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Over 20 galleries will showcase at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, May 13–17, at Chelsea's Starrett-Lehigh Building. It runs alongside Frieze New York and NADA New York.
Céline Dion's return to the stage after her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis had fans wondering. Now, two years post-Olympics, the wait is over: she just announced a new concert!
Steve McQueen, the acclaimed British filmmaker and artist, has won this year's Erasmus Prize. The prestigious Dutch award includes €150,000 (approx. $172,000) and unique "adornments.
Drawings and prints: historically inseparable, their distinctions often blurred. The IFPDA Print Fair (April 9–12) at Park Avenue Armory explores this relationship with 80 exhibitors showcasing 500 years of art.
Can't escape Elsa, Anna, and Olaf? Since November 2013, the Frozen franchise has captivated millions. Now, watch 2-year-old Carter and her dad Garrett perform a show-stopping duet!
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Explore Benin, Togo, and Burkina Faso! This gallery immerses you in West Africa's vibrant cultures, diverse people, and stunning wildlife.
George Koehl's "Beautifully Broken" won InspireMore's Psalms to Love Songs! Co-written with Rachel Connolly, the song draws inspiration from Kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending pottery with gold.
Antonio Homem, who shaped post-war contemporary art alongside Ileana Sonnabend, has died at 86. He oversaw her collection and maintained the Sonnabends' legacy, supporting art's most important figures.
BTS just dropped their new album, Arirang, and celebrated on Fallon with an art world flair unlike any other band. Fronted by collector RM, the K-pop mega-group made a unique comeback.
Go behind the scenes of your favorite HBO show! A new exhibition at NYC's Museum of the Moving Image reveals the secrets behind the award-winning series.
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Freddie Mercury embodied rock's revolutionary spirit. From epic orchestrations to gentle piano ballads and powerful anthems, he crafted lasting lyrics for Queen, debuting them with full force.
A giddy W.E.B. Du Bois and Mao Zedong, dressed to the nines, symbolize 20th-century Afro-Asian alliances. This iconic photo inspired "The Great Camouflage," a show exploring revolutionary histories.
Reaching 100 is rare. Since the 1980s, Willard Scott and Smucker's on the Today Show have celebrated these centenarians. Now, they're celebrating their own: beloved critic Gene Shalit's 100th birthday!
Harvard Hillel celebrates Passover with a massive 9-foot Seder Plate in Science Center Plaza. This sculpture, by Michael Mittelman, redefines Jewish identity through its unique iconography.
The Library of Congress just acquired a rare 1855 drawing and lithograph of Yosemite Falls by Gold Rush artist Thomas Almond Ayres, a stunning historical find.
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BTS took over NYC's iconic Guggenheim Museum on March 25, turning its galleries into a performance art stage! They sang and danced to "SWIM" and another track from their new album, ARIRANG.
The Hirshhorn Museum unveils its first acquisitions for the redesigned sculpture garden, reopening in October. Expect contemporary art from Mark Grotjahn, Lauren Halsey, and more in Hiroshi Sugimoto's overhaul.
See Rubens's Marie de' Medici cycle at the Louvre before fall! These masterpieces, considered his career high watermark, vanish for four years for the museum's most ambitious restoration ever.
Switzerland's Museum Rietberg returned 11 looted artifacts to Nigeria. These are a fraction of thousands stolen in the 1897 British raid on the Kingdom of Benin, now sought for repatriation.
Amid rising global complexity, Hong Kong's Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Rosanna Law, declared culture "transcends borders" at the Hong Kong International Cultural Summit.
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Ancient graffiti in Egypt's Valley of the Kings reveals a 2,000-year tradition of visitors marking their presence. This popular Nile destination has drawn travelers for millennia.
Blind visitors touched the "Veiled Christ" and other marble masterpieces at a Naples museum. "Wonder within reach" removed barriers, allowing them to experience art by hand for the first time.
Keanu Reeves: humble star, fan favorite. In 2020, 15-year-old Bianca Mitchell-Avila's New York Times quote about "The Queen's Gambit" sparked a Reddit post from her father, Jack Mitchell.
Test your trivia with Kennections! Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings created this quiz where all five answers share a secret connection. Can you solve it?
London's "Ramses and the Pharaohs' Gold" exhibition blends 3,000-year-old artifacts with VR, transporting you to 13th-century B.C.E. Egypt.
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London's post-fire rebuilding and Restoration-era stagecraft: UC Berkeley Professor Julia Fawcett reveals how these two forces mirrored each other, redefining both performance and urban life.
Forget what you think you know about ancient European art. A new Harvard Art Museums exhibition challenges perceptions of "Celtic" art, exploring the complex history of diverse peoples.
Crowds once gathered under towering 164-foot arcades. Earthquakes and unstable foundations brought these colossal structures down long ago.
A mysterious cellar, possibly from a 1888-demolished manor, was found near the 13th hole at England's Davyhulme Park Golf Club.
Born June 11, 1776, in East Bergholt, Suffolk, painter John Constable's deep ties to his homeland, community, and art are celebrated by Ipswich's "Constable 250.
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A lost Renaissance masterpiece is found! The Met acquired Rosso Fiorentino's "Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist" after conservation revealed Saint John beneath layers of paint.
Graham revolutionized dance. In the late 1920s, she dared to make it express authentic human emotions, a truly groundbreaking idea.
Experience Normandy's seasons in London! A new exhibition, "A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts About Painting," centers on an artwork depicting the region's changing beauty.
Chess: a 1,500-year equalizer where skill trumps all. Yet, this egalitarian ideal often crumbles beyond the board, as history shows.
Tate Liverpool Director Helen Legg is the new Artistic Director for London's Royal Academy of Arts, starting in June. She'll oversee exhibitions, collections, and public programs.
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French art dealer Kamel Mennour just bought Galerie Malingue, taking over its 4,300 sq ft showroom at 26 Avenue Matignon. A new generation takes the reins in Paris's art scene.
Late pregnancy aches? Your baby's due any minute, but looking cute feels impossible. Sometimes people help, other times, savage toddlers make it worse. Just ask Amy von Gillern.
Decades of detective work culminate in a new Buffalo exhibition! See the original furnishings, some designed by the architect himself, finally returned home.
Powerhouse Arts, a Brooklyn creative hub, names Liz Munsell VP of Curatorial and Arts Programs. She replaces Diya Vij, now NYC's cultural affairs commissioner. Munsell will expand exhibitions and residencies.
A graffiti artist allergic to flowers? Meet Mr. Flower Fantastic, the secret floral designer whose new orchid show is a vibrant ode to NYC.