Pioneering Black architect Robert Kennard led the team that designed Carson City Hall in Carson, Calif., which opened in 1976. The team also included Frank Sata and Robert Alexander. Elon Schoenholz/Getty Foundation hide caption
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"50 Years of Hope and HA-HAs" is the first Vietnamese American art exhibit to open in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia region, according to the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Maansi Srivastava for NPR hide caption
Kendrick Lamar performs at the 2025 Super Bowl. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images hide caption
A diptych from Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst's "xhairymutantx." The work, originally commissioned as part of a larger piece for the 2024 Whitney Biennial, is among those offered for sale at Christie's landmark AI art auction. Christie's Images Ltd. 2025 hide caption
Christie’s AI art auction inspires protests – and more art
Children gather inside a traditional tent, known as an ortz, in the Siberian taiga of northern Mongolia, watching a documentary about a Norwegian reindeer herder. Despite their remote location deep in the forest — accessible only by horseback or reindeer — the families stay connected with the outside world through such modern technology as solar panels and the occasional Wi-Fi connection. Claire Thomas hide caption
Syl Cole and Ashley Abaya Chloe Veltman/NPR hide caption
Squeeze into a photo booth for a Valentine's Day smooch
An infrared image of Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto, revealing another portrait underneath. The Courtauld Institute of Art/The Courtauld Institute of Art hide caption
The entry to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Louvre visitors in front of The Wedding Feast at Cana by Paolo Veronese in June 2024. The painting is among several masterworks that may soon cease to play "second fiddle'" to the Mona Lisa. Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech in front of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre in Paris on Tuesday. Bertrand Guay/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
A view of Moving Objects: Learning from Local and Global Communities on show at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Kevin Candland/Asian Art Museum San Francisco hide caption
The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images hide caption
Graduating students protest remarks by Washington University Chancellor Andrew Martin on May 13 at the university's campus near Clayton, Mo. Full story here. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
What is left of Pasha's Palace amid Israel's bombardment of Gaza. Historians of Gaza say Napoleon slept there for three nights in 1799. Omar El Qattaa for NPR hide caption
Olivier Latry, Notre Dame's longest-serving organist, poses beside the refurbished instrument, ready for the reopening ceremonies after the destructive fire in 2019. Philippe Guyonnet/Notre Dame Cathedral hide caption
A Sound Mirror: Notre Dame Cathedral's Restoration Can Be Heard in Its Resonance
Paul Ninson of Ghana embraced photography as a career -- and was inspired to create a library of photobooks about Africa. Above: Ninson in the Dikan Center in the capital city of Accra, which marked its second anniversary this month. He's holding a copy of the center's oldest book, The Gold Coast Yesterday and Today, published in the early 1940s. Nana Kofi Acquah for NPR hide caption
The "Kiss of Death" in "The Godfather: Part II", directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel 'The Godfather' by Mario Puzo. Seen here from left, John Cazale (back to camera) as Fredo Corleone and Al Pacino as Don Michael Corleone. Photo by CBS via Getty Images hide caption
The skateboarders of Bolivia's Imilla Skate do their heel flips and backslides in polleras — colorful, layered skirts worn by the country's Indigenous Aymara and Quechua population. "By skating in polleras, we want to show that girls and women can do anything, no matter how you look or how people see you," says Daniela Santiváñez, who founded the group with two friends in 2019. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
Actress Lindsay Lohan attends a Calvin Klein Collection toast to Francisco Costa's CFDA Women's Wear designer of the Year award at Chinatown Brasserie June 13, 2006 in New York City. Evan Agostini/Getty Images hide caption
Why digital compact cameras are making a comeback this holiday season
The Life Kit team pose using tips from Stephanie Yeboah and David Suh NPR hide caption
Artist Nicholas Galanin's piece Seletega recalls Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who ordered his ships sunk after landing in Mexico in the early 1500s. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
At Miami’s Art Basel fair, elephants and a buried ship are bringing out the locals
Each year, Pantone selects a color meant to reflect the trends, moods and happenings in the zeitgeist. Pantone Color Institute hide caption
Mickalene Thomas' 2015 work "Afro Goddess Looking Forward." Rhinestones, acrylic, and oil on wood panel Mickalene Thomas/The Barnes Foundation hide caption