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A lost El Greco masterpiece, "The Redeemer," has been discovered at the Vatican! Restorers Alessandra Zarelli and Paolo Violini uncovered the late 1500s painting beneath an unknown artist's overpaint.
The viral "What were you like in the '90s?" trend is flooding social media with celebrity throwbacks set to the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris." Relive the magic of overalls, flannels, and chunky shoes.
Egidio Marzona, the German-Italian collector who defined 20th-century avant-garde art, has died at 81 in Berlin. His vast holdings shaped how we study and display modern art.
Chicago's art scene faces a major shift: Madeleine Grynsztejn, MCA director for 18 years, departs at year-end. Her tenure brought celebrated retrospectives and massive institutional growth.
Trevor Paglen just won the Guggenheim LG Award, a $100,000 prize for tech-minded artists. This massive sum will fund his expensive, groundbreaking work on surveillance technology and AI.
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Harvard College is a poetry powerhouse! Home to a current and two former National Youth Poet Laureates, including Evan Wang '29, the legacy began with Amanda Gorman '20.
Tate's four museums unveiled their 2027 exhibitions, highlighted by Tate Modern's first solo Monet show, "Monet: Painting Time," featuring his iconic water lilies.
A dystopian short about saliva and a musical comedy tied for Best Live Action Short Oscar! Alexandre Singh & Natalie Musteata's "Two People Exchanging Saliva" shared the win with "The Singers.
Forget baby books and trends. Some parents give their child a piece of rock 'n' roll history mere seconds after they’re born.
At 50, epidemiologist Janet Rich-Edwards discovered a new calling: novelist. A single Radcliffe lecture sparked "Canticle," her debut that's now earning raves.
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Vladimir Nabokov never typed a word. His wife Vera typed every novel—including "Lolita" and "Pale Fire"—before editors saw them. A new exhibit reveals the invisible women behind literary masterworks.
A Charleston museum has acquired the earliest known photographs of enslaved Americans—15 daguerreotypes from 1850 showing seven identified individuals, including a father-daughter pair.
The Oscars may spotlight Trump and oil politics, but will anyone dare mention climate change?
Corrine Bailey Rae wept as 140 students at NYC's Special Music School performed her 2006 hit "Put Your Records On"—a moment that proved her music's profound impact across generations.
France has returned a sacred talking drum stolen from Côte d'Ivoire over a century ago—marking a landmark moment in colonial artifact restitution.
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Canada's top art collector Bob Rennie just handed the National Gallery 24 contemporary masterpieces—part of a staggering 284-work donation since 2012.
Led Zeppelin didn't just define rock music—they invented the blueprint for stadium-shaking excess and mystical experimentation that still echoes today.
A Nazi-era bunker built by forced laborers still looms over Berlin's upscale Reinhardtstrasse, a jarring concrete reminder amid elegant restaurants and boutiques.
Photographer Keisha Scarville wins the Brooklyn Museum's $25,000 Uovo Prize for her powerful work exploring diaspora and shifting identities. Her work will be displayed on a Bushwick art storage facade.
Fab 5 Freddy, the graffiti artist who shaped hip-hop culture, reveals his latest creative obsessions in a candid new interview.
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Hip-hop artist JJ'88 transforms his years in California's prison system into a visual album, documenting his journey from incarceration to redemption through music and meditation.
Italy just spent €30 million on a Caravaggio portrait of a future pope—one of the state's priciest art purchases ever.
UC Berkeley students examine rare Etruscan terracotta figurines from the Hearst Museum, preparing artifacts for display while lecturer Lisa Pieraccini documents precise measurements.
John Krasinski's Jim Halpert made millions swoon in The Office—but the show's magic went far beyond one couple's fairy-tale romance.
Dallas is launching a sprawling public art biennial across its 3.5-mile Katy Trail in Spring 2027, with artworks on view for 18 months.
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Ben Franklin's scientific credibility was his secret weapon in winning American independence, a Harvard historian argues.
Independent's 17th edition moves to Pier 36 this May with 76 exhibitors showcasing over 100 artists—70% in single-artist booths.
A chance encounter between a dog walker and a groundsman in Chicago's Gold Coast led to an unexpected three-year friendship—and a home.
Dries Van Noten is opening a Venice foundation next month to celebrate craftsmanship in a Grand Canal palace.
Sculptor Alma Allen, tapped to represent the U.S. at Venice Biennale, has signed with Galerie Perrotin, the blue-chip French gallery with eight global locations.
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Thick limestone walls quarried from nearby Bedfordshire create a sanctuary of silence in the Lady Chapel—a vast vaulted space where solitude meets the echoes of centuries past.
Laura Phipps takes the helm of the Gochman Family Collection, New York's premier private repository of contemporary Indigenous art, after nearly two decades at the Whitney Museum.
Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir's "Pocket Universe"—blending art, poetry, music, and film—takes over Iceland's Venice Biennale pavilion this May through November in a former shipyard.
The oldest film ever to feature a robot just resurfaced: George Méliès' 1897 silent masterpiece, long presumed lost, has been restored and released by the Library of Congress.
A striking mural honors 41 women whose legacies continue reshaping campus and beyond.
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The Brady home's iconic exterior fooled millions—interior scenes were actually shot on a soundstage. Years later, renovations finally made the real house match the TV sets.
LACMA's director breaks silence on the David Geffen Galleries in an exclusive interview launching Vanity Fair's revamped art newsletter True Colors.
Zanele Muholi wins the world's most prestigious photography prize for work celebrating queer Black life in South Africa—and a $218,000 award.
Princess Kate danced with Bollywood performers in Leicester, charming them with praise for their "super energetic" moves and revealing her children's love of dancing.
Conservators at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum just solved a mystery hiding in plain sight: the original fabric of chairs in the Dutch Room, where three priceless paintings vanished in history's greatest art heist.