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11-Million-Year-Old Fossil Leads to Discovery of New Bird Species
The fossil sat in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, unidentified, for nearly 100 years.
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Philadelphia Museum Strikers Open Up on "Tense" Return to Work
The museum welcomed the workers back with an ice cream social, and many of them didn’t appreciate it.
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Mayan Codex, Americas' Oldest Surviving Book, Goes on View in LA
Dating to circa 1100 AD, the Mayan Codex is said to have been painted by a single artist, recording the movements of planet Venus over the course of 584 days.
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The Most Pawesome Looks From NYC’s Halloween Dog Parade
“Frito Pawlo'' stunned, Mochi struck a pious pose as the Pope, and a “Bodega Cat” pupper took the top prize.
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Climate Activists Give Monet’s “Grainstacks” a Mashed Potato Facial
Germany’s Barberini Museum is the latest institution hit by the burgeoning food-on-masterpieces trend of climate activism.
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Artists Stage Mahsa Amini Protest at New York’s Guggenheim Museum
An anonymous group of Iranian artists dropped 12 banners with the words “Woman, Life, Freedom” and portraits of Amini.
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This Close-Up of an Ant’s Face Will Scar You Forever
The image is one of many in the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition that reveals the devil is definitely in the details.
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Rare 2,700-Year-Old Stone Carvings Discovered in Iraq
The ancient slabs were found during the excavation of the Mashki Gate, partially destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2016.
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A Better Museum Experience for Color-Blind Visitors
At the Dallas Museum of Art, visitors with red-green deficiencies can now check out a pair of color blindness alleviation lenses at no cost.
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Art Critic Peter Schjeldahl Dies at 80
With little formal training in art history or practice, Schjeldahl dove into criticism simply out of a passion for art.
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Michigan Art Dealer Swindled Seniors in $1.6M Fraud Scheme
Wendy Halsted Beard defrauded her clients of over 100 photographs, including works by Ansel Adams, and targeted elderly collectors.
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Golden Artist Colors Launches New “High-Flow” Acrylics
From iridescents and fluorescents to light-value pigments, the employee-owned company now sells its popular high-flow paints in 85 colors.