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Art Meets Science

Scientists Used A.I. to Recreate a Landscape Hidden Beneath a Picasso Painting

Baroque Painting Almost Sold for €1,500 May Be a Caravaggio Worth Millions

Drawing on Their Escapes From the Nazis, These Artists Became Celebrated Cartoonists

Based on a True Story

Five Things to Know About the Gardner Museum Heist—the Biggest Art Theft in Modern History

Vandals Deface 'Irreplaceable' Native American Rock Carvings in Georgia

Virtual Travel

Virtual Tour Restores Baalbek's Stunning Roman Temples to Their Former Glory

Cool Finds

Newly Discovered Gainsborough Portrait Reveals Likeness of Overlooked Composer

This Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Spent Centuries Hidden From Public View

Listen to the First Song Ever Recorded on This Ancient, Harp-Like Instrument

How a Stint in Hamburg Helped Catapult the Beatles to Superstardom