Arts & Culture
Man Ray’s Signature Work
Artist Man Ray mischievously scribbled his name in a famous photograph, but it took decades for gesture to be discovered
By Abby Callard
Also see: Decoding Jackson Pollock
![Kareem and Haneen Sesame Street](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091111231704im_/http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/145*78/Kareem-Sesame-Street-388.jpg)
Meet Sesame Street’s Global Cast of Characters
Over the course of the 40 years that the program has been on the air, Sesame Street has spawned versions in countries around the world
By Abby Callard
![Ansel Adams Sunrise Death Valley](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091111231704im_/http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/145*78/Ansel-Adams-Sunrise-Death-Valley-388.jpg)
Ansel Adams in Color
As a new book shows, not everything in the photographer's philosophy was black and white
By Richard B. Woodward
![Lytton Strachey](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091111231704im_/http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/145*78/Presence-Lytton-Strachey-388.jpg)
Historical Laughter
Those who don't have power tend to make fun of those who do. But what happens when the power shifts?
By Lance Morrow
![John Marshall filming](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091111231704im_/http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/145*78/ATM-Priceless-John-Marshall-388.jpg)
Recording the Ju/'hoansi for Posterity
For 50 years, John Marshall documented one of Africa's last remaining hunter- gatherer tribes in more than 700 hours of film footage
By Amanda Bensen
![Simeon Wright](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091111231704im_/http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/145*78/QA-Simeon-Wright-388.jpg)
Emmett Till's Casket Goes to the Smithsonian
Simeon Wright recalls the events surrounding his cousin's murder and the importance of having the casket on public display
By Abby Callard
![Jackson Pollock 1943 Mural](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091111231704im_/http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/145*78/Jackson-Pollock-1943-Mural-388.jpg)
Decoding Jackson Pollock
Did the Abstract Expressionist hide his name amid the swirls and torrents of a legendary 1943 mural?
By Henry Adams
![Hazel Scott](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091111231704im_/http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/145*78/Hazel-Scott-musician-388.jpg)
Hazel Scott’s Lifetime of High Notes
She began her career as a musical prodigy and ended up breaking down racial barriers in the recording and film industries
By Karen Chilton
![Panther vase](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091111231704im_/http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/145*78/Panther-Vase-Wedgwood-388.jpg)
250 Years of Wedgwood
Two new exhibitions celebrate the enduring wares of ceramics designer and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood
By Nancy Mann Jackson
![Sleepy Hollow Cemetery](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091111231704im_/http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/145*78/Sleepy-Hollow-Cemetery-388.jpg)
Real Places Behind Famously Frightening Stories
’Tis the spectral season, when darkness approaches sooner, and chilly temperatures bring folks around hearths--literally and figuratively--to tell ghost stories. Light your pumpkin and read about the real places behind some of the world’s classic spooky tales.
By Robin T. Reid
![Irving Berlin](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20091111231704im_/http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/145*78/Irving-Berlin-singing-Los-Angeles-388.jpg)
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Poet David Lehman talks about the brilliant Jewish composers and lyricists whose work largely comprises the great American songbook
By Jamie Katz
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