The only sculpture that French painter Edgar Degas ever shared with the public sparked an immediate outrage. Degas debuted his true-to-life amalgamation of beeswax, human hair, and more, depicting his ...

Timothy Martin and Joanna Smith sit in front of Edgar Degas’s sculpture “Little Dancer, Age Fourteen” (1878–1881) on April 27, 2023. (all photos courtesy Declare Emergency) One of two climate ...

Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (1878–1881), Edgar Degas’s groundbreaking statuette of a young ballerina that caused a sensation at the 1881 impressionist exhibition, takes center stage in an exploration ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. A climate activist found guilty of one ...

A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen... A climate activist found guilty of one count of ...

Joanna Smith was sentenced today for defacing the case of Edgar Degas' Little Dancer sculpture in 2023. A climate activist found guilty of one count of causing injury to a National Gallery of Art ...