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Why Is There an Astronaut in This Year's Vatican Nativity?
The Nativity, produced between 1965 and 1975 in a ceramic school in Abruzzo, has been mocked for its sci-fi aesthetics and inclusion of a Darth Vader-like character.
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What Is Possibly the World’s Longest Exposure Photograph Has Been Discovered Inside a Beer Can
The image depicts 2,953 arced trails of the sun rising and falling during a period of eight years and one month.
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Virginia Governor Requests $11M to Replace Confederate Statues With New Artworks
Governor Northam says his new initiative to reimagine public monuments in Virginia would “shine light on previously untold stories.”
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NYC Awards $47.1 Million in Grants and Pandemic Relief to Arts Organizations
More than 1,000 organizations will receive funding, the agency’s largest-ever number of award recipients for its annual program.
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A Surrealist Yves Tanguy Painting Was Tossed in Trash at a German Airport
The painting, worth an estimated $340,000, was left behind by a traveler at Düsseldorf Airport and scrapped by a cleaning crew.
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The Trove of Hanukkah Treasures In New York City's Public Collections
A bright pink silicon menorah in the Jewish Museum, a pair of Hanukkah hymns from a medieval prayer book in the New York Public Library, and other gems.
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Republican Senator Blocks Votes to Establish Smithsonian Museums for Latino Culture and Women
On the evening of the vote, Senator Mike Lee of Utah said the US does not need “separate but equal” museums.
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Mexico Is Under International Pressure to Reform Its Cultural Institutions
Citing “draconian austerity measures” and the precarious situation of many cultural workers across Mexico, the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art is urging the government to take immediate steps to preserve its museums.
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Illuminating the Legacy of Slavery at a New York Museum
Artist Reggie Black is projecting a message about the history of slavery in New York City on the façade of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum in Manhattan, where six people were enslaved.
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Did You Know the First Commercial Christmas Card Featured Underage Drinking?
May we all be as merry as that boozy child.
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128-Year-Old East Village Church, Home of New York Liberty Bell, Destroyed in Fire
The fire also displaced a group of women living at a shelter operated by the Women’s Prison Association, the nation’s first organization for women impacted by incarceration.
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Creative Capital Grants $1.75M to Artists, 76% of Whom Are POC
The Black Schoolhouse and a comedic film by Suha Araj are among the 35 projects receiving $50,000 grants.