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Amateur archaeology sleuth deciphers messages hidden in Stone Age cave art for 25,000 years
Ben Bacon, a furniture restorer by day, spent his nights decoding the writing that has baffled scie…
Bethany Dawson
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A security guard is accused of ruining a million-dollar painting by drawing eyes on it in ballpoint pen
The security guard was charged with vandalism after he added eyes to figures in an expensive Soviet…
Cheryl Teh
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'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' directors Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado on the 'Shrek' series, the power of animation, and the pitfalls of AI art
Insider spoke to "The Last Wish" director Joel Crawford and co-director Januel Mercado about how th…
William Antonelli
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A woman paid $35 for a bust from Goodwill. It turned out to be a 2,000-year-old Roman artifact.
Antiques dealer Laura Young, who bought the item, later learned it's an ancient artifact that was l…
Celia Fernandez
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David Letterman said it's 'very nice to see the presidential box once again being occupied' with Biden's return to Kennedy Center Honors
Sunday marked the first time a president has attended the gala since 2016. Biden received a standin…
John L. Dorman
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How a one-of-a-kind 1850s record book is professionally conserved
Bexx Caswell-Olson shows us how to restore a 170-year-old marriage record book by washing the pages…
Jacky Barile
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A couple vandalized a $440,000 painting in South Korea after mistaking it for an interactive exhibit
Two visitors, who were not charged, mistook paint and brushes, which were displayed by JonOne's gra…
Darcy Schild
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A homeowner shares how she chopped up a $10 Ikea rug and transformed it into a work of art
Kiva Brent, an interior design YouTuber, shared how she turned an Ikea rug into the perfect stateme…
Monica Humphries
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Art history can help explain the hype around NFTs, the crypto collectibles that made Grimes millions
The technology behind NFTs is often confusing, but viewing them in the context of the history of ar…
Alec Recinos
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Sơn mài is a costly form of lacquer painting in Vietnam. Here's what makes these paintings so expensive
The art form requires costly materials and an intensive process. Just one of these works can take m…
Taryn Varricchio,Charlie Floy…
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The US agrees to return 2 Thai relics that were illegally obtained and held in the San Francisco Asian Art Museum
An official from the Royal Thai Consulate-General requested two Thai lintels be returned after disc…
Madison Hall
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Bihar to have university devoted to fine arts; proposal likely in budget
"Serious students of arts from far and wide would be visiting Bihar to pursue their researches just…
PTI
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Millennial workers have been hardest hit by pandemic pay cuts
Millennials fared the worst in terms of pandemic pay cuts, a Magnify Money study found. But more th…
Hillary Hoffower
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The one good thing in 2020 was suddenly cheap rent in Manhattan and San Francisco — but the bill could be up for cities soon
Record numbers are fleeing New York and San Francisco, accelerating a years-old trend. But what's r…
Taylor Borden
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Gucci just partnered with The RealReal, joining a growing number of legacy luxury brands on the platform. It shows how the appetite for high-end clothes will never die, just evolve.
The pandemic may be having an unintended effect: Luxury resale online, like Gucci on The RealReal, …
Dominic-Madori Davis
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4 friends bought a crumbling, 100-year-old mansion in the Sri Lankan jungle for $430,000 and spent years restoring it. Take a look inside.
The stone walls had collapsed, bats were roosting in the rafters, the windows were boarded up, and …
Claire Turrell
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Millennials are finally buying homes — and it's through Instagram, of course
Millennials are snapping up historic homes for less than $100,000 via Instagram account Cheap Old H…
Hillary Hoffower
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A tourist damaged a famous 200-year-old Italian sculpture after sitting on it for a photo, reports say
A Facebook post from Museo Antonio Canova said the neoclassical sculpture "Paolina Borghese as Venu…
Monica Humphries
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Baltimore is investigating after officials removed 5 approved Black Lives Matter murals
The city department blamed a "miscommunication" for the error, but also said a staff member accused…