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San Francisco Is Getting a Monument to Maya Angelou
The city’s arts commission is expected to choose one of three proposed designs this week
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Future Graffiti Additions to Prague’s John Lennon Wall Will Be Strictly Regulated
Local authorities are introducing security measures in response to vandalism, obscene graffiti
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII Are Coming to Broadway
In ‘Six,’ the Tudor queens get a chance to share their side of the story
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Nevada Has a Massive New Dark Sky Sanctuary
The night skies at 100,000-acre Massacre Ridge are some of the starriest in the world
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Swarms of Grasshoppers Invading Las Vegas Are Visible on Radar
Experts say the insects are migrating north in response to unusually heavy rainfall in the region
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Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
Apollo 11 Mission Memorialized With 2,200 Pounds of Butter
A buttery Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, along with a couple cows, are on display at the Ohio State Fair
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Baltimore Museum of Art, Home to Largest Matisse Collection, Will Open Center Dedicated to Artist
The gallery’s Matisse holdings encompass more than 1,200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints
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A Statue in the U.K. Had to Be Moved Because It Was Too Popular
Visitors flocked to see ‘Seated Figure’ by the artist Sean Henry—and damaged the surrounding landscape of the North York Moors in the process
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From Baked Dormouse to Carbonized Bread, 300 Artifacts Show What Romans Ate
The show features frescoes, preserved fruit, cooking utensils and vessels recovered from Pompeii
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Climate Change Has Made Climbing the Matterhorn More Dangerous
Melting permafrost is leading to more frequent rockfalls and landslides on the iconic peak and other areas of the Alps
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Couture Covering 96 Years of Fashion Is Coming to the Met’s Costume Institute
A little-known couture collector has gifted the museum 165 items drawn from her collection of approximately 15,000 pieces
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Why Archaeologists and Volcanologists Are Clashing Over Excavations at Pompeii
Volcanologist Roberto Scandone argues that enthusiasm for archaeology has yielded an “act of vandalism to volcanology”
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Judy Chicago Retrospective to Look Beyond ‘The Dinner Party’
The largest exhibition of Chicago’s work to date at the de Young Museum in San Francisco will highlight the diversity of the artist’s oeuvre
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London Signs Up as First ‘National Park City’
The city has commited to upping its greenspace to 50 percent and making the urban landscape healthier, greener and more beautiful by 2050
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Watch the Apollo 11 Anniversary Show That Was Projected Onto the Washington Monument
The immersive experience combined full-motion projection-mapping artwork and archival footage
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Wolves and Bears Are Being Returned to a Rare Patch of Ancient Woodland in Britain
The Bristol Zoological Society is launching an animal exhibit that will see the predators share a U.K. habitat for the first time in 1,000 years
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Atlanta Museum’s ‘Dating’ App Matches Visitors With Artwork
The High Museum of Art creates tour routes based on users’ likes
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The Charles Dickens Museum Acquires ‘Lost’ Portrait of the Author as a Young Man
The 1843 painting by Margaret Gillies surfaced at an auction in South Africa in 2017
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Minnesota and Wisconsin Are Beefing About Who Has More Lakes
Minnesota, obviously, is the winner, but it turns out there is no actual, technical definition of what constitutes a lake
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Swarms of Flying Ants Overtaking Great Britain Show Up as Rain on Radar
Once a year, the winged insects take to the skies and engage in mating rituals
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