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Badly Photoshopped Photo Wins Nikon Award and Internet Freaks Out
Hastily photoshopping a graphic of an airplane into a shot of some abstracted architecture could win you a Nikon prize.
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After Sculpture Censorship Fiasco, Italian Officials Fail to Uncover the Naked Truth
Earlier this week, the Musei Capitolini in Rome found itself at the center of a controversy as news spread worldwide of the censorship of some of its famous nude statues in anticipation of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to the institution.
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MoMA Unveils Unfun Revision of Its $400 Million Redesign
In disappointing news for those excited for a futuristic new Museum of Modern Art with retractable glass walls and moving floors, the museum has just unveiled scaled-back plans for its upcoming renovation.
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Ai Weiwei Withdraws Art from Two Danish Museums in Protest of Controversial Immigration Law
Ai Weiwei has withdrawn his art from two museums in Denmark to protest a law passed yesterday by the Danish parliament viewed by many as an anti-immigration measure.
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Italians Protect Iranian President’s Virgin Eyes from Nude Art During Museum Visit
Yesterday, as part of his tour of Europe, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visited Rome's Capitoline Museums, where he met Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi.
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Prehistoric Caves May Contain Oldest Paintings of Volcanic Eruptions
Since its discovery in 1994, the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave in southern France has been a rich site for researchers to study prehistoric art, featuring early paintings of both animals and humans on its walls.
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Satellite Images Confirm the Destruction of Iraq's Oldest Christian Monastery by ISIS
Conflict in Iraq has reduced yet another historic site to nothing more than piles of stone, with the blow delivered once more by ISIS.
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Town Builds Church Shaped Like Giant High Heel for Women
In Taiwan, there is a church.
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A Village Named Whitesboro Votes to Keep Its Insanely Racist Seal
Yay, democracy? Residents of the aptly named New York village of Whitesboro, in the town of Whitestown, voted Monday to keep their controversial village seal, which looks suspiciously like a drawing of a white guy strangling a Native American man.
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A Match Made in Hell: Mr. Brainwash Paints the Kardashians à la Renoir
Mr. Brainwash + Renoir + the Kardashians + flowery pastel hats + frilly Victorian dresses = "good art," declares Corey Gamble, boyfriend of Kris Jenner, in the latest episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
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David Bowie's "Lazarus" Video Is a Haunting Farewell
“Look up here, I’m in heaven/I’ve got scars that can’t be seen," sings a frail, blindfolded David Bowie from a hospital bed in his video for "Lazarus," released four days before his death on January 10.
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After PETA Lawsuit, Judge Rules Monkey Doesn’t Own the Copyright to His Selfie
In 2011, an Indonesian crested macaque monkey took a few grinning selfies with a camera found in his nature preserve. These "monkey selfies" would soon go viral.