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Get to know Tinkering School through a webcomic

Two years ago, software engineer and tinkerer Gever Tulley told us five dangerous things you should let your kids do. He returned in 2009 to...

Feb 19, 2009
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Inspired by TED: Three astonishing art shows in Long Beach

Across from the Long Beach Arena complex where TED2009 just finished up, a more local — but no less ambitious — cluster of art s...

Feb 12, 2009
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MoMA Atlantic Pacific: Art on rails

New York’s Museum of Modern Art takes over a subway station this month, papering Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street stop ...

Feb 10, 2009
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Interview with Jason Hackenwerth, balloon artist

The TED Blog sat down with Jason Hackenwerth, Palm Springs’ balloon artist-in-residence to talk about the challenge of being an artist...

Feb 7, 2009
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Palm Springs only: Meet Seth Aylmer and Jose Serrano-Reyes of TrustArt.org

Seth Aylmer and Jose Serrano-Reyes took the TEDDIY stage today to tell us about TrustArt.org, a new organization whose goal is to bring a mi...

Feb 6, 2009
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The surreal art and wildlife of the desert: the world around TED@PalmSprings

The TED staff is plugged in here at the Palm Springs Riviera Resort and Spa, preparing for the simulcast event. Co-hosts Kelly Stoetzel of T...

Feb 2, 2009
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Tidying up art: Ursus Wehrli on TED.com

Artist and comedian Ursus Wehrli shares his vision for a cleaner, more organized, tidier form of art — by deconstructing the paintings...

Nov 13, 2008
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Another look at the face of Leonardo da Vinci

Earlier this year at TED2008 in Monterey, California, the artist Siegfried Woldhek unveiled what he believes is the true face of Leonardo da...

Nov 2, 2008
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Sleep overnight at the Guggenheim

Your local science museum might offer a “Night at the Museum,” where kids in sleeping bags cuddle up alongside the stuffed mammo...

Oct 15, 2008
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