?To generate discussion around exhibits, museums add something unexpected: food. In Washington, the Hirshhorn serves up Thai food 鈥� and protest art.
Top Picks: Shuri鈥檚 debut, Vampire Weekend鈥檚 latest, and moreCritic Candace McDuffie on the 鈥楢vengers鈥� spinoff comic featuring Shuri from 鈥楤lack Panther,鈥� Vampire Weekend鈥檚 album 鈥楩ather of the Bride,鈥� and more.
Top Picks: 鈥楢 Silent Voice,鈥� 鈥楥rosby, Stills, Nash & Young,鈥� and moreAnd check out 鈥榃e Are Witnesses: Becoming an American,鈥� a short film series that breaks away from the partisan debate about immigration.
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Through an African lens, 鈥榓 story for the world鈥�Priya Ramrakha, one of the first African photographers for Time and Life magazines, was an insider to the independence era of the 1950s and 鈥�60s.
Top Picks: Dido's 'Still on My Mind,' PBS's 'Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People,' and moreThe film 'Burning'聽is available on DVD and Blu-ray,聽producer聽Andrew Huang makes聽enjoyable, interesting music using fireworks, shaving supplies, and Legos, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'The Guilty,' 'Diana Ross: Her Life, Love, and Legacy,' and moreNils Landgren has single-handedly made playing the trombone cool, the Criterion Channel is聽the Criterion Collection鈥檚 first native video streaming site, and more top picks.
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Looking for our nation鈥檚 forgotten stories? Turn up the volume.Ordinary folks often get left out of history books, but an overlooked medium may encourage a more inclusive historical record: audio. Sound recordings offer a more nuanced story of our past.聽
Top Picks: Steve Gunn鈥檚 'The Unseen In Between,' CBS's 'Aretha!,' and moreThe documentary聽'Science Fair,'聽which chronicles the efforts of young people to triumph at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair,聽is available to rent and buy via iTunes and Google Play,聽Netflix鈥檚 new animated series 'Carmen Sandiego' reimagines聽the title character as a contemporary Robin Hood, and more top picks.
Bauhaus then and now: designers draw inspiration from rich legacy of creativityTo understand modern design, you need to start with the Bauhaus. The German design school, founded 100 years ago, lasted only 14 years, but its influence 鈥� and ethos 鈥� inspires designers and architects today.
Top Picks: 'Tidying Up,' Meet Vermeer on GooglePBS's 'Margaret: The Rebel Princess'聽examines her life in relation to the turbulent events of the world in which she lived,聽sweet dog tale 'Pick of the Litter' is now available on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Netflix鈥檚 'Out of Many, One,' the Slowly app, and moreGuitarist Chris Shiflett, in a podcast titled 'Walking the Floor with Chris Shiflett,' chats with his peers including Dawn Landes, Rhett Miller, and Cindy Wilson, the movie 'The Apparition'聽delves into questions of belief and faith, and more top picks.
鈥楾o Kill a Mockingbird鈥� shines on BroadwayWriter Aaron Sorkin alters the dynamics of 'Mockingbird' in his stage adaptation.
Top Picks: 'The Bookshop,' the Procreate app, and moreThe podcast 'Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda'聽is focused on the idea of connection,聽Julian Baumgartner of Chicago鈥檚 Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration recently posted a YouTube video showing the methods he used to restore 'The Assassination of Archimedes,' and more top picks.
