The institute's research director, Mark Teffeau,says the flowerpot works well for vegetables and small flowering plants like geraniums and impatiens.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

In the nineteen forties the French artist Jean Dubuffet discovered Mister Wolfli's works and other artists like him.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Many of the works are containers, like the smooth form of a large bowl by Barry Macdonald.

VOA: special.2011.01.14

Newspaper companies like Hearst,he says, are experimenting with new business models to see what works.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist painter whose works often represent a strange,dream-like world.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

Barbara Klein tells us more. One of the first works in the "Common Threads" exhibit looks like glowing orange cave formations coming out of the floor and ceiling.

VOA: special.2009.07.17