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Olivier Widmaier Picasso, left, stands in front of his grandfather Pablo Picasso's 1941 painting Tête de Femme, which is up for grabs as part of a raffle benefiting an Alzheimer's research charity organized by Péri Cochin, right. Péri Cochin hide caption
Pablo Picasso painting to be raffled off to benefit Alzheimer's research
A view of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in February. On Monday, a group of eight architecture and culture groups filed a federal lawsuit against President Trump and the arts complex's board to halt a planned renovation. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
For 20 years, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has acted as an intermediary between the police and people who know where stolen artwork might be hiding. Rebecca Rosman for NPR hide caption
The floral designer known as Mr. Flower Fantastic wears a gas mask and gloves because he's allergic to flowers. New York Botanical Garden hide caption
A mysterious floral artist has taken over the New York Botanical Garden
Jessie Buckley at the 98th Annual Oscars held at Dolby Theatre on March 15, 2026 in Hollywood, California. Lexie Moreland/WWD hide caption
Teatro Regional del Bío-Bío, 2018, Concepción, Chile Iwan Baan/The Pritzker Architecture Prize hide caption
Chilean Smiljan Radic Clarke wins architecture’s highest honor
Actors gaze up to the sky during JJ'88's "ROOT" in the hip-hop artist and former inmate's documentary and visual album Songs from the Hole. Before the song starts, protagonist and producer James "JJ'88" Jacobs describes meditating on his and others' redemption while incarcerated and in solitary confinement. Courtesy of Netflix hide caption
Jean, 72, a Chinese opera performer, poses for a portrait before performing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Annice Lyn/Everyday Asia hide caption
People gather on Lake Mendota near an inflatable Statue of Liberty crown and torch at the 2026 Winter Carnival on Feb. 7 in Madison, Wis. Kayla Wolf for NPR hide caption
Laurence des Cars, director of the Louvre Museum, is photographed before a hearing of the Senate culture committee, three days after jewels were stolen in a daring daylight heist, in Paris, Oct. 22, 2025. Emma Da Silva/AP hide caption
Abdul's vehicle promotes his work as a carpet repair man in Mumbai, India. Martin Roemers hide caption
Portland's Union Station, captured in watercolor and pen by an artist at the Urban Sketchers Portland event. Deena Prichep hide caption
Residents of the isolated village of Mphooko wave as a team from the Lesotho Flying Doctor Service departs after a day treating patients. Mphooko is inaccessible by road and relies on the LFDS for basic medical care. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Cartoonist Scott Adams poses with his a life-size cutout of his creation, Dilbert, in 2014. Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images hide caption
Scott Adams, the controversial cartoonist behind 'Dilbert,' dies at 68
The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., is one of eight Smithsonian organizations that the White House stipulated must conduct a "comprehensive internal review" for "improper ideology." Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Smithsonian’s deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House arrives
Cecilia Gimenez, left, who restored a version of 'Ecce Homo' mural by 19th century painter Elías Garcia Martínez, died Monday. Javier Vinuela/AP hide caption
The missing 1916 painting Music, by Gabriele Münter. Its whereabouts have been unknown to the public since 1977. Oil on canvas. (Private collection. © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn) The Guggenheim, New York hide caption
The Tin Soldier, one of Nicolas Coppola's marionette puppets, is the main character in The Steadfast Tin Soldier show at Coppola's Puppetworks theater in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood. Anh Nguyen for NPR hide caption
Cookie Jones (left) sits with her mother, Valerie (right), in Cookie's home on June 4, 2025, in Bridgeport, Conn. Cookie Jones quit her job to care for her mother, who has Alzheimer's disease. She is one of thousands of unpaid family caregivers in Connecticut navigating financial and access barriers to treatment. Tyler Russell/Connecticut Public hide caption
Virginia's Barbara Rose Johns statue is unveiled at a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Frank Gehry stands next his fish lamps at his exhibition at the Gagosian Mayfair gallery, in central London, in November 2013. Joel Ryan/Invision/AP hide caption
