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Museum Offers $25K for Pieces of Meteorite—If You Can Find Them
Last week, a meteor burned through the sky above the Northeastern United States at such a speed that it broke the sound barrier. According to...
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Collector Ken Griffin Gives $300 M. to Harvard, $25 M. Gerhard Richter Heads to Auction, and More: Morning Links for April 13, 2023
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A New Exhibition Explores the Competing Visions at the Center of Africa’s Tumultuous 1960s
For Americans, the 1960s typically conjure up romantic images of hippies, protest, and the Vietnam War. But, across Africa, the era was even...
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A Woman Crashed Her Rolls-Royce into $3M. Damien Hirst Statue Belonging to Mega-Collectors
A sculpture by Damien Hirst was the subject of a different kind of spectacle last month, after a woman drove her Rolls-Royce sedan onto the...
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Ancient Mayan Scoreboard Found at Chichén Itzá Complex in Mexico
A stone scoreboard used to keep track of sports games has been identified by archaeologists at Chichén Itzá, the ancient Mayan complex situated...
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A Complex Survey of the Caribbean Diaspora in Chicago Goes Beyond Geographical Boundaries
Mentioning the Caribbean may conjure images of lush landscapes and isolated leisure on a beach, of palm trees and a shared sea. Many will think...
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Man Pleads Guilty to Making Fake Basquiats Seized from the Orlando Museum of Art
A former auctioneer has pled guilty to helping create and sell dozens of fake Basquiat paintings that were seized by the FBI last year from the...
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Gallery 1957 Is Expanding Ghana’s Art Scene—and Bringing It to the Rest of the World
Upon entering the Accra office of the Lebanese-born British gallerist, art collector, and curator, Marwan Zakhem, one immediately notices Self...
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Air Jordans Worn by Michael Jordan Become the Most Expensive Sneakers Ever Auctioned
A pair of Air Jordans worn by Michael Jordan during the famed 1998 NBA finals sold at Sotheby’s for $2.2 million on Tuesday, becoming the...
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Man Gets Trapped Inside Public Art in Canada After Easter Mischief
Public art can be engrossing. But for a man who tried to climb the Talus Dome sculpture in Edmonton, a city in Alberta, Canada, it became...