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How a Turn-of-the-Century Painter Influenced Military Camouflage
The newest exhibition at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York examines the influence of nature on military camouflage.
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Archeologists Find Possible Ancient Cat Costume in Peru
Archeologists in Peru have discovered the 1,500-year-old tomb of a Moche nobleman, which they say could shed further light on the pre-Inca civilization. Along with some things you might expect to find in an archeological dig was a curious pair of metal feline paws with sharp claws.
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Early High-Speed Photographs Offer Incredible Details of Motion
Back in the 1930s, an electrical engineer from Nebraska, working at MIT, developed the first "strobe" flash for photography, changing the way motion is documented.
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Detroit Pensioners Approve "Grand Bargain"
Detroit's civilian and police-and-fire retirees overwhelmingly voted to approve cuts to their benefits in connection with the city's bankruptcy "grand bargain," the Detroit Free Press reported.
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A Fictional Childhood, Filmed in Real Time
The big bet pays off in Boyhood, much like the risks of early life: making friends, changing the way we think and look, the things we do.
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Spain's Museo del Prado Missing 885 Artworks
The Museo del Prado in Spain is missing 885 artworks, down from 926 in 2008, El País reported.
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Humanizing a Historic Brain Collection
A curious thing about medical collections is how dehumanizing they can be.
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Criminals Love Weapons, Drugs, and … Art
Art theft is the third-highest grossing criminal trade in the world, preceded only by drugs and weapons. This claim comes from a smart, extensive Newsweek article covering a three-day conference held at New York University Law School last month called "Art Crime and Cultural Heritage: Fakes, Forgeri
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Curating the Mind of John Altoon
LOS ANGELES — In John Altoon's current retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, curator Carol S. Eliel organizes a view of this Los Angeles artist's work that spans from his early beginnings in art — heavy strokes of more Cubist-type work — to his delicate, sexually charged ink and wat
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ArtRx NYC
This week is all about transporting yourself.
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Cairo Policy Journal Delves Into Art and Politics
The summer issue of the Cairo Review of Global Affairs mingles various aspects of the political ferment in the Middle East with the world of art and aesthetics.