Winter Isn’t So Bad When Your Dad Builds You A 55-Foot Luge
By now, it's safe to say that the East Coast is pretty much over winter. But this dad decided to…
Category: Culture & Arts
Simon Rattle to Return to His Roots, Taking Over the London Symphony
After a long tenure with the Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle will go home to England to conduct the London Symphony…
In Performance: Tonya Pinkins and Dianne Wiest of ‘Rasheeda Speaking’
A scene from the New Group's production of the play by Joel Drake Johnson.
Picabia Alert #6: Sailing on the Open Sea in Ostend, Belgium
“Picabia Alert” takes note of shows that feature work by the wily French artist Francis Picabia (1879–1953), aiming to sate Picabia appetites until…
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ISIS jihadists armed with sledgehammers destroy ancient artefacts in Iraq
Islamic State militants armed with sledgehammers and jackhammers have destroyed priceless ancient artefacts in Iraq's city of Mosul, a video…
Stolen Picasso Shipped as Christmas Present Seized in Newark
The cubist painting La Coiffeuse by Pablo Picasso was considered missing for over a decade. Photo: AP/US Department of Justice…
Artist’s muse: A secret life
Egon Schiele’s portraits of his muse and love Wally Neuzil are among the artist’s most famous works – but who…
Celebrate International Polar Bear Day With These Stunning Photographs
Happy International Polar Bear Day! This February 27 marks the 10th annual observance of the holiday. Popularized by conservation group…
Full-time Development Assistant at a thriving performing Arts Center in Pasadena, CA
Boston Court Performing Arts Center seeks a full-time Development Assistant to assist with planning, administering, and implementation of all fundraising…
‘House of Cards’ Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Balancing the Eggs
Claire heads before Congress and Frank tries to change the laws of physics.
Stolen Picasso Work Is Seized in Newark
“La Coiffeuse,” or “The Hairdresser,” had been missing from Paris for more than a decade. It resurfaced in December in…
The Getty’s Associate Director for Collections Is Retiring
Thomas Kren, the J. Paul Getty Museum’s associate director for collections, is retiring after 35 years with the museum, the…
Australian venues ban ‘narcissistic’ selfie sticks
The promoter of the Soundwave music festival, held in major cities across Australia, has vowed to crack down on "selfie"…
The Barnes Foundation discovers two sketches by Paul Cézanne behind watercolors
During a recent paper conservation treatment, the Barnes Foundation discovered two unfinished sketches—one graphite and one watercolor— on the reverse…
MFA Boston Acquires What’s Left of Legendary Rothschild Collection
The Rothschild Family in 1937. Photo: Courtesy the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is…
Did Holbein invent Henry VIII?
In a Culture Show special, Waldemar Januszczak looks at the work of Hans Holbein the Younger. He argues that the…
‘Guardians’ Director James Gunn Defends Superhero Movies After Oscars Diss
"Guardians of the Galaxy," last year's highest-grossing comic book movie, was nominated for two Oscars during Sunday's ceremony. But despite…