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Christie's to Auction 1804 Portrait of George Washington Now on $1 Bill Early next year, Christie's will offer an 1804 oil portrait of George Washington by artist Gilbert Stuart. The painting, commissioned by James Madison, the fourth US presiden...
The Struggles and Hopes of Mid-Career Artists A new survey of 1,000 mid-career artists by career coach Paddy Johnson paints a complex picture of the art world. While the data reveals significant financial and professional challenges, it also high...
Libya's National Museum Reopens After 14 Years Libya's National Museum, known as As-Saraya Al-Hamra or the Red Castle Museum, has reopened in Tripoli for the first time since the 2011 revolution that ended the four-decade rule of Muammar el-Qadda...
LACMA Workers Vote to Unionize With AFSCME Workers at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) voted to unionize with AFSCME District Council 36, the union announced on Wednesday. The new union, LACMA United, will represent around 300 workers...
There are so many reasons why A Charlie Brown Christmas remains a beloved holiday watch, no matter what age you are. Between the nostalgic animation, the charming characters, the jaunty jazz score, the treeeeeeee… there's just so much for everyone ...
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Bay Area Artist Mildred Howard to Receive Major Retrospective at Oakland Museum of California The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) will stage a major retrospective for Bay Area artist Mildred Howard, opening next June. Titled "Poetics of Memor...
In Shelbyville, Indiana, a statue commemorates the beloved character Balser Brent from the classic Indiana novel "The Bears of Blue River" by Charles Major. The statue depicts Balser holding aloft two bear cubs he named Tom and Jerry, after their man...
SFMOMA and Museum of the African Diaspora Name Cornelia Stokes as Inaugural Holder of Joint Curatorship Focused on African Diaspora The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) have appointed Corne...
"Groove Christmas 2025" Playlist (LISTEN) Hello and Happy Holidays! It's your friend and selector, Marlon West, with another collection for GOOD BLACK NEWS. "GROOVE CHRISTMAS 2025" is an eclectic mix of Christmas music, much of which was released...
Season 28 of NBC's The Voice has been one of the best yet. Reba McEntire, Michael Bublé, Niall Horan, and Snoop Dogg all put together incredible teams in hopes of taking home a victory. Each week, they had to say goodbye to incredible contestants. Co...
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Mending Sweaters by Hand: A Mesmerizing Craft For most of human history, people had to make their own clothing by hand, and sewing skills were passed down through generations. Because clothing was so time-consuming and labor-intensive to produce,...
Jack Nicholson's Incredibly Rare Outing Made Fans Stop in Their Tracks At 88 years old, legendary actor Jack Nicholson made a rare public appearance in New York City. The Oscar-winning star, known for films like The Shining and One Flew Over t...
Legendary Father-Son Duo: Carl and Rob Reiner's Heartwarming Princess Bride Tribute Legendary comedian Carl Reiner and his acclaimed director son Rob Reiner shared a deep bond, with each finding inspiration in the other's work. In a 2019 intervie...
Theaster Gates Tapped for Obama Presidential Center Installation The Obama Foundation has commissioned artist Theaster Gates to create a new installation for the upcoming Obama Presidential Center (OPC) in Chicago. The installation will celebrate...
Couple Recreates Iconic 'Dirty Dancing' Routine In the summer of 2024, a woman named Raquel from Portugal decided to celebrate her 40th birthday by becoming Baby from the classic film Dirty Dancing. Raquel stood in what appeared to be a dance hal...
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Poetry is traditionally taught as something to "endure" in English class, with no sense of how it applies to our lives. But good poetry, says Kevin Young '92, the poetry editor at The New Yorker, is "the stuff of life." Poetry asks us to slow down a...
For the First Time, Hong Kong Selects Not One But Two Artists to Go to the Venice Biennale Hong Kong has typically sent a single artist to represent the special administrative region at the Venice Biennale, but in 2026, artists Angel Hui and King...
Remembering Rob Reiner: Kevin Bacon's Heartfelt Tribute Actor Kevin Bacon was deeply saddened by the passing of legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner. In a vulnerable social media post, Bacon tearfully expressed his gratitude to Reiner for giving him hi...
Somerset's Unlikely Contemporary Art Scene is a Welcome Departure from the UK's London-Centric Thinking Knocking back fine wine, fermented potato brioche, and smoked eel in a Michelin-starred restaurant is not a traditional West Country endeavor....
There's nothing quite like stumbling into a dimly lit karaoke bar and discovering it's open mic night. The thrill of belting out your favorite artist's songs in front of a crowd, regardless of your actual singing ability, is all part of the fun. But ...
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Mattress Factory Names Anthony Elms as Artistic Director The Mattress Factory, a contemporary art museum and residency program in Pittsburgh, has named Anthony Elms as its new artistic director, beginning next February. Elms will oversee the ins...
Over the centuries, the island of Ireland has produced a great number of luminaries and inventors worthy of memorializing. It may then come as a shock, or at least a puzzling glance, to see the image of the rebel Che Guevara emblazoned on a wall in K...
The Mangystau region of Kazakhstan is a desolate and forgotten land, where the landscape speaks of an ancient ocean. Here, the steppe is interrupted by sudden earth depressions, revealing dreamlike rock erosions and salt lakes. In this exceptional an...
Whitney Names 56 Artists For 2026 Biennial That Promises Not to Simplify 'Strangeness of Our Times' The Whitney Biennial has named 56 artists for its 82nd edition, slated to open on March 8 next year. Curated by Marcela Guerrero, the Whitney's De...
The National Museum of Asian Art Returns Three Sculptures to the Kingdom of Cambodia On December 11, the National Museum of Asian Art, an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., announced it was returning three Khmer period...
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These 5 Iconic Commercial Jingles Have Stood the Test of Time Commercials with catchy jingles are always memorable. You've probably found yourself singing along to or humming these commercial earworms throughout the day. It may surprise you to l...
Forgotten Slogans and Catchphrases from Boomer and Gen X Commercials Jingles and slogans from commercials are designed to be catchy and memorable. For Boomers (born 1946-1964) and Gen Xers (born 1965-1980), hearing certain songs and phrases from ...
Whitney Releases Artist List for Biennial, Banksy's Walled Off Hotel Reopens, and More: Morning Links for December 15, 2025 The Louvre Forced to Close After Staff Strike The Louvre museum in Paris was forced to close on Monday after staff la...
María Magdalena Campos-Pons's ARTnews Awards Are Artworks Unto Themselves María Magdalena Campos-Pons is gradually becoming a fixture in US museums, with a 2023 Brooklyn Museum retrospective having done much to raise her profile. In her installat...
Modern Art Foundry: The Art World's Go-To Shop for Nearly 100 Years Founded in 1932, Modern Art Foundry is one of the oldest foundries in the United States. Located in Astoria, Queens since 1944, the foundry has a storied history producing well-k...
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Art Basel to Mount Special Projects by Bruce Nauman, Khalil Rabah, and More at Qatar Fair Art Basel has released full details for its inaugural Qatar edition, which will open in Doha next February and mark the fair's first expansion into the Midd...
Moharaj Sharma is a poet, journalist, and documentarian amplifying Nepali literature and diaspora voices. He is a leading figure in Nepal's literary and media landscape, with two decades of influential work in radio and television. Widely respected ...
One hour and a half south-east of Brussels and 45 minutes south-west of Liège lies Modave Castle, renowned as one of the most beautiful castles in Belgium. The castle has an indirect link to the Palace of Versailles - Renkin Sualem designed a water-p...
Masterful "Cold Beer" Country Music Parody Dustin Ballard, the creator behind the popular music parody project "There I Ruined It," has struck comedy gold with his latest creation - a hilarious mash-up video called "Cold Beer." The premise is si...
In 1997, actor Jim Carrey lent his unique vocal talents to a Beatles tribute album called In My Life, compiled by the band's longtime producer George Martin. Carrey's contribution was a gleefully unhinged and impressive version of the band's 1967 psy...
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The last several years have been difficult for Celine Dion. The iconic singer lost her husband, René Angélil, after more than 20 years of marriage. In 2022, she disclosed she'd been diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, which ultimately led to the ca...
JoDee Messina gave us some of the greatest country songs of the 1990s. If you've never driven in the summertime with the windows down, singing "Bye Bye" or "I'm Alright," you haven't lived. JoDee's catchy tunes are the kind you learn in a day and tha...
'The Present' in Luxembourg, Luxembourg Kirchberg is a district located northeast of Luxembourg City center, separated by the Alzette Valley. Urbanized from the 1960s onward, the district was designed as the capital's business center and quickly ...
Lucie Arnaz Developing New Series "Lucy and Desi: The Greatest Story Never Told" Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz gave the world one of the most iconic television shows of all time with "I Love Lucy." Even nearly 75 years after the show's premiere, it...
Brendan Fraser and Dwayne Johnson's Mummy Connection It's hard to imagine a time when Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wasn't one of the biggest movie stars in the world. But his rise to fame can be traced back to his breakout role in 2001's The Mummy ...