Laurence des Cars, saving the Louvre whatever the cost
In order to fund the museum's colossal €800 million renovation plan, director Laurence des Cars has no shortage of ideas: ...
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Egypt’s gem of a museum gears up for grand opening
The Grand Egyptian Museum will house an 11-metre statue of Ramses II and over 100,000 artefacts, including Tutankhamun’s ...
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Why Feral Camels Once Haunted the American Southwest
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, camels wandered the Sonoran Desert. How they got there, and what happened to ...
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Screenprinter Gary Lichtenstein spent most of his career seeking out artists. Now, a move to Mass MoCA has artists coming to him
For the past year and half, Gary Lichtenstein's silkscreen print studio in the Mass MoCA complex has been giving artists a ...
What if the Seven Wonders had survived? Here’s how they would look in 2025
The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and while only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains intact, we’ve ...
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John Shearer: Alan Pressley Enjoys Encouraging People With Shadowboxes
Retired General Sessions Judge Clarence Shattuck, who has been the recipient of his shadowboxes and has been involved with Mr ...
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The "World's Weirdest City" Is In A Surprising Country
This capital in Central Asia is considered the weirdest city in the world due to its location and architecture.
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LPC Holds Public Hearing for Designation of Former Whitney Museum and Portions of Interior
The exterior of 945 Madison, and portions of the interior, are subject for possible landmark designation. Image Credit: LPC.
The Met Has Millions in Stolen Art. It’s Not Waiting to Be Asked to Return It.
The museum is taking the lead on re-evaluating its art and artifacts to determine where these works came from in the first ...
‘Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900’ Review: An Empire’s History in Metal at the Met
The museum devotes an exhibition to an often overlooked era of Chinese bronzes, emphasizing both the artistic and political ...
Who made these unusual ancient ‘puppets’—and left them atop a pyramid?
The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient ...