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How Art Works: Visual Emotion

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Writer and illustrator Molly Bang describes how pictures trigger our emotions from paintings to advertising.

How Art Works: Upright Image

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A Yankee’s Southern Tour

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How Art Works: Illustrate This

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Stingy Brims and a Beaded Bunny

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Maira Kalman is an author and illustrator whose work is colorful, funny, and keenly observed — she gets most of her ideas by simply walking around town. Her latest book, The Principles of Uncertainty is a journal in paint and prose, documenting a year of her life. Small, ignored things become monumental — like Bundt […]

Knuffle Bunny

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Bus-driving pigeons and missing stuffed animals made children’s author and illustrator Mo Willems a hit among the playground set. Now a musical based on his book, Knuffle Bunny, is set to open at the Kennedy Center in May. Produced by Mark Anderson.

Staff Picks: Are We Alone in the Universe?

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A couple weeks ago, we asked you a question: Are we alone in the universe? We challenged you to send us the answer in the form of an illustration. We’ll reveal the winner next week. M…

Going with the Grain

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Artist Clint Reid looks in his backyard and the lumberyard to find canvases for his work.

A Digital Terarrium For Your Desktop

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This graphic artist’s self-contained animations are the digital equivalent of a snow globe.