Meet a calendar savant
George Widener's art is awash with numbers, dates and days - a sign of his uncanny ability to identify the day of the week any date falls on, in the past or the future
Arts
How busy hands can alter our brain chemistry
Occupying our hands - through work, chores or art - can engage our brains and alleviate anxiety
Meet an acquired savant
A childhood injury left Alonzo Clemons with severe brain damage; unable to read, write or do math, he can nonetheless create beautiful sculptures with his bare hands
A brush with madness
Vincent Van Gogh is just one of scores of artists, writers and musicians who are known or believed to have suffered from mental illness. Is there a relationship between mania and creativity?
Tarsila, the "Picasso of Brazil"
A rare North American exhibition of works by the mother of Brazilian Modern Art showcases the vibrant colors of her homeland
Web extra: Joan Baez on her paintings of "Mischief Makers"
The singer's artistic talent was on display in an exhibition of her portraits of noted activists, civil rights leaders, and others who have fought oppression and injustice
The Newmans, a movie music dynasty
This most talented of families has created innumerable movie memories with their film scores and songs
Meet movie poster master Bill Gold
In a career spanning more than six decades the designer created iconic artwork to advertise movies, from "Casablanca" to "The Exorcist" and the works of Clint Eastwood
Remembering 1968: The revolutionary "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band"
Fifty years ago this month The Beatles' iconic concept album became the first rock record to win the Grammy for Album of the Year
The whimsy of decoupage artist John Derian
How 18th and 19th century etchings and lithographs are turned into 21st century collectibles
A portrait of artist Amy Sherald
The 44-year-old went from virtual unknown to one of the most talked-about artists in the world after her portrait of Michelle Obama was unveiled
De-constructing the art of Anselm Kiefer
The German Post-War painter and sculptor's works convey decaying landscapes that are destroyed in order to rebuild again
Making violins
For hundreds of years instrument makers have been turning to the forests of Northern Italy for the fine woods that make violins, pianos and other instruments sing
Art from behind the walls of Guantanamo
The exhibition "Ode to the Sea" showcases artwork by terrorism suspects who have been detained at the military prison
Dollhouse crime scenes
Intrigued by unsolved murders, Frances Glessner Lee created tiny dioramas of death, to help train forensic investigators to examine crime scenes
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A New Mexico monastery where the silence calls
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