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This App Puts a Museum in Your Phone
Get out and get some culture with a newly released app that gives art a smart spin
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An Artist Will Slice Up a Peninsula to Remember Norway’s 2011 Massacre
“Memory Wound” will evoke the brutal losses of the July 22 tragedy
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Common African Union Passport to Allow Free Movement Across the Continent
The African Union unveiled a new passport earlier this week that will allow citizens to cross between its 54 member states without visas
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Alexander McQueen Is Being Turned Into Leather
The late designer’s DNA is part of a bizarre experiment in fashion ethics
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The World’s Largest Picnic Basket Faces an Uncertain Future
The fast decline of a kitschy landmark
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Jane Austen’s Music Collection Is Now Online
Play piano like a Darcy with nearly 600 Austen-approved tunes
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Unesco Names New World Heritage Sites
Rock art, irrigation and education add to the organization’s growing list of sites worthy of protection
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Anyone Can Contribute to This Giant Poem…if You Can Find This Typewriter
A roving typewriter tries to capture New York’s subconscious
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Did Rembrandt Have Help With His Most Famous Paintings?
A new study suggests the old master also knew his optics
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Meet Your New Librarian of Congress
Carla Hayden will make history as the first African-American in the role—and the first woman
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The Girl Scouts’ Newest Badges Bring Art Outside
Scouts designed and voted on the new badges
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Meet William Merritt Chase, the American Master Coming Back into Fashion
At the turn of the century, Chase was one of the most well-known painters and teachers in the United States. A new exhibit revisits his revolutionary skill
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10 Downing Street’s “Chief Mouser” Is Keeping His Job Despite Brexit
Larry the Cat will outlast David Cameron at the Prime Minister’s residence
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New Zealanders Just Crowdfunded a New Addition to this National Park
Over 40,000 people donated to buy Awaroa Beach and gift the site to Abel Tasman National Park
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Britain’s Most Famous Plundered Art Could Finally Go Home
There’s a new attempt to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece
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A Seattle Dump Just Got Some Clever Public Art
Recycled rebar will make the Seattle North Transfer Station more beautiful
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How an Anti-Lynching Banner From the 1920s and ‘30s Is Being Updated to Protest Modern-Day Violence
One artist took inspiration from the NAACP’s iconic flag
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This Exhibit Captures the Magic of Being a Kid
The Metropolitan Museum of Art peeks into the idealized lives of kids past
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