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One in Four Americans Didn’t Read a Book Last Year

But don't mourn the death of the printed word just yet

If your book has a stamp like this, it's probably way overdue.

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Alabama Library Plans to Enforce Strict Overdue Book Ordinance

You could face a fine or even spend a night in jail for keeping books too long

Eunuchs apply make-up before Raksha Bandhan festival celebrations in a red light area in Mumbai, India, August 17, 2016

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New Project Pairs Modern News Photos with Old Masters

"Recognition," winner of Tate's IK Prize, uses machine learning to match artwork with images coming from the 24/7 news cycle

That's not an art forger—it's a copyist.

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What's With the People With Easels in Art Museums?

Inside the longest-running program at the MET

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New York's Highest Court Has Expanded the Definition of What it Means to Be a Parent

Under New York law, parental rights have now become more inclusive

Manspreading, NYC, 1947
Artist: Amelia Opdyke Jones
New York Transit Museum Collection

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New Exhibit Shows Manspreading Has Been Taking up Subway Space for Decades

Vintage ads show struggles with transit etiquette

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Could You Solve the Case of the Missing Mystery Heirs?

Are you related to Clifton Robbins? You could receive royalties from his 21st-century publisher

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The U.S. Government Is Buying Tons of Eggs and Cheese

A Depression-Era program is helping bail out America’s egg and dairy farmers

Queen Victoria's coronet

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The U.K. Bans Queen Victoria’s Coronet From Leaving British Soil

The government has placed the artifact under an export ban in hopes a collector will keep it in-country

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941
Photograph by Ansel Adams
Vintage gelatin silver print
Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona

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New Exhibition Shares Rare Ansel Adams Photos of the American West

See breathtaking early works by the iconic photographer

A woman wearing a burkini at the beach

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France’s Top Court Overturns Burkini Ban

French swimmers may keep wearing what they please

Langston Hughes' Harlem brownstone: Cultural remnant or great place for a Starbucks?

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The Fight to Preserve Langston Hughes’ Harlem Home From Gentrification

A new kind of Harlem renaissance is threatening the home of one of America's greatest poets

One of 5,200 wine labels from Maynard Amerine's collection

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Help Crowdsource the History of Wine

The University of California, Davis, is looking for online volunteers to help catalog and describe 5,200 wine labels

Put down your pencil—convincing computer-generated handwriting is here.

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This Algorithm Lets You “Write” Like the Greats

Your words, their handwriting

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Hearst Castle Has a Brush With California's Wildfires

Curators were ready to evacuate the Hearst Estate, now a state park and museum full of priceless art, furniture and history

Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park is one of the parks featured in the virtual reality tours.

Virtual Travel

Explore Some of America's Greatest National Parks in Virtual Reality

The next best thing to celebrating the Centennial in person

From Slavery to Mass Incarceration will be a museum dedicated to the history of racial injustice in America, and will be located just steps from a site where slaves were auctioned off.

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Inside the Upcoming Memorial and Museum Dedicated to Lynching Victims

Spanning slavery to segregation to mass incarceration

Jackson Pollock
Blue poles, 1952
Enamel and aluminium paint with glass on canvas, 212.1 x 488.9 cm
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

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Why London's New Abstract Expressionism Show Is a Big Deal

It's a survey of luminaries from Pollock to De Kooning

The Dessen Bauhaus was home to ambitious movement that went far beyond blocky architecture.

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Harvard Just Launched a Fascinating Resource All About Bauhaus

The newly digitized collection is as ambitious as the art school it documents

While on tour in the 1980s and 1990s, Ray Charles played this Yamaha KX88 electronic keyboard MIDI controller, customized with Braille.

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How the Library of Congress Is Digitizing Its Braille Music Collection

It’s not as simple as putting it through a scanner

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