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Rodney Graham, Who Bridged the Absurd and Conceptual, Dies at 73
During his more than 50-year-long career, Graham pushed the limits of documentary and fiction.
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Is Kentucky's Speed Art Museum Haunted?
Founder Hattie Bishop Speed died in 1942 — but some employees of the museum say they continue to feel her presence.
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Behind the Fight to Save North Hollywood’s Last Indie Cinema
Laemmle NoHo 7, the last independent cinema in North Hollywood, is slated to be destroyed and replaced by luxury apartments.
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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.