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Prince designed and used this 1989 custom-made Yellow-cloud electric guitar, built by the Minneapolis firm Knut-Koupee. It features his personal symbol at the top and on the side of the fingerboard.

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Beyond Raspberry Berets: What Prince Left Behind

From portraits to guitars, The Artist’s legacy lives on at the Smithsonian

A whiff of formaldehyde makes Damien Hirst's art even more controversial.

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Damien Hirst's Artworks May Leak Formaldehyde Gas

Where does art end and hazard begin?

For the first time in hundreds of years, some seders might include rice and beans.

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For the First Time in 800 Years, Rice and Beans Are Kosher for Passover

The Jewish Conservative movement relaxes a 13th-century ban on rice, corn and beans during Passover

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It's Official: Harriet Tubman Will Grace the $20 Bill

The famed Underground Railroad Conductor will appear on the front of the $20 bill, among other changes to U.S. currency

Organizers hope a new mini golf course will start a conversation about how gentrification affects Los Angeles' poorest residents.

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Los Angeles’ Skid Row Is Getting a Golf Course

It’s a hole-in-one for performers with a point to make about gentrification

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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Copyright Challenge to Google Books

By turning down the case, the Supreme Court made a stand for fair use

This silk satin, lace and whalebone corset gave an 1890s lady her hourglass figure and tiny waist.

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A New Exhibition Is All About Underwear

From a queen's drawers to David Beckham's briefs, The Victoria and Albert Museum gets "Undressed"

At least the scent of despair comes in a pretty bottle.

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This Perfume Smells Like the Apocalypse

Artists bottled blood and thunder to capture the heady scent of the end times

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Five Fascinating Places to Visit This Obscura Day

<i>Atlas Obscura</i> celebrates all things weird and wonderful worldwide this Saturday

The leaders of the March on Washington link arms.

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Lawyers Who Made the Birthday Song Public Domain Take Aim at Civil Rights Anthem

A group of filmmakers want to remove the copyright from "We Shall Overcome"

In remote northern Ontario, a First Nation is in crisis.

A Canadian First Nation Community Is in the Grips of a Suicide Crisis

Eleven suicide attempts took place in Attawapiskat First Nation on Saturday alone

Judith Beheading Holofernes (1598) by Caravaggio at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica at Palazzo Barberini, Rome. A recently discovered painting in France thought to be by Caravaggio depicts a similar scene

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Multi-Million Dollar Painting Found in Leaky French Attic

Homeowners may have found a lost Caravaggio masterpiece behind a sealed attic door in their home near Toulouse

Would-be banners cited everything from religion to "condones public displays of affection" for their challenges.

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These Were 2015’s Most Challenged Books

This year's list includes S&M, LGBT content...and the Bible.

Romp with Ramona, Ribsy and Henry Huggins at Grant Park in Portland.

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Celebrate Beverly Cleary’s 100th Birthday With a Trip to Her Sculpture Garden

Ramona's creator is even more timeless thanks to Portland's tribute in bronze

Major construction: Coming to an art museum near you.

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Museum Building Is Booming in the United States

In a seven-year period, museums in the U.S. spent around $5 billion

Two watercolors by Egon Schiele, "Self-Portrait With Red Hair And Striped Oversleeves" and “Seated Boy With Folded Hands,” are being returned to the family of their original owner.

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In "Solomonic Solution," Museum Returns Two Nazi-Looted Artworks to 95-Year-Old Descendant

After nearly 20 years of fighting, the Leopold Museum in Vienna has agreed to return the watercolors

The three volumes of the newly-discovered copy of Shakespeare's First Folio.

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A New Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio Was Found in a Scottish Library

Only a few hundred copies still survive

This Booker T. Washington stamp was part of a series depicting influential educators.

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How Booker T. Washington Became the First African-American on a U.S. Postage Stamp

At the time, postage stamps usually depicted white men

Kronborg Castle, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, is known as the setting of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

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Celebrate Shakespeare’s Legacy at Hamlet’s Castle

Rest, rest, perturbed spirit! A bed awaits at “Elsinore”

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An Italian Senator Wants Kids to Learn About Wine in School

A bill would add wine classes to elementary school curriculums

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