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Scientists “Digitally Unwrap" Amenhotep I's Mummy
This pharaonic mummy is the only one dating from the New Kingdom that has not been unwrapped and hence irreversibly damaged in the process in modern times.
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An App Gives You the Truth Behind 10 Looted Objects in the British Museum
Users can view pictures of objects set against backdrops illustrating, for instance, the sacred rites that they once presided over, but also violent occupations and sieges that unrooted them from their communities.
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TikToker Pokes Fun at Western Attitudes Towards Non-Western Art
"The Europeans are a simple people, but perhaps in this complex age we could learn something from their simplicity,” Rubin says mockingly as she reverses an attitude that remains embarrassingly prevalent in Western culture.
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The Artist Who Helped Create a Very American Santa Claus
Abolitionist cartoonist Thomas Nast had a big role in manufacturing the US version of the Christmas patriarch.
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Docs About Jamaica Kincaid, Confederate Monuments, Repatriation and More Receive Over $20M from Ford Foundation
In the past year, 122 organizations and filmmakers received funding from JustFilms for projects that are expanding the realm of perspectives from which stories are told.
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Royal Ontario Museum Hires What Is Believed to Be the First Climate Change Curator
Soren Brothers wants to shift the conversation away from doomsday scenarios and toward actionable change.
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EU Takes a Major Step Towards Ending the Ivory Trade
The European Parliament's two resolutions bring it in line with already existing bans in the US and China.
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Next Month, You’ll Need a Booster Shot to Go to the Met Opera
It’s the first major performing arts venue in New York City to require proof of a third vaccination.
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Heirs Sue Philadelphia Museum of Art for a Piet Mondrian Painting
The artwork was looted by Nazis before it was purchased by a New York collector and friend of Mondrian, who donated it to the PMA.
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Banksy Sold T-shirts to Fundraise for Activists Accused of Toppling Edward Colston Statue
The shirts, which feature an empty plinth and rope, have already sold out.
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Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Monument Will Be Melted Down and Turned Into a New Artwork
The statue was at the center of the notorious, racist “Unite the Right” rally in 2017.
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After Years of Activism, Sackler Name Will Be Removed From Met Museum
Seven exhibition spaces carried the name in the museum, including the iconic Temple of Dendur room.