Arts & Culture | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/arts-culture/RSS feed for Arts & CultureenTue, 26 Nov 2024 19:34:55 +0000The Ten Best Books About Food of 2024https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-ten-best-books-about-food-of-2024-180985539/Travel to the American South, Vietnam and beyond with this year’s best cookbooks, memoirs and historic deep divesTue, 26 Nov 2024 19:34:55 +0000An Astonishing, Rarely Seen Islamic Art Collection Goes on Displayhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/astonishing-rarely-seen-islamic-art-collection-goes-display-180985448/At the oldest public art museum in the United States, miniatures, glassware and other intricately created works transport visitors around the worldThu, 21 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000A Curious Industry Once Gave Anyone With a Song in Their Heart a (Long) Shot at Stardomhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/song-sharking-poems-once-gave-anyone-song-their-heart-long-shot-stardom-180985444/How the dubious tradition of song-sharking led to a strangely beautiful repository of folk artWed, 20 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0000How Fallingwater Gave Frank Lloyd Wright a Second Windhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/soaring-ambition-180985443/The architectural wonder re-established the designer as a titan of his generation and shifted the public's view of Modernism from a foreign movement to a part of the American characterTue, 19 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000Celebrate Day of the Dead With These 15 Scenes of Festivities and Remembrancehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/celebrate-day-of-the-dead-with-these-15-scenes-festivities-remembrance-180985374/These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show how communities in Mexico and beyond mark Día de los Muertos.Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000How the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Went From Its Modest Start to an American Tradition Rivaling Stuffing and Pumpkin Piehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-modest-start-american-tradition-rivaling-stuffing-pumpkin-pie-180985216/A century on, the country’s most beloved Thursday spectacle reaches new heightsWed, 23 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000This Savvy Librarian Was the True Force Behind New York’s Iconic Morgan Libraryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/savvy-librarian-true-force-behind-new-york-iconic-morgan-library-180985223/It fell to Belle da Costa Greene, a Black woman whose racial identity was kept secret for decades, to catalog J.P. Morgan's immense collection of books and artTue, 22 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000Meet the Italian 'Fruit Detective' Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Clues About Produce That Has Disappeared From the Kitchen Tablehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/meet-italian-fruit-detective-who-investigates-centuries-old-paintings-clues-produce-180985227/Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help combat a growing agricultural crisisMon, 21 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000