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This is a close up image of a serape which is a men's shawl worn in Mexican culture. A pattern of red, blue and beige make up the design.

Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with a serape made more than two centuries ago

Reviving the revolutionary salon music for “Révolution à la Mode”

Close-up view of Raffaelle Monti's veiled lady sculpture.

Secrets of the veiled lady: The passion and politics behind Mia’s marble masterpiece

An historian of Asian immigration explains how art enables understanding

Richard Misrach's Agua #10, near Calexico, California/Agua No. 10, cerca de Calexico, California, 2014, from the series Border Cantos, 2004?16. Pigment print. 60 by 80 inches Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York; and Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles. Copyright Richard Misrach.

How climate change and colonialism are spurring mass migration: The violent roots of today’s unprecedented displacement

The Titanic departs Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912. Photo by F.G.O. Stuart.

A rare book and a Titanic tragedy: How a misunderstanding revealed a remarkable history

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Botanomania and the secret history of women plant collectors

Inherent vice: Saving a beloved George Morrison painting from itself

Think the holidays are too commercial? So did the Arts and Crafts movement—a century ago.

The most intriguing figure in “Eyewitness Views” isn’t a king or a pope: it’s a singer