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Photographer and Journalist Corky Lee Featured in Google Doodle for AAPI Heritage Month
The late photographer, journalist, and activist Young Kwok “Corky” Lee was featured in a Google Doodle on Friday to celebrate Asian...
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Museum Leaders in Sudan Protest Looting, Damage of Cultural Heritage by Clashing Forces
Factional violence has engulfed Sudan, and the country’s museums are caught in the crossfires, prompting calls from artists and museum...
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A 1,000-Year-Old Viking Buckle Was Found in Norway
An ancient Viking treasure was found inside a lump of soil in eastern Norway during a 2021 archaeological excavation, the Miami Herald...
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Man Painted Out of Famed Vermeer Painting Receives New Focus from Conservators
Conservators have begun to focus anew on Johannes Vermeer’s A Maid Asleep (ca. 1656–57), a painting of a napping that woman that once...
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Vermeer Painting May Conceal Self-Portrait, Archibald Prize Winner Named, and More: Morning Links for May 5, 2023
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Missing Idol of Lord Shiva Linked to Dealer Who Pleaded Guilty To Trafficking Stolen Antiquities in 2021
An ancient idol of Lord Shiva, one of the Hindu religion’s most recognized deities, was found to have been replaced by a replica in the Korukkai...
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Italian Historian Claims Bridge in Background of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa Is from Small Town in Tuscany
An Italian art researcher says “he had no doubt” about which bridge had been painted into the background of the Mona Lisa, the...
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Munich Court Hears Arguments, Climate Activists on Trial for Damaging Frame in Germany
Two German climate protestors, one 25-years-old and the other 60, are on trial after an action they took at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich left...
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Disabled Choreographer Christopher Unpezverde Núñez Is Skeptical of “Healing”
When two sweaty, exhausted dancers in a work by Christopher Unpezverde Núñez conclude their performance by picking up a bowl of fake blood and...
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Historian Offers New Mona Lisa Theory, Artist Creates Monarchy-Blocking Browser Plugin, and More: Morning Links for May 4, 2023
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