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Weird Funerary Drawings Point to Troubled Period in Egyptian Art
After Egypt was conquered by Persia in 525 BCE, many of its beloved tomb painters were scattered across the empire.
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Report Suggests Sports and Culture Projects Have Little Local Economic Effect
Contrary to what evangelists of the "Bilbao effect" and sports stadium advocates would have you believe, a recent report from a UK government policy initiative cautions that major sports and culture project do not have a strong economic impact on their communities.
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Peru Charging Greenpeace Activists for Damaging Nazca Lines
Peru will take legal action against a group of Greenpeace activists who it says damaged the Nazca lines UNESCO World Heritage site during a climate change demonstration on Monday.
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American Museum of Natural History to Add 218,000-Square-Foot Science Center
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York is planning to add a $325 million, 218,000-square-foot science center, the New York Times reported.
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Thomas Kinkade and the Jesus of Zionsville, a Christmas Tale
’Twas a few weeks before Christmas, and all through Zionsville, Indiana's Thomas Kinkade Gallery, Many creatures were stirring, shoppers out for Small Business Saturday...
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Franklin Furnace, Performance Art Pioneer, Relocates to Pratt Under Long-Term Agreement
The storied avant-garde performance art nonprofit Franklin Furnace has relocated to the Pratt Institute campus under an agreement that will see the organization "nest" at the institution on a long term basis.
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Watercoloring a Whiteout
There was an amazing ugliness before the snow hit this week.
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The Collections Behind Great Artists
"Artists, as we know, are notorious collectors, but you always wonder what came first, the chicken or the egg."
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Guggenheim Seeks Volunteer Readers for On Kawara Retrospective
If you've ever wanted to sit at a table and read dates out loud for an hour — or rather, if you've ever wanted to be part of an On Kawara artwork — you're about to get your chance.
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The Original Renaissance Man and His Brain
LOS ANGELES — As he raced against cancer to finish his fourth and final book, Leonardo’s Brain, author/inventor/surgeon Leonard Shlain was motivated by the possibility that his manuscript-in-progress might help answer a very vital question: How can mankind achieve a more creative and peaceful future
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Citing Dubious Flora, Scholar Casts Doubt on National Gallery's Prized Leonardo Painting
New research suggests that Leonardo da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks" at the National Gallery — one of the British museum's most prized possessions — might not be the work of the master after all, the Guardian reported.