Art & Design
Tony Fadell speaking at TED2015.

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TED Radio Hour

Tony Fadell: How Can We Design For A Better Experience?

The designer behind the iPod and the Nest thermostat explains why design is in the details, and why designers often get those details wrong.

How Can We Design For A Better Experience?
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Joe Gebbia speaking about designing for trust.

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TED Radio Hour

Joe Gebbia: How Do You "Design" Trust Between Strangers?

When a stranger shows up at an AirBnB rental, what ensures that all goes well? Careful design of the website that brought them together, says Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb.

How Do You "Design" Trust Between Strangers?
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ARGO — The Rescue of the Canadian Six was painted by an undercover CIA employee. It depicts an operation in which six Americans ("The Canadian Six") were rescued after the U.S. embassy in Tehran was taken over in 1979.

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Fine Art

A Peek Into The CIA Art Gallery Reveals [REDACTED]

There's a private art gallery at CIA headquarters — who knew? Museum director Toni Hiley says the agency has a young workforce, and the collection of art and artifacts helps them learn from the past.

A Peek Into The CIA Art Gallery Reveals [REDACTED]
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Why An Art Historian Took NYPD Officers To The Met

Art historian Amy Herman took officers from the New York Police Department to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and used art to show them how to look closer at their own cases.

Why An Art Historian Took NYPD Officers To The Met
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Two people hold electronic devices while looking over a sculpture by George Segal with the Living Wall in the background at the newly expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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All Tech Considered

Too Much Technology Can Spoil Your Warhol Experience

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has reopened after a three-year closure. Like a growing number of museums, it hopes new tech doesn't get in the way of looking at the art.

Too Much Technology Can Spoil Your Warhol Experience
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Revamped San Francisco Museum Merges Modern Art With Interactive Tech

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art re-opened this weekend with groundbreaking interactive technology meant to enhance the experience of looking at art. But can there be too much tech in a museum?

Revamped San Francisco Museum Merges Modern Art With Interactive Tech
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Around the Nation

Student Art Project Gets Mighty High Appraisal

Antique dealer Alvin Barr was surprised when a piece of pottery he owned was appraised at as much as $50,000 on Antiques Roadshow. So too was the pot's creator, Betsy Soule.

Student Art Project Gets Mighty High Appraisal
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First Lady Michelle Obama wears her signature cardigan while dancing with performers from the television show So You Can Dance during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on April 6, 2015.

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Code Switch

Mrs. Obama Saves The Cardigan: 'The Obama Effect' In Fashion

In fashion, most first ladies have worshiped at the altar of "The Suit." Michelle Obama transformed American fashion by favoring dresses, moderately-priced brands, and simple basics like the cardigan.

Mrs. Obama Saves The Cardigan: 'The Obama Effect' In Fashion
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A Wes Wilson poster promoting the 13th Floor Elevators, Great Society, Sopwith Camel at the Fillmore Auditorium on August 26 and 27, 1966.

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Psychedelic Font: How Wes Wilson Turned Hippie Era Turmoil Into Art

It's been 50 years since artist Wes Wilson invented the psychedelic font that was popular in the '60 and '70s. Wilson talks about how he made a name for himself designing psychedelic concert posters.

Psychedelic Font: How Wes Wilson Turned Hippie Era Turmoil Into Art
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Business

Market Grows For Fashionable But Modest Clothing

A Turkish fashion mogul has teamed up with the Islamic Fashion and Design Council to present the first Modest Fashion Week in Istanbul. Renee Montagne talks to Melanie Elturk, CEO of Haute Hijab.

Market Grows For Fashionable But Modest Clothing
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"The potter has used an impressive array of techniques to come up with this extraordinary texture," an Antiques Roadshow appraiser said of this piece — which turned out to be a high school art project.

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The Two-Way

'70s High School Art Project Mistakenly Valued At $50K On 'Antiques Roadshow'

A grotesque vase covered in multiple faces: late 19th century, Picasso-inspired Mid-Atlantic art worth five figures? Well, maybe not.

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, may be best known as King Louis XV's Chief Mistress. But she was also a highly educated tastemaker, a patron of the arts, and an artist in her own right.

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Fine Art

More Than A Mistress: Madame De Pompadour Was A Minister Of The Arts

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, may be best known as King Louis XV's chief mistress. But she was also a well-educated tastemaker, a patron of the arts and an artist in her own right.

More Than A Mistress: Madame De Pompadour Was A Minister Of The Arts
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Africa

Senegal's Biggest Art Biennial Returns With Contemporary Exhibits

African artists are convening in Dakar, Senegal for the Dak'Art biennale. The month-long event showcases the latest developments in visual arts.

Senegal's Biggest Art Biennial Returns With Contemporary Exhibits
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Neil Leifer took this photograph of sprinter Carl Lewis during the 1984 Olympics. Lewis won four gold medals that year. Photo from Relentless: The Stories behind the Photographs, by Neil Leifer with Diane K. Shah (University of Texas Press, 2016)

Neil Leifer took this photograph of sprinter Carl Lewis during the 1984 Olympics. Lewis won four gold medals that year. Photo from Relentless: The Stories behind the Photographs, by Neil Leifer with Diane K. Shah (University of Texas Press, 2016) Neil Leifer/ Courtesy of Sports Illustrated Content Management hide caption

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Photography

A 'Relentless' Sports Photographer Explains How He Got His Shots

Neil Leifer is behind some of the defining sports images of the past 60 years. In his book Relentless, he describes the special mix of luck and skill that helped him capture those memorable moments.

A 'Relentless' Sports Photographer Explains How He Got His Shots
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Teen fashion blogger Justina Sharp goes vintage in this prom dress.

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Interviews

When It Comes To Prom Dresses, Teen Blogger Knows What's In Style

It's prom season! And that means dresses — lots of dresses. Justina Sharp has been blogging about fashion since she was 13 years old, and she tells NPR's Rachel Martin what's trending this year.

When It Comes To Prom Dresses, Teen Blogger Knows What's In Style
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Mother-Son Tag Team Design A Line Of Clothes For Kids With Disabilities

Tommy Hilfiger recently added a clothing line for kids with disabilities. Fashion designer Mindy Scheier and son Oliver talk about Scheier's nonprofit Runway of Dreams and how the concept came about.

Mother-Son Tag Team Design A Line Of Clothes For Kids With Disabilities
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The Panama Papers may help settle an ownership claim over Amedeo Modigliani's Seated Man With a Cane, which Philippe Maestracci says was seized from his grandfather by the Nazis.

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Fine Art

Panama Papers Provide Rare Glimpse Inside Famously Opaque Art Market

The leaked documents tell the backstory of a groundbreaking Christie's auction, and the purchase of a painting one man claims was seized from his grandfather during World War II.

Panama Papers Provide Rare Glimpse Inside Famously Opaque Art Market
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