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Five Things to Know About Roger Bannister, the First Person to Break the 4-Minute Mile
The Oxford medical student, who died on March 3 at age 88, broke what was believed to be an impossible record
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Watch the Teaser Trailer for the Mary Poppins Sequel Starring Lin-Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt
The highly anticipated reboot hits theaters in December
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Scientists Study ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ in Hopes of Finding How Vermeer Painted His Masterpiece
The enigmatic work was last examined—and restored—in 1994
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Earliest Images of Breast Cancer Found in Renaissance Paintings
The signs of illness in the paintings illustrate that breast cancer is not just a modern malady
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Long-Lost Monet, Sent Away for Safekeeping Before WWII, Found in Louvre Storage
The painting was acquired by Japanese art collector Kōjirō Matsukata in the 1920s. It will go on view at the National Museum of Western Art in 2019
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Rubens’ Sprawling Castle in the Belgian Countryside Is on the Market
The famed Flemish painter redesigned the castle in Flemish Renaissance style
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World’s Largest Digital Art Display Will Go Live This Fall in Chicago
Art deco landmark Merchandise Mart will be lit up across nearly 3 acres of its river-facing façade
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Charlottesville Must Remove Tarps from Confederate Statues, Judge Says
Two statues were covered in the wake of last year’s deadly rallies to mark a period of mourning
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Rediscovered Salvador Dalí Painting Goes on Display
The work, authenticated by Dalí scholar Nicolas Descharnes, was stored in private collections for the past 75 years
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These Tiny Works of Art Depict a Disappearing Way of Life in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s largest miniature art exhibition featured 52 dioramas made by 19 artists
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See Rare Images Depicting Life, Work at the White House
A team of librarians at the White House Historical Association are digitizing 25,000 behind-the-scenes photographs from 1962 to 1987
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Howardena Pindell Gets Her First Major Museum Survey
The multidisciplinary artist and activist reshaped what art could be
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Stolen Degas Found in Luggage Compartment of French Bus
No one claimed the suitcase containing “Les Choristes” stolen from a Marseille Museum in 2009
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‘Frankenstein’ Manuscript Shows the Evolution of Mary Shelley’s Monster
A British publisher is releasing 1,000 facsimiles of the two notebooks in which Shelly scrawled her iconic novel
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Why Music Is Not a Universal Language
Physics and culture shape music, but as a recent video essay breaks it down, the results are more varied that most people think
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Turkish Garbage Collectors Curate Their Own Library
The sanitation workers have already amassed a collection of more than 6,000 books
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First American Project by Desert Modernism Architect to be Rebuilt in Palm Springs
It will join the rest of Albert Frey’s work
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Oldest Mosaic at Roman Baths Found During Excavations
Mosaics have a long history, but this is considered the oldest at the site
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This Account is Reclaiming the Indigenous Names for Mountains One Geotag at a Time
A Navajo climber is leading a social media campaign to spread awareness of the indigenous names of peaks
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The Touching Story Behind This Award-Winning Wildlife Image
Taken by Jo-Anne McArthur, the photo shows a rescued baby gorilla hugging her caretaker
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