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“Yallah, yallah, yallah! Woooo!” I was visiting the pyramids of Giza, Egypt, in the company of Mark Lehner, a renowned Egyptologist, when suddenly a series of voices erupted and echoed …
A Refreshing Look at Egypt’s Ancient Pyramids Read MoreGermany returned two of the priceless artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria on Friday, after reaching a political agreement that could soon see hundreds more return to the …
Benin Bronzes Returned to Nigeria from Germany Read MoreBack in 1967, Arte Povera artists in Italy, the radicals of their time, hung out at the Piper Club, a discothèque of, by and for the avant-garde in Turin. During …
2 Art Havens in the Hudson Valley Offer Nature Indoors and Out Read MoreGREENWOOD, Miss. — On Saturday night, June 18, the Memphis-based artist Desmond Lewis was in a public park unloading cakes — bundles of fireworks connected by a high-speed fuse — …
A Sculptor Takes His Craft to the Skies Read MoreNew foundations spring up all the time, but rarely on the scale of the Ruth Foundation for the Arts, which was established this year and announces its first grants this …
With $440 Million, a New Arts Foundation Spreads the Wealth Read MoreWhen the painter Sam Gilliam died last weekend at age 88, he left behind pioneering artworks, particularly his draped canvases stained with blooms of color that forever changed the way …
Sam Gilliam ‘Took a Step Most People Didn’t Understand Was Possible’ Read MoreJewelry and art have long captivated both collectors and the general public, but recently, fine minerals — topaz, quartz, calcite and more — have also been figuring in. Case in …
Minerals Grow in Popularity for Admiring and Collecting Read MoreLONDON — The news sent tremors through Italy and the European continent: On April 6, 1520, Raphael — painter, draughtsman, architect, archaeologist and all-around genius — died suddenly at the …
For Britain’s National Gallery, a Raphael Show Comes at the Right Time Read MoreANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY — A racist attack on Black Americans, with the spectacle of real-time pain it carries, tends to make news. But the depression that racism itself generates — the …
For Black Artists, the Motivating Power of Melancholia Read MoreSandra Mendoza picked a forest green panel to recall the SUV her husband, Juan Espinoza, a car aficionado and restorer, proudly purchased before his life was taken. Trena Meins chose …
A ‘Sad Kinship’ as Towns Build Memorials to Victims of Mass Shootings Read More