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A groundbreaking British Sign Language dating show is here! It's challenging misconceptions and shining a spotlight on the deaf community, fostering truly inclusive storytelling.
Russia's return to the Venice Biennale sparked debate, but another outcast nation, Belarus, makes its unofficial return after six years. The Belarus Free Theatre stages its first collateral exhibition.
Two of America's most storied collegiate choirs, Harvard Glee Club and Fisk Jubilee Singers, unite for a historic collaboration and performance in Nashville.
Presidential ambitions are on hold for Daniela Solis. After taking an art class, she found her true calling: painting. "It felt like time stopped," she says.
Claude Lalanne's reflective ensemble for Yves Saint Laurent is a masterpiece. Experts rank it second only to Versailles' famous mirrors in importance.
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FAME Recording Studios boasts "the finest" musicians walk through its doors. With artists like Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, and Duane Allman, it's not an exaggeration.
Miley Cyrus and dad Billy Ray faced Hollywood's pressures. In March 2026, Miley celebrated 20 years of Hannah Montana, the show that launched her career—an accomplishment she credits to her father.
São Paulo Bienal names Amanda Carneiro and Raphael Fonseca as chief curators for 2027! The duo will shape Latin America's largest exhibition, held in Oscar Niemeyer's iconic Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo.
From "The Scream" to chocolate! See Edvard Munch's surprising Freia factory paintings, depicting daily life, at his Oslo museum this spring.
Paris's Fondation Louis Vuitton unveils 300 groundbreaking works by a master sculptor. Experience kinetic art, monumental public sculptures, paintings, drawings, and wire portraits.
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Saudi Arabia's new Museum of Contemporary Art just landed a colossal $490M grant from Diriyah Company. This 883,000 sq ft museum, designed by Godwin Austen Johnson, will even surpass the Louvre in size.
Pregnancy is brutal: exhausting, terrifying, and painful. When Sarah vented her woes to husband Ethan, he didn't offer compassion. Instead, he wrote a punk song about her misery.
Venice's Magazzini del Sale transforms. Nalini Malani's animations dance across ancient brick, flickering like cave paintings. Digital art meets centuries of history in a stunning visual dialogue.
When is a painting truly finished? Many artists struggle to answer. I asked Archie Rand in his Brooklyn studio, and he walked to an easel with a half-finished work: a street vendor selling ceramics.
Conservative critic Hilton Kramer trashed the Jewish Museum's "Primary Structures" exhibition in his April 28, 1966 New York Times review, lambasting 42 artists for their lack of "personal touch.
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The Beatles released 229 songs in a decade. Lennon and McCartney penned most, with Harrison contributing 22 and Starr just two—yet Starr's few songs had...
That spiky, exuberant guitar riff? It instantly sparks cheers across generations. By the time Axl Rose sings, you're already dancing and singing along.
Dolly Parton, an icon with 50+ albums over seven decades, famously penned "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" in a single afternoon.
A delivery worker crashed in front of Fields Harrington in Williamsburg, groceries scattering. Harrington asked to call his boss, only to realize: there was no boss.
Ramses II, or Ramses the Great, ruled Egypt for 66 years at the height of its power. Forget the Exodus myth—this pharaoh was a monumental builder and one of history's most recognizable rulers.
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Step into 1950s Milwaukee with Richie, Potsie, Ralph, and The Fonz! Happy Days, an iconic TV series, followed these friends' wholesome adventures. Henry Winkler, The Fonz himself, just made a hilarious confession.
Gagosian unveils its new Madison Avenue flagship this weekend! Featuring Duchamp and early Rauschenberg, the gallery moves to a street-level, 12,000 sq ft space designed by Caplan Colaku Architects.
Judd Foundation appointed Alexandra Cunningham Cameron as Director of Design, a new role starting April 27. She'll oversee Donald Judd Furniture LLC, fabricating Judd's designs to original specs.
Artist Cara Romero reimagines Indigenous women as "First" American Girl dolls. Since 2018, her striking portraits, framed like doll boxes, honor the women she admires for her doll-loving daughter.
London's history never truly disappears. It lingers, waiting to be rediscovered in unexpected ways. For centuries, Shakespeare's London property was lost—until now.
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Gladstone Gallery is moving to Seoul's Hannam-dong, taking two floors of the 739-28 Hannam Building. Designed by Minsuk Cho, it's near Pace Gallery and Leeum Museum of Art.
Do the work." That was Napoleon Jones-Henderson's mantra. Born in Chicago's Bronzeville in 1943, he believed collective labor created beauty, a passion ignited by a high school art teacher.
Celebrate America's 250th! A $116M donation from Mitchell P. Rales's family foundation will expand museum access to its collection, honoring this historic U.S. birthday.
Imagine tasting history. On Apr 23, 2026, 4 PM, heritage becomes an immersive, edible experience, not just a visit.
Fraenkel Gallery partners with Metrograph for a unique film series! Six artists select films screening May 8-17, starting with Carrie Mae Weems's choice: No Country for Old Men.
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The world mourned Ozzy Osbourne's passing in July 2025, losing a legend who carved out a genre that changed music forever. His legacy will inspire generations.
Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery isn't just a graveyard. It's a sprawling, beautiful landscape born from a 19th-century movement that transformed cramped, dark burial grounds into serene, expansive havens.
Stolen in January 2025 from a Dutch museum, the ornate Cotofenesti helmet was recovered last month.
After 14 years, Athens' NEON, founded by Dimitris Daskalopoulos, will conclude its mission this year. Its final project, a three-part exhibition by Michael Rakowitz, began last year at the Acropolis Museum.
Shakespeare's timeless work profoundly shaped global culture, inspiring countless movies, songs, and performances. Now, his legacy thrives in another powerful medium: the modern musical.
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Eight letters from John Keats to his fiancée, penned before his untimely death, are hailed as "the literary find of a lifetime.
Diego Rivera's grandson is donating over 150,000 objects to Mexico City's Museo Anahuacalli. This massive gift, spanning centuries, renews focus on Rivera's original vision for the museum.
A cold Delhi evening in 2011. The audience gasped as Rewben Mashangva and his son Saka, dressed in traditional Tangkhul Naga jackets and haokuirut hairstyles, took the stage.
Céline Dion is back! After years away due to health struggles, the diva announced a 2026 return to the stage, including a Paris residency. She just dropped her first new song in years—and it's a hit.
Matthew Brown is more than doubling his LA footprint, moving his gallery to a former warehouse at 1145 Seward Street. Just a mile from his 2019 spaces, the new design is "night and day.