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Artist Buries Gold In Abandoned Mansion To Illuminate Peru's Troubled History
Have you ever gone hunting for gold? Brooklyn-based artist Iván Sikic’s new installation, "LOOT" ("SAQUEO" in Spanish), revives that childhood dream of uncovering priceless ore. But he adds a harsh...
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Inside The Not-So-Private Life Of A Nude Model
(Illustration by Dexter Miranda) It’s a situation that would terrify most people: sifting through Craigslist ads, meeting with a stranger, and immediately disrobing. “It’s never been a big deal to...
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Bookindy Allows Users To Browse Amazon, Buy Indie
Amazon -- the bookselling empire turned drone-building superstore -- has largely been bad news for the brick-and-mortar book business. Since its launch in 2000, we've waved goodbye to Borders and seen...
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Music Professor Claims Discovery Of New Leonardo Da Vinci Portrait
For centuries, a 500-year old engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi sitting in the Cleveland Museum of Art was thought to depict the Greek mythological figure of Orpheus, rocking out on his lira da...
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Foster Huntington Is Living Your Most Whimsical Treehouse Dreams
When Foster Huntington quit his job designing for Ralph Lauren in 2011, he didn't have a plan except to buy a VW van and drive far, far away from New York City. After wandering the country, publishing...
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Anish Kapoor Put A Vagina Sculpture In Versailles' Garden, And People Are...
It's tempting to categorize each and every artwork we encounter as either phallic or yonic, regardless of just how strong the genitalian resemblance is. However, when the artist himself dubs the work...
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'United We Feed' Photo Series Supports All Moms -- However They Nourish Their...
Photographer and mom of two Caitlin Domanico hopes her latest project will provide support for all parents navigating the world of pumping, nursing and bottle feeding. "United We Feed" is a series of...
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Charles Manson Prosecutor And 'Helter Skelter' Author Vincent Bugliosi Dead...
Vincent Bugliosi, the former Los Angeles attorney who prosecuted cult leader Charles Manson before becoming a bestselling true crime author, died on June 6 of cancer, The Associated Press reported. He...
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's Enigmatic Portraits Show Black Figures That Never Were
"Any Number of Preoccupations," 2010 Artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye paints, almost exclusively, portraits of black figures. More often than not, the person is juxtaposed against a black background, or...
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How To Talk To Kids About Racism In America -- With A Picture Book
How do you start a conversation with children on America’s legacy of racial injustice? You tell them the story of an artist who confronted segregation and exposed that legacy. A new picture book,...
View ArticleQueen Victoria Wrote This Adorable Kid's Book When She Was 10 Years Old
A young girl with blonde ringlets and a ribboned dress bitterly embraces her father, begging him not to leave her alone at bedtime. "Dear Alice," he consoles her, "it is necessary for you to go my...
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Did The Internet End Cultural Elitism? New Study Shows Snobbery Is Alive And...
When I inherited my first car -- a beloved hand-me-down -- I was ecstatic. It was a smallish SUV that grumbled and shook like Anakin Skywalker’s dinky pod racer. But I was giddy at the thought of...
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Wild Animals And The Forest Meet In Digitally Merged Photographs
Norwegian artist Andreas Lie’s merged photographs look deceptively simple: the outlines of wolves and bears encompassing misty photographs of woody landscapes. A second glance, however, shows there’s...
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All Hail The Badass Lady Illustrators Of Instagram
While the majority of us are using social media to upload images of brunch, cats and cats eating brunch, this talented group of women are using the platform to spread their irreverent, adorable,...
View ArticleOnly English Speakers Capitalize 'I,' But That Doesn't Mean We're Obsessed...
Here's your weird fact of the day: English is the only language that capitalizes "I." Yep, no other language has made it a formal requirement to distinguish first-person singular nominative pronouns...
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Chinese Rapper Shouts Out Uber And Calls Out Haters in Blistering Track
BEIJING -- Chinese taxi drivers have been protesting, police have been raiding and politicians have been debating ride-hailing companies like Uber. And one Chinese amateur rapper has thrown down a...
View ArticleAwkward Tennis Grunts Are So Much Better Set To Music
Where there's smoke, there's fire. And where there's professional tennis, you're guaranteed to find players awkwardly grunting on the court. While some openly criticize that practice, Jimmy Fallon sees...
View ArticleCommunity Piano Helps Bring Sense Of Calm To Struggling New Jersey City
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — With his plastic bag of clothes resting by the bench, Bruce Chorzelewski is sitting down at an upright piano in front of City Hall and improvising a tune. It's the first chance he's...
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Seniors Living Out Their Childhood Dreams Prove It's Never Too Late
It's been said that it's never too late to become what you might have been -- and we've got the photos to prove it. A group of Dutch seniors are living out their childhood dreams in a new photo series...
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This Striking Image Flips The Narrative Around Black Women And Police...
When 29-year-old artist Markus Prime watched footage of a McKinney, Texas police officer aggressively manhandling a 15-year-old black girl, he was overcome with emotions. Markus said he felt a rush of...
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