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For those who read my columns every week, this is my last hurrah, my final issue. After all the columns I’ve written this year, from Byzantine mosaics to Mesoamerican sculpture, I have introduced artworks...

In 1885, Congress dedicated Feb. 22 to a celebration in honor of George Washington’s birthday. This marked the first time the United States created a federal holiday that commemorated a person’s birth....

In the summer of 1941, the accomplished African American artist Jacob Lawrence traveled to New Orleans. Though this was his first time visiting the South, he had spent his career completing more than 60 panels...

Since the time of Leonardo da Vinci, the “Salvator Mundi,” or ‘Savior of the World,’ has been the artist’s most copied work. His pupils and art students created many different versions, but da...