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These Stunning Roman Mosaics Were Hidden Under Croatian Streets
Archaeologists discovered the mosaic floors during excavations before the city began construction on sewage and water pipes.
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The Oldest Known Evidence of the Mayan Calendar Has Been Found
A mural fragment found in a Mayan site in San Bartolo, Guatemala may be the earliest evidence of the 260-day calendar.
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Public Art Decreases Traffic Accidents by 17%, Report Finds
Art makes streets safer by “increasing visibility of pedestrian spaces and crosswalks” and “encouraging drivers to slow down.”
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Personal Art Collection Is Up for Auction
A Josef Albers screenprint, ceramics by Picasso, and contemporary Indigenous artworks are all going under the hammer
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After Santa Fe Petroglyph Vandalism, FBI Is Offering a Reward for Information
The La Cieneguilla petroglyphs in New Mexico were spray-painted with pentagrams, swastikas, and racial slurs earlier this year.
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Moon Dust From 1969 Landing Sells for Half a Million Dollars at Auction
NASA claims all ownership over lunar material, but a bizarre story of fraud, theft, and legal loopholes landed the moon dust in private hands.
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Creative Sectors Made Up Nearly a Quarter of California’s Economy in 2020
Some sectors thrived, like architecture, which added 670,000 jobs, but others lagged behind, Otis College’s new report finds.
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This TikToker Is Flipping the Script on European Art
Clare Brown talks about European artists as if they were the “cultural other,” invoking the microagressions commonly used against non-White artists.
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World Press Photo Awards Highlight Indigenous Communities and Climate Disaster
The four global winners were chosen from 4,066 photographers who submitted over 64,000 images.
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Set Your Melting Clocks: A Salvador Dalí Immersive Exhibit Is Coming
The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida will partner with the company behind Van Gogh Alive.
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Israeli Forces Damaged the Historical Stained-Glass Windows of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Videos showed snipers shattering the windows of the mosque’s Qibli prayer hall to point their rifles down at the worshippers.
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A Former Japanese Princess Is Volunteering at the Met
Mako Komuro, who shed her noble title in 2017, is working on a show of Japanese hanging-scroll paintings at the New York museum.