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The 41 women whose ripples still shape UC Berkeley's future
A striking mural honors 41 women whose legacies continue reshaping campus and beyond.
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While nostalgia fades for most TV sets, Los Angeles just preserved the Brady house as official history.
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.
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Michael Govan reveals LACMA's $720 million vision for museums in the 21st century
LACMA's director breaks silence on the David Geffen Galleries in an exclusive interview launching Vanity Fair's revamped art newsletter True Colors.
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Zanele Muholi's portraits of queer Black life reshape what the world sees
Zanele Muholi wins the world's most prestigious photography prize for work celebrating queer Black life in South Africa—and a $218,000 award.
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Kate dances with Leicester's Bollywood community
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.
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Conservators unlock the original fabric for Gardner Museum's Dutch Room chairs
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.
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Los Angeles opens its doors to the Pacific Rim, revealing decades of cultural exchange that shaped the city.
Los Angeles and the Pacific Rim collide in the Getty Foundation's 2030 art initiative. PST ART's fourth edition explores cultural exchange across Southern California institutions.
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Emmi Whitehorse Joins White Cube as Indigenous Artist Gains Global Gallery Stage
Prestigious gallery White Cube adds Emmi Whitehorse to its roster, joining Garth Greenan Gallery in representing the artist whose work debuts at Art Basel Hong Kong this month.
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A family's attic treasure turns out to be a lost Rembrandt, restored to the master's legacy after 60 years.
A painting erased from art history for 60 years just got its artist back. Scholars at the Rijksmuseum reopened the case when owners brought in "Vision of Zacharias in the Temple.
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St. Petersburg's Dalí Museum Unlocks New Galleries and Learning Spaces by 2028
A $65 million expansion will transform St. Petersburg's Dalí Museum starting in 2026, adding 35,000 square feet of galleries, a learning center, and immersive digital experiences by 2028.
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Maia Chao Finds Art in the Overlooked Corners of Everyday Life
Maia Chao turns everyday mysteries into art: Where does doctors' office art come from? How do artists survive? Her anthropological eye finds the absurd, beautiful, and troubling in mimicry and replication.
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Belarusian artists in exile reclaim their voice at Venice's grandest stage
Exiled Belarus Free Theatre brings underground resistance to Venice Biennale's official stage, transforming a 1,000-year-old church into a political exhibition space.
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Watch New York's gallery world embrace collaboration: Swivel joins Marc Straus to amplify artist opportunities.
Swivel Gallery founder Graham Wilson joins Marc Straus Gallery as partner, bringing his roster of artists and a curated exhibition opening March 19.
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Superman and Captain America comics join the Smithsonian's collection.
The National Museum of American History just acquired two holy grails of comic book history: the debut issues of Superman and Captain America.
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Europe's $2 Million Lifeline Gives Embattled Artists Room to Create
Europe's art academies just pledged nearly $2 million to defend artistic freedom as pressure mounts. Meanwhile, Iranian diaspora artists grapple with hope and fear.
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Vancouver Art Gallery receives 800 Stephen Shore photographs, reshaping how a generation sees color photography.
The Vancouver Art Gallery just acquired 800+ photographs from Stephen Shore's iconic "Uncommon Places" series—a landmark collection documenting North America's overlooked landscapes from 1973-1981.
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Ary Scheffer's Home Welcomes Visitors Again After Years of Restoration
A Dutch-French painter's former home became a museum on the most romantic day of the year—Valentine's Day.
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Lost Rembrandt emerges after sixty years.
A lost Rembrandt emerges after 60 years: The Rijksmuseum confirms "Vision of Zacharias in the Temple" (1633) is authentic, overturning decades of scholarly doubt.
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While the world moved on, Barcelona finally completed its 144-year love letter to Gaudí.
After 144 years of cranes dotting Barcelona's skyline, Gaudí's Sagrada Família finally reached its full height in February 2026—a monumental moment for one of architecture's greatest unfinished dreams.
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While museums focused on what you could see, scientists unlocked what ancient Egypt actually smelled like.
Museums are literally letting visitors smell history—from Queen Elizabeth II's car to ancient Egyptian tombs—revealing sensory worlds lost to time.
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While the mainstream press peddled racism, two Black editors built a newspaper that reached across continents
Two free Black Americans launched Freedom's Journal in 1827—the first Black-owned U.S. newspaper—to counter racist mainstream press and fight for voting rights.
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While the spotlight fell elsewhere, a curator who gets that art fuels the city rises to lead New York's $245 million cultural engine.
Curator Diya Vij will lead NYC's Department of Cultural Affairs, the city's most powerful arts position. The Powerhouse Arts VP's appointment signals a major shift in how the city funds culture.
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The artist Birmingham forgot: Museum seeks public's help reclaiming Corietta Mitchell's lost legacy.
A Birmingham museum is hunting for lost artworks by Corietta Mitchell, the first Black artist to exhibit solo there during segregation—a missing piece of its 75-year history.
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Why Astoria's fishers turned poetry into their survival strategy
In the fishing town of Astoria, Oregon, the 29th annual FisherPoets Gathering will bring together commercial fishers to share poetry, essays, and songs about life in a changing seafood industry. Every year, on the last weekend of February, fishers, tourists, and artists gather in the breweries, bars...
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While museum heists make headlines, Queensland police recovered four Egyptian artifacts in a single day
Ancient Egyptian artifacts stolen from an Australian museum were recovered in just 24 hours, marking a rare victory in the fight against cultural property theft.
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Altadena's Beloved Bunny Museum Receives Sculpture Gift After Wildfire Loss
The Bunny Museum, a quirky SoCal icon since 1998, burned in LA's 2025 wildfires. Its three Guinness records went up in flames.
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Three Legends Reunite: The Playful Masterpiece That Shaped Modern Dance Returns to Brooklyn
Trisha Brown's avant-garde masterpiece Set and Reset proves dance can be delightfully absurd. The 1983 collaboration between Brown, Laurie Anderson, and Robert Rauschenberg returns to BAM this weekend.
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Óscar Olivares transforms 100,000 bottle caps into a 42-foot mural that reimagines El Salvador's streets
El Salvador now hosts the world's largest mural—crafted entirely from recycled plastic bottle caps by Venezuelan artist Óscar Olivares and local recyclers.
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Historians and volunteers preserve 50,000 museum labels for future generations
Historians are secretly archiving Smithsonian wall labels before the Trump administration rewrites American history in federal museums.
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Native American artists find a home at the New York Historical through a gift spanning a century of creation
The New York Historical will receive a transformative bequest of over 100 modern and contemporary works by Native American artists, spanning from early 20th-century potter Nampeyo to today's Jeffrey Gibson.
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Can a drummer return to the stage after his brain betrays him?
A rare neurological condition silenced a renowned drummer mid-performance. Science brought him back.
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Artists heading to Venice this May now have support to bring their visions to life.
The Teiger Foundation just pledged $750,000 to the 2026 Venice Biennale, splitting funds between exhibition production and artist support.
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While everyone scrolled past the science, an artist finally translated Earth's hidden language into sound
Glaciers boom. Wildfires crackle. Storms roar. But Earth's most dramatic events scream loudest where we can't hear them—in infrasound frequencies that circle the globe.
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One teenager, false lashes, and a Brahma hen that now owns the internet.
A teenage girl gave her family's Brahma hen, Snowball, false lashes—and the bird's newfound confidence was unmistakable.
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Watch Native American voices reclaim their place in New York's most vital archives.
The New York Historical Society just acquired 150 Native American artworks in a major gift timed to America's 250th anniversary.
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Can artists turn a Hollywood auction into lasting recovery for Jamaica and L.A.?
Two major art institutions are channeling the art world's party energy into relief. On February 26, CORE and TBA21 launch a benefit auction for Jamaica and Los Angeles hurricane and wildfire recovery.
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While museums debated repatriation, France quietly returned the talking drum that carried Côte d'Ivoire's voice.
France returned a massive 940-pound "talking drum" to Côte d'Ivoire Friday, ending decades of colonial-era possession at a Paris museum.
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While the world moved on, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia finally reached toward the sky.
Barcelona's most ambitious architectural dream finally reached the sky: La Sagrada Familia's exterior is complete after 147 years of construction.
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A 110-Year Silence Breaks: France Returns the Talking Drum to Ivory Coast
France returns a stolen "talking drum" to Ivory Coast after 108 years. The 10-foot Djidji Ayokwe, seized by colonizers in 1916, finally goes home.
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Ramadan blooms in Colombia, where a young Muslim community finds its voice
A 14-year-old in Catholic-majority Colombia quietly practices Islam. Zia's faith stands apart in a nation where 63% identify as Christian—a personal choice that defines his identity.
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