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A participant sings karaoke inside "TNT Traysikel," a mobile artwork by Paolo Asuncion and Michael Arcega, two students of Carlos Villa. The piece is part of the Villa retrospective at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Chloe Veltman/NPR/Chloe Veltman/NPR hide caption
How one Filipino American artist influenced the work of a generation of others
The Library of Congress has acquired the life's work of radio producer Jim Metzner, who has spent decades traveling the world to capture rich soundscapes. While he's honored that they will be archived, he says he wants to make sure people actually listen to them. Library of Congress hide caption
He spent decades recording soundscapes. Now they're going to the Library of Congress
Lorraine Arroyo Román serves "asopao" during a protest against LUMA Energy in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on Saturday. Román is illuminated by the lights of police vehicles. Gabriella N. Báez for NPR hide caption
As hurricanes put Puerto Rico's government to the test, neighbors keep each other fed
"Smokee" retrieves furniture and belongings from his home at Sunny Land, a mobile home park on San Carlos Island in Fort Myers, Fla., in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on October 1, 2022. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Photos: This is what Florida looks like after Hurricane Ian
Jewish pilgrims gather at a lake to perform Tashlikh, an atonement ritual that involves symbolically casting one's sins into a body of water, during the Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman's tomb in Uman, Ukraine on Monday. Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a reported 23,000 adherents made the trip, which was complicated by the grounding of civilian aviation throughout Ukraine. Pete Kiehart for NPR hide caption
War didn't stop Hasidic pilgrims from gathering in Ukraine for the Jewish new year
Musician Nick Cave (from left), artist Thomas Houseago and with actor Brad Pitt pose prior to the opening of their joint exhibition, in Tampere, Finland, on Saturday. Jussi Koivunen/Sara Hilden Art Museum, Lehtikuva via AP hide caption
The San Jose Museum of Art, seen here in 2007, is one of hundreds of museums participating in Saturday's free admission Museum Day event. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Britain's King Charles III outside Buckingham Palace in London. Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Who needs the monarchy? Plus, why gray floors and barn doors are everywhere
Photographer, filmmaker, painter and graphic designer William Klein at a press event in Paris in 2005. Klein died Saturday at age 96. Pierre Verdy/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Marble Head of Athena, from 200 B.C.E. and which was looted from a temple in central Italy, is displayed during a news conference and repatriation ceremony of stolen antiquities to Italy, in New York City. Brendan McDermid/Reuters hide caption
Sarah Cameron Sunde will produce the finale to her "36.5: A Durational Performance with the Sea" on Sept. 14 in New York City. Matthew Schuerman/NPR hide caption
This artist gets up to her neck in water to spread awareness of climate change
Taliban guards stand at the entrance of the National Museum of Afghanistan after it reopened under Taliban control in Kabul in December. Mustafa Melih Ahishali/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
The Taliban now guard Afghanistan's National Museum, where they once smashed objects
DC Comics covers featuring Green Lantern holding tamales, Hawkwoman holding platanos fritos, and Blue Beetle holding tacos. DC Comics hide caption
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A new exhibit in LA explores the complicated history of Black Cinema
The blue dashiki (left) is from the Rwandan design studio Moshions and first appeared on a Kigali catwalk 5 years ago. Center: an outfit from womenswear brand IAMISIGO led by Kenya's Bubu Ogisi. Right: An outfit from Thebe Magugu out of Johannesburg, South Africa. These are 3 of the garments starring in the new "Africa Fashion" exhibit at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. Victoria and Albert Museum/Maganga Mwagogo/Tatenda Chidora hide caption
Are you a bittersweet person? Take this quiz — then discover the power of sadness
Rafael López poses with his mariachi stamps in a classroom at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. The set was launched in August. Gabriel J. Sánchez/NPR hide caption
For the first time, the Postal Service features mariachi musicians on stamps
Robert Adams, Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, 1969 gelatin silver print image: 14 x 14.9 cm (5 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.) Private collection, San Francisco. © Robert Adams, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisc hide caption
This undated photo provided by The J. Paul Getty Museum shows Sculptural Group of a Seated Poet and Sirens. The J. Paul Getty Museum/AP hide caption
New York pop artist KAWS has designed boxes for the General Mills Monster Cereals Count Chocula, Franken Berry, Boo Berry and Frute Brute. General Mills hide caption
Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, delivers the keynote address at the Worldwide Developers Conference in 2003 in San Francisco. Jobs created a personal uniform for himself that featured a black turtleneck from Japanese designer Issey Miyake. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Vision divine du 11 Mars 1948, is a series of eight drawings by Ivoirian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré. They depict a vision that Bouabré said he experienced that year: "seven colored suns" creating a "circle of beauty around their 'mother-sun.' " This piece and other works from Bouabré are part of an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art. The Museum of Modern Art hide caption
Issey Miyake is shown at the National Art Center in Tokyo on March 15, 2016. AP hide caption
The Horniman Museum's collection of artifacts from the ancient kingdom of Benin includes 12 brass plaques, ceremonial objects and a key 'to the king's palace'. Horniman Museums and Gardens hide caption
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Harlan shares a collage of images from a family beach trip. She knew she wanted photos of a sandcastle, her family at the beach at dusk, downtime at the house and the cousins playing together in the pool. Creating a "shot list" in advance of images she hoped to capture helped her "leave her trip with no regrets," she says. Photo Illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption