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Christmas Tree Drone Delivers Yuletide Nightmares
How does Santa deliver all those gifts in just a few short hours every Christmas? With drones, of course!
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Artists Petition the Pope to Abolish Hell (Again)
A group of artists is collecting signatures on a petition demanding that Pope Francis I abolish hell.
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Brooklyn Museum Mural Irks Self-Appointed Spokesman for All Hindus
The centerpiece of Chitra Ganesh's new Brooklyn Museum exhibition, a mural that depicts the Hindu goddess Kali, has provoked the ire of the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism.
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Boat Bearing JR Artwork Rescues Drifting Migrants
Sometimes art and life converge in miraculous ways. That happened last week in the Mediterranean, where drifting migrants were rescued by a cargo ship plastered with an image by French artist JR, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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After Outcry, Flickr Stops Selling Prints of Creative Commons Photos
In response to photographers' criticisms, Flickr has stopped selling photos uploaded by users under the Creative Commons “commercial attribution” license through its Flickr Wall Art site.
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After Harrowing Rescue, Timbuktu Manuscripts to Go on View in Brussels
Sixteen original 15th- and 16th-century Malian manuscripts will go on display Friday at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, The Art Newspaper reported.
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Holy Hell: Critic Alleges Major Restoration of Chartres Cathedral Is "Fake"
An intensive restoration of France's Chartres Cathedral that replicates the interior's original colors and patterns has earned a polemical rebuke from the critic Martin Filler, who charged that the method makes "authentic artifacts look fake."
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How to Punch a Monet and Get Away with It
Punching a painting by Claude Monet is never a good idea, as Andrew Shannon learned the hard way last week when he was sentenced to five years in prison for putting his fist through "Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat" (1874) at the National Gallery of Ireland. But if it's a digital likeness of
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How Beast Jesus Saved a Spanish Town
Anyone who still doubts that internet memes can have an impact on the real world should pay a visit to the small town of Borja, in northeastern Spain. Thousands of tourists have been doing just that ever since local amateur art restorer Cecilia Giménez blessed us with Beast Jesus.
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Uzbekistan Museum Director Sold Artworks and Replaced Them With Fakes
The director of the State Art Museum of Uzbekistan in Tashkent was sentenced today to nine years in prison for systematically replacing works from the institution's collection with fakes and selling off the originals over a 15-year period.
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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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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...