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Samantha Baskind

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Covers:  Arts, culture, Judaism, American history, comics and graphic novels
Distinguished Professor of Art History, Author, Journalist, and Editor. Loves Rembrandt, Superman, the Cavs, and books.

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Samantha Baskind’s Journalist Portfolio

The Unrivaled Legacy of Dale Chihuly

The Unrivaled Legacy of Dale Chihuly

The pioneering glassmaker and octogenarian is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel documentary.

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Perspective | Arlington National Cemetery's Confederate monument has a troubling history

Perspective | Arlington National Cemetery's Confederate monument has a troubling history

Billed a means of national reconciliation, the monument embodies a romanticized, inaccurate version of Confed…

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The Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Is About Much More Than Just the Uprising

The Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Is About Much More Than Just the Uprising

The widespread embrace of the uprising's story sheds light on how a good number of Americans want, and need, …

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The Jewish Sculptor of the Confederacy

The Jewish Sculptor of the Confederacy

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The Lost Story of Lexington, the Record-Breaking Thoroughbred, Races Back to Life

The Lost Story of Lexington, the Record-Breaking Thoroughbred, Races Back to Life

For her latest novel "Horse," the Pulitzer-prize winning author Geraldine Brooks found inspiration in the Smi…

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Opinion: My uncle Nate was lost on D-Day. At last, he is being buried with honor | CNN

Opinion: My uncle Nate was lost on D-Day. At last, he is being buried with honor | CNN

After D-Day, 1st Lt. Nathan B. Baskind was missing in action for 80 years. His great-niece Samantha Baskind t…

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Jack Kirby Was a Kid From the Lower East Side Who Became the ‘King of Comics’ and Made Superhero Mythology. Now, New York City Has Named a Street After Him

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By Samantha Baskind
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The artist who co-created Captain America and other iconic characters is being honored in the neighborhood where he grew up At the corner of Delancey and Essex Streets on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a new sign will read: “Jack Kirby Way.” This is where the comic book legend was born Jacob Kurtzberg in 1917. As a child, he lived in a tenement building, growing up in a neighborhood that was once among the most densely populated on Earth.
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The Historic Comic Books That Introduced Superman and Captain America Just Entered the Smithsonian in a Landmark Acquisition

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By Samantha Baskind
| Smithsonian Magazine Verified
The National Museum of American History adds ‘Action Comics No. 1’ and ‘Captain America No. 1’ to its vast pop culture and entertainment library Before Superman and Captain America became global symbols of heroism, joined cinematic universes and inspired Halloween costumes, they were just ink on cheap newsprint—bold, bright and bursting with possibility.
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In Her 70s, Grandma Moses Began Painting Lovely Scenes of Rural Life. Then She Became an Icon

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By Samantha Baskind
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A new Smithsonian retrospective explores the legacy of America’s beloved late bloomer, often underrated in art history What began as a hobby on a farmhouse table became one of the most remarkable second acts in American art. When arthritis ended her habit of embroidery, Anna Mary Robertson Moses first reached for a paintbrush with serious purpose in her 70s.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Via email

Why did you become a journalist?

Because I am endlessly curious and love to craft words.