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A display of some of the pre-Columbian antiquities, which comprise the "Repatriation and Its Impact" exhibit at The Parthenon museum in Nashville. The artifacts will be returned to Mexico, when the exhibit concludes. Victoria Metzger/Centennial Park Conservancy hide caption

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How one Nashville museum has embraced the repatriation of stolen artifacts

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The Banksy Museum in New York City features replicas of 160 original Banksys. This one is called "Good Doctor," and was originally stenciled in New York in 2010. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento/NPR hide caption

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Slick Rick is known for his eyepatch and the crowns he often wears. Janette Beckman/Courtesy of Fahey/Klein Gallery hide caption

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The history of hip-hop, told through bling

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Courtroom sketch artists Elizabeth Williams (from left), Jane Rosenberg and Christine Cornell wait to enter the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump's trial is occurring on April 25. Jefferson Siegel/AP hide caption

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The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse is one of two "middle-of-the-river" lighthouses left standing on the Hudson River. David Oliver/National Trust for Historic Preservation hide caption

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Here's this year's list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.

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Left: An Ebony Fashion Fair Model. Right: A hand holds up a copy of Ebony magazine in front of a Chicago skyline. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)/ (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images) hide caption

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Valentine's Mascara by street artist Banksy, on the side of a house in Margate, England. William Edwards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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So your property has been 'Banksy-ed.' Now what?

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El Massry took this photo of a felucca sailing down the Nile in the south of Cairo on a morning in 2022. He digitally framed the image with a photo of a window in an old antique shop, and in his signature style, added a bird or two. Nour El Massry hide caption

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Visitors observe the painting the Mona Lisa by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci on display in a gallery at Louvre on May 19, 2021 in Paris, France. Marc Piasecki/Getty Images hide caption

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The photo that helped the amateur art detectives locate the stolen Bhairav masks on display in the museums. Anil Chandra Shrestha hide caption

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Keary Hines, Prairie View, Texas. Ivan McClellan hide caption

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A photographer documented Black cowboys across the U.S. for a new book

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A sample of pages from chapter 9 of the book, which profiles poet and essayist Louise Glück. Penguin Press hide caption

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In a collection of 40+ interviews, author Adam Moss tries to find the key to creation

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Ask Dalí at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., allows visitors talk to the famous surrealist artist via an AI-generated version of his voice. Martin Pagh Ludvigsen/Goodby Silverstein & Partners hide caption

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A new study finds that front yards with friendly features, such as pink flamingos or porch furniture, are correlated with happier, more connected neighbors and a greater "sense of place." ROBERT SULLIVAN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Artist Faith Ringgold sits before her quilt "Tar Beach" in 1993. The artwork also inspired a children's book of the same name. Kathy Willens/AP hide caption

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Faith Ringgold, quilt and visual artist, dies at 93

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