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A Brief History of Military Camouflage
From paper-mache horses to garments covered in foliage, a look back at how armed forces have mastered the art of disappearing
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First Drafts: Christo's 'Over the River'
The artist describes the multi-step process behind his latest project
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'The Conspirator': Heavy on History, Light on Heart
Robert Redford's latest film, about a woman accused of conspiring to kill Abraham Lincoln, lets its themes, rather than its characters, become the leading roles
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Paul Simon, Chuck Close, and the Creative Process
The songwriter and the portraitist discuss how they both turn inspiration into works of art
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Paul Simon and Chuck Close
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Choose Your Own Budget Adventure!
You are House Speaker John Boehner. Can you cut funding and avoid the shutdown? Keep the tea party happy? Build a relationship with the president? Only you can decide...
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Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Hockney's iPad Paintings
How tablet painting applications are shaping the way artists produce and sell their work
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Entering a New Era of Immersive Art
In his latest book, Wired's Frank Rose argues that the Web is rendering aesthetics an increasingly interactive experience
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Blood Doping Goes Back to the Future
High-tech performance enhancers are easy to detect. Not so with the original doping strategy: reinjecting your own blood.
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My Pornographic Doppelganger
What do you do when you discover that someone with your same name writes erotica?
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20 Years After Germany Reunified: The Ruins of a Soviet-Seized Family Home
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The Middle Class in Peril