How Tyrus Wong Spent 106 Years Making the World More Beautiful
Artist Tyrus Wong, with kites of his own design, at California’s Santa Monica Beach Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Tyrus Wong arrived in San Francisco from…
How the Hirshhorn Museum Went From Iconoclast to Icon
From inside of the Hirshhorn, the museum’s circular design creates an oculus effect. Richard Barnes Immediately after the 1969 groundbreaking for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.,…
The Stratocaster Became Rock Music’s Most Iconic Guitar 70 Years Ago
To celebrate the guitar’s 70th birthday, Fender has released a Limited Edition 1954 Hardtail Deluxe Closet Classic, complete with gold hardware, for more opulent collectors. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation The…
Back in the 19th Century, Your Election Ballot Could Double as a Work of Art
A selection of ballots from the 1860s shows a variety of the persuasive flourishes then in vogue. Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Allen County Public Library In the…
How Fallingwater Gave Frank Lloyd Wright a Second Wind
The proudly jutting—and sometimes-imperiled—terraces above the cataract that gave the world-famous house its name. Ezra Stoller / Esto In 1995, when Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater was less than 60 years…