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Alabama Judge Overturns Law That Protected Confederate Monuments
The city of Birmingham was sued when it erected plywood around a Confederate memorial in a downtown park
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Toto’s ‘Africa’ Will Play Forever—Or at Least Until the Next Windstorm—in the Namib Desert
An art installation is playing an endless loop of the 1982 earworm in an undisclosed location in the desert along Africa’s southwest coast
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Rome’s Mayor Says Coins Tossed Into Trevi Fountain Will Still Go to Poor
Controversy erupted earlier this week about who was getting the funds from the 18th-century masterpiece
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College Basketball Player Lends a Limb to Armless Roman Statue
The 6-foot-9 forward for North Carolina State University posed for a 3-D reconstruction of the sculpture’s missing arm
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Celebrate the Art of Scrapbooking With This New York Exhibition
The show at the Walther Collection Project Space features more than 20 volumes filled with quotidian images, scribbled notes and miscellaneous ephemera
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The Vatican’s New Track Team Includes Priests, Nuns and a Scholar
The team dreams of competing in the Olympics, though that might be a ‘long shot,’ says its president
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Very Naughty Kitty Slashed 17th-Century Portrait
Apparently Padme is not a fan of Baroque artist John Michael Wright
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Brazil Dissolves Its Ministry of Culture
The change is part of a rash of reforms by new Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro
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Why British Lawmakers Are Fighting Over a Bust of Oliver Cromwell
It started in the fall of 2017
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Sorry, the Mona Lisa Is Not Looking at You
A new study suggests the famous painting’s eyes don’t follow viewers around the room but are looking off to their right instead
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London’s Feminist Library Lives
A successful crowdfunding campaign saved the institution from closure and is financing its move to a new space
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Found: Sailboat From Teen’s Abandoned Round-the-World Attempt
Abby Sunderland’s boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean in 2010 during her controversial bid to become the youngest to circumnavigate the world solo
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Basquiat Painting Has Hidden Black-Light Images
An art conservator found the arrows on an untitled 1981 work and believes there may be more “secret” imagery hidden away on other works
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‘Dry January’ Has Benefits All Year Long
Research suggests the alcohol-free challenge reduces consumption for months afterward
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Two Women Make History by Entering One of India’s Holiest Sites
This is the first time that women have been able to enter the Sabarimala temple since India’s Supreme Court overturned a ban that denied them access
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These New Beetle Species Are Named After the ‘Game of Thrones’ Dragons
Daenerys Targaryen’s dragons—Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion—provided the inspiration for these three beetles’ new names
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Digital Trove of Typographical Artifacts Set to Launch in 2019
The Letterform Archive’s online database features book jackets, posters, brochures and miscellaneous ephemera dating between 1844 and 2016
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Remembering Sister Wendy Beckett, Beloved Nun Who Made Art Accessible
A surprising rise to fame catapulted her into television stardom, where she used her platform to share artistic masterpieces with the public
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Adventurer Completes First Solo, Human-Powered Trek Across Antarctica
It took Colin O’Brady 53 days to drag a sled 921 miles from the Ronne to the Ross Ice Shelf
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Highly Anticipated Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Announces Its Coming Attractions
The long-delayed museum dedicated to filmmaking teases its inaugural exhibitions
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