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Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel

Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries

Is it art?

Historic NYC Chelsea Hotel Feb. 3, 2012. This landmark hotel, known for its history of notable residents is located on 23rd Street was opened in 1884 in New York City, NY USA.

11 or 12 Things Remembered Well About the Chelsea Hotel

A who’s who of an infamous inn.

Florence, Italy Statue of David by Michelangelo

How a Rejected Block of Marble Became the World’s Most Famous Statue

Michelangelo turned an unfinished statue into an iconic piece...

Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, 1935.

Walt Disney’s First Cartoon Critter Was Not Mickey Mouse

Before Mickey Mouse, there was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

Madonna and Child Enthroned by Gentile da Fabriano, tempera on panel, c. 1420, 95.7 x 56.5 cm

Beautiful Gibberish: Fake Arabic in Medieval and Renaissance Art

Medieval and Renaissance artists admired Arabic script but couldn’t...

Click on image for enlargements of panel sections. The Ghent Altarpiece (open view) by Jan and Hubert van Eyck, 1432, polyptych with 12 panels, oil on panel; in the Cathedral of Saint-Bavon, Ghent, Belg.

The Most Stolen Work of Art

Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece has been stolen by Napoleon and...

Inside the Suleymaniye Mosque on may 25, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Suleymaniye Mosque is the largest mosque in the city, and one of the best-known sights of Istanbul.

8 Masterpieces of Islamic Architecture

Take a tour of a few of the Islamic world’s great monuments