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"Every stamp reminds me the world is enormous and generous, and that I owe it to my daughter to keep showing her how big it is," the actress said.

These shows offer a mix of evocative travelogues, practical tips, and expert recommendations for destinations across the globe.

Her lively, gnarly sculpture stars in her biggest exhibition yet, "Living Moving Growing," at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

He was a quintessential art dealer of the go-go 1980s, when the booming market turned painters into celebrities.

Libraries across the country are lending American Girl dolls, original artwork, musical instruments and ghost-hunting kits to help patrons save money and share resources.

By feeding centuries-old nursery rhymes and folklore recordings into their own model, linguists in Louisiana hope to help a community control its digital destiny.

The departing artistic director, Hana Sharif, made it clear in a resignation email that she was leaving Arena Stage under pressure.

"Global Convenience," an art installation honoring the city's role as a World Cup host, is a near-perfect replica of a corner shop. Someone got stranded after swimming out to it last week.

Thomas Doyle was accused of unlawfully pocketing most of the proceeds from the sale of a painting by Gustave Courbet to Bruce Springsteen's manager.

Six artist-designed tables commissioned by Public Art Fund serve up serious fun in "Between Tides" at Beach 67. (Just take the A train.)