Sebastian Smee

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Hours before JFK’s death, Jackie’s quiet moment with a painting (washingtonpost.com) Hours before JFK’s death, Jackie’s quiet moment with a painting By Sebastian Smee 2025052215104400 The night before her husband's assassination, Jackie Kennedy slept under this painting. "Swimming," by Thomas Eakins, had been lent to the hotel in Fort Worth where President John F. Kennedy and the first lady were staying.

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Air Traffic Controller Left 'Traumatized' and Placed on Leave After Being Only One on Duty During Terrifying 90-Second BlackoutAn air traffic controller was left so "traumatized" by a recent 90-second blackout incident at Newark Liberty International Airport that she's had to go on leave. While speaking anonymously to The Times, the woman, a 39-year-old New Yorker, recalled being the "only operator on deck" when "the system …

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Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysThe night before her husband’s assassination, Jackie Kennedy slept under this painting. “Swimming,” by Thomas Eakins, had been lent to the hotel in Fort Worth where President John F. Kennedy and the first lady were staying.

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His photographs cut through apartheid — and never diminished their subjects (washingtonpost.com) His photographs cut through apartheid — and never diminished their subjects By Sebastian Smee 2025051713003500 NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A photograph by David Goldblatt shows a family in bed reading the weekend papers.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A photograph by David Goldblatt shows a family in bed reading the weekend papers. Until apartheid began to crumble in 1990, Goldblatt, who took pictures in South Africa for more than 70 years, photographed almost exclusively in black-and-white. He turned to color only after the regime was dismantled. But there were exceptions to this rule, and this color photograph, with its lovely harmony of blue and pastel green blankets against a pale turquoise wall, was taken in 1978.