This kitschmeister, lowbrow luminary and indisputable Pop Surrealism pioneer has become something of a cultural touchstone ...

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As part of Bangkok Design Week 2026, Le Méridien Bangkok invites street artists and creative collectives to take part in the city's first-ever "Rooftop Street Art Fight", a new art competition set ...

A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

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As the third candle of Advent begins to flicker — a pink flame symbolizing joy — we hear Mary’s song in Luke 1:46b–55. It is known as the Magnificat, it is more than a hymn of personal gratitude; it ...

Ahmed al-Ahmed, a local fruit vendor, rushed toward a terrorist during a Hanukkah celebration and risked his own life to save others. There are moments when humanity breaks through all boundaries – of ...

A Toledo musician has opened a museum to preserve the history of sacred steel, an African American gospel tradition built ...

Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

Mecca is the religion’s most iconic destination. But these exquisite mosques and shrines found from Tunisia to Syria also honor its sacred history. The skyline of Jerusalem’s Old City is dominated by ...

In 1995, divers first noticed a group of bizarre sandy "crop circles" on the seabed around Amami Oshima Island, southwest ...

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