A new exhibition spotlights a trio who pushed the boundaries of American art and illustrated the experiences of World War II ...

Architect Paul McClean's urbane designs are forever punched with light—minimalist spaces where boundaries vanish and geometric shapes extend and hover.

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Back in July 1927, Princess Elizabeth - the future Queen - was barely a year old when the interior of her parents' London ...

This hexagonal home, hidden on an Oahu mountaintop, is the best example of Vladimir Ossipoff’s blend of Japanese and American midcentury design.

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Although the Japanese river otter is not in paintings, the 1824 book Buko Sanbutsu Shi (List of Animals and Plants Found in ...

These methods, explained by the experts, gave me an even deeper level of understanding of my relationship with what I own ...

Mokumoku-- This is an onomatopoeic word mainly used with smoke ("kemuri" in Japanese) to describe rising smoke. In the picture book, when the tanuki transforms, smoke is emitted, and that is where ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week include histories of corporate mismanagement and misbehavior in the 19th century (“Savings and ...