In Brief
If you were in elementary school in the late 1980s or early 1990s, you might remember spending hours of free time playing MS-DOS computer games. Who could forget the thrill of shooting a bear on the Oregon Trail, or chasing down that crook Carmen Sandiego?
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France just made it a little easier for artists to sell their work directly to collectors.
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Imagine you were creating a time capsule that would summarize American life today. What would you put in it: A smart phone? A kindle? Maybe a few seasons of NCIS or Orange Is the New Black?
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If you've seen Steven Spielberg’s movie Amistad, you already know this story: in 1838, a 25-year-old enslaved Mendeian named Cinque led a successful revolt aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad.
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It looks like artist Christo may soon be "hanging those sheets over the river," as a federal judge once described a proposed art project in southern Colorado that has stirred much debate.
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Archaeologists are one step closer to piecing together an ancient family tree after discovering the 4,500-year-old tomb of an unknown Egyptian queen named Khentakawess, AFP reported.
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When most people think of Slough, England, they picture the drab, industrial setting for Ricky Gervais's British television show The Office.
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Four Brazilian graffiti artists who initiated a protest against police brutality in São Paulo last August are the subjects of a new documentary.
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Four Brazilian graffiti artists who initiated a protest against police brutality in São Paulo last August are the subjects of a new documentary.
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Beginning today, art lovers around the world can peruse the entire collections of two Smithsonian Asian art museums from the comfort of their homes.
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Beginning today, art lovers around the world can peruse the entire collections of two Smithsonian Asian art museums from the comfort of their homes.
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The threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union reached new heights in the early 1980s, prompting authorities in Great Britain to devise a plan for saving its greatest art treasures, Bloomberg reports.