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Some researchers say the roughly 530-year-old drawing is too fragile, light-sensitive to travel
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Critics question whether the author, who died in Zurich after a 30-year exile, ever wanted to return home, even in death
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The 21-foot canvas, created by self-taught artist and nun Plautilla Nelli, is now on view in Florence
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The London National History Museum’s 55th annual contest garnered more than 48,000 entries from 100 different countries
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Researchers analyzed eight million texts to gauge how lifespan, warfare and the economy affect national well-being
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Some critics are lamenting that Evaristo, the first black woman to receive the award, has to share it
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The British prime minister smoked the cigar while attending a movie premiere in 1953
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At the time of its construction, the Wilkhouse Inn was considered a "statement of modernity and affluence"
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Abiy has been praised for his efforts to end a violent, decades-long conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea
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The original 11th-century manuscript does not survive, but experts say they have identified part of the earliest-known version of the story
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Last year's Nobel Prize in Literature was postponed following a sexual assault scandal involving members of the Swedish Academy
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The 17th-century painting was previously attributed to the Dutch artist's workshop
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‘We have all come from another place,’ says artist Timothy P. Schmalz
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Picasso, Miro and others bought the abstract paintings of Congo, who starred in the 1950s show 'Zoo Time'
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The 1486 text features panoramic illustrations of Jerusalem, Venice and other sites across the Mediterranean region
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To celebrate an exhibition of the cartoonist and hometown hero, curators commissioned one of Rube's overly complicated gadgets
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The work by artist Kehinde Wiley will soon be moved to Richmond, Virginia, not far from a street lined with controversial Civil War memorials
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'After we realized what [the artwork] stood for and represented for so many people, we immediately felt sick to our stomach,' the letter reads
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The tape and several other recordings have since been donated to the National D-Day Memorial
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The opera star, who championed diversity in the arts, was known for her singular voice and versatile range
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