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Mysterious 30-Foot-Long Tunnel Found Inside Giza Pyramid
Scholars don’t know exactly how the 4,500 year-old-pyramid was built, but the new finding could offer valuable clues.
Elaine Velie
Elaine Velie is a writer from New Hampshire living in Brooklyn. She studied Art History and Russian at Middlebury College and is interested in art's role in history, culture, and politics.
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Peruvian Man Found With Mummy He Called a “Spiritual Girlfriend”
The man was caught carrying "Juanita" in a food delivery backpack.
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NYU’s Non-Tenured Faculty Rally for a Union
They make up half of NYU's full-time professors, and they want living wages and academic freedom.
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London Hospital Removes Gaza Children’s Art to Placate Pro-Israel Group
UK Lawyers for Israel described the drawings, which were on display at the hospital for over a decade, as "propaganda.”
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Inside Robert Rauschenberg's Newly Renovated SoHo Home
The orphanage-turned-house where Rauschenberg exhibited his work and threw parties is open by appointment for archival research.
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Tennessee Bans Drag Performances for Children
The state has just passed a bill criminalizing public drag performances as well as private shows if a minor could be present.
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Could This Be the First-Known Ancient Roman Dildo?
For 40 years, the 2nd-century wooden object was considered a sewing and knitting tool.
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Louis Vuitton in Trouble Over Joan Mitchell Works in New Ad
The artist's estate sent a cease and desist order to the fashion company for its inclusion of paintings by the artist in a recent ad campaign.
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Minneapolis Museum Workers Say “No Money, No Monet”
Unionized staff at the Minneapolis Institute of Art took to the picket line last week to demand salary raises in the face of inflation.
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Metal Detector Hobbyists Get a Museum Show in Denmark
The Hunt for Denmark's Past at the National Museum of Denmark gathers some of amateurs' and hobbyists' most remarkable finds.
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Custodians at RISD Are Fed Up
Facilities workers picketed this week in the face of grueling negotiations for their first union contract.
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The Artists Resisting the Gentrification of New York’s Chinatown
Chinatown Art Brigade’s largest show to date examines the history of anti-displacement organizing.