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Banksy Snorting Copper stenciled graffiti on Curtain Road, in Shoreditch, London taken circa 2005, before it was later vandalised and covered over.
Art Restoration: Beyond Canvas
How do restorers of wall paintings save art exposed to the elements...
Rustem Pasha Mosque in the foreground and the Suleymaniye Mosque, an Ottoman imperial mosque on the Third Hill of Istanbul.
Sinan, the Ottoman Empire’s Master Architect
Sinan came from humble origins to become one of the greatest...
A visitor looks at Tom Thomson's painting 'The West Wind' at an exhibition unveiled in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Sept. 10, 2004.
The Group of Seven Remembered
In the 1910s and ’20s, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven created...
"Seascape at Port-en-Bessin, Normandy" Georges Seurat, ca. 1888, oil on canvas, 65.1 x 80.9 cm
Neo-Impressionism: What Was the Point?
You may know Impressionism and Post-Impressionism—but what is...
1923 pamphlet. Wat is Dada by Theo Van Doesburg, published is Amsterdam by Joost Nijsen
Dada at 100
2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the Dada movement’s founding...
William Shakespeare
The Death of Shakespeare
Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
The shaving, scene from The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia, 1816) by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868), engraving
The Barber of Seville Turns 200
The Barber of Seville, one of the most-performed comic...
Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, John Boyega as Finn, and Daisy Ridley as Rey. Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens(2015). Directed by JJ Abrams
Returning to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
This week, one of the most eagerly awaited cinema experiences...
Playwright Arthur Miller works on a new play at his typewriter in the study of his New York apartment on July 21, 1959.
Arthur Miller Centenary
October 17, 2015, is the 100th anniversary of Arthur Miller’s...
Jennifer Aniston arrives at the Toronto International Film Festival for her new film Life of Crime on September 14, 2013. (Canada)
Toronto International Film Festival 2015
The 40th Toronto International Film Festival begins on September...
Church of Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, France, by Le Corbusier, 1950-55.
Celebrating Le Corbusier
Swiss visionary Le Corbusier helped to introduce modern architecture.
June 29, 2014: Colorfully dressed marchers from the Caribbean American Pride.org at the 2014 Gay Pride Parade on Fifth Avenue
Celebrating Caribbean American Heritage
June is National Caribbean American Heritage Month.
The abstract painter Carmen Herrera, 94, in Manhattan on December 9, 2009. After six decades of very private painting, Herrera had sold her first artwork five years ago, at the age of 89.
¡Brava, Maestra!
Artist Carmen Herrera celebrates her 100th birthday.
Cannes film festival. Photographers shoot the departures at the Another Year Premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd Annual Festival de Cannes, film festival May 15, 2010 held annually in Cannes, France.
The 68th Annual Cannes Film Festival
The 2015 edition of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival ...
The Persistence of Memory, 1931, by Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-89), 9 1/2 x 13" (24.1 x 33 cm), The Museum of Modern Art, New York USA, MoMA Number: 162.1934
Salvador Dalí Turns 111
Celebrating more than a century of Salvador Dalí.
Orson Welles, film director, actor, and producer as Charles Foster Kane in the film "Citizen Kane" (1941) which he wrote, produced, directed and starred in. The film is based on the life of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst.
100 Years of Orson Welles
Director, actor, producer, and writer Orson Welles was born on...
"Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (verso: The Potato Peeler)," oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1887. In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 40.6 x 31.8 cm.
The Dramatic Life of Vincent van Gogh
In honor of his birthday, Britannica explores the life of Dutch...
The 50 Oscar statuettes to be awarded Feb. 29, 2004 at the 76th Academy Awards ceremony were on display Jan. 23, 2004 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois. The statuettes are made in Chicago by R.S. Owens and Company. The Oscars
Real Stories Behind the Oscar Nominees
Learn about the people who inspired some Academy Award-nominated...