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The Chemistry of Why van Gogh Reds Are Going White
Vincent van Gogh's reds have been turning white, but the exact reason why has remained unclear.
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Egypt Plans Skyscraper Inspired by Giza Pyramids
For centuries, tourists have flocked to Cairo to behold the Pyramids of Giza firsthand.
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Archaeologists Are Creating a Database of Endangered Sites
Scholars estimate that in North Africa and the Middle East alone, there could be up to five million archaeological sites. The majority are still unknown or else have never been officially recorded.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week's art crime blotter: Brothers trying to offload fake Goya get conned, gallery manager siphons off $450,000 from Botero sale, and French thieves make off with the King of Siam's crown.
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Study Finds Color Impacts Online Image Sharing
A new study revealed that red, purple, and pink promote image sharing online, while green, blue, black, and yellow suppress it
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The Many Lives of Leonard Nimoy: Artist, Collector, Vulcan
Leonard Nimoy, the actor whose name and face were synonymous with Star Trek's Spock, died this morning at the age of 83.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: The Barnes discovers two new Cézannes, the US returns a stolen Picasso to France, and a professional basketball team drops $8 million on a Koons.
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Dress Color Controversy Engulfs the Internet
Perhaps it doesn’t take Kim Kardashian’s bare bottom to #BreaktheInternet. An image of a perfectly innocent lace sheath dress has made its way around the internet — no bare bottoms or exposed skin in sight — as its colors have become the subject of heated debate.
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Real Estate Company Will Relocate Galleries in Brooklyn's Dumbo Neighborhood
The lion's share of the art galleries in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood, long housed along a hallway on the second floor of 111 Front Street, will move this spring.
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Will the Dutch Pay to Fix Bernini Fountain Trashed by Soccer Hooligans?
In advance of soccer teams Feyenoord and AS Roma facing off again tonight, the Dutch Senate has said that its government should pay for the restoration of the Bernini fountain damaged by Feyenoord fans in Rome last week.
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ISIS Destroys Mosul Museum Collection and Ancient Assyrian Statues [UPDATED]
A video released on Thursday by ISIS shows members of the terrorist organization destroying ancient Assyrian artifacts at the Mosul Museum and the nearby Nineveh archaeological site.
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2014 Was a Terrible Year for Artistic Freedom
There have been 237 confirmed violations against artistic freedom around the world in 2014, according to a new report by FreeMuse.