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Upcoming Exhibition Will Explore a Year in the Artistic Life of Pablo Picasso

Held in Paris and London, "Picasso 1932" features more than 100 works from the period often referred to as the artist's "year of wonders."

English Doesn’t Have a Word for This Color, but Japanese Does

While we might call it "light blue" or "sky blue," in Japan, "mizu" is considered a totally unique color.

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12 American Propaganda Posters That Sold World War I to the Masses

A new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York features rarely seen propaganda art commissioned by the U.S. government during World War I.

Archaeologists Find 30,000-Year-Old Jewelry in Indonesia

They were found in a cave on the island of Sulawesi.

14 Colorful Facts About Crayola

The world famous Crayola crayons debuted in 1903. As a result, tiny nostrils were never the same again.

8 Hidden Museums Around the Globe

Whether it’s a trash museum in NYC or a David Hasselhoff museum in Berlin, these semi-private collections make it worth going out of your way.

This Art Machine Holds Your Arm Hostage Until Someone Else Puts Theirs In

Art is terrifying.

Store Your Secrets in a Grave as Part of This 25-Year-Long Art Project

The famous conceptual artist Sophie Calle is collecting and burning secrets stored in a grave at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

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Why the Laocoön Sculpture Had the Wrong Arm for Four Centuries

When incomplete ancient sculptures are discovered, artists and art historians often try to figure out how the missing pieces originally looked. They don't always get it right.

French Curator Rediscovers 'Lost' Gustave Courbet Painting

For decades, experts believed the work was a forgery.

Watch an Artist Recreate Cosmic Radiation With Sand

After taking two weeks to complete, the work was destroyed.

13 Wondrous Photos of Waves

Australian photographer Warren Keelan ventures off shore to get close-ups of the ocean in action.

David Bowie's Birthplace May Soon Be Home to a Giant Lightning Bolt Sculpture

The sculpture would resemble the one painted across Bowie's face on the cover of 1973's 'Aladdin Sane.'

7 of the Coolest Rooms You Can Stand Inside

When hanging art on one wall just isn't enough.

North Carolina Man Charged with Stealing 1000-Pound Chicken Statue

A birthday present from a poultry farmer to his wife, the statue mysteriously disappeared overnight.

German Museum Discovers Lost Rembrandt Sketch In Its Collection

For years, the drawing had been attributed to another artist.

How One Artist Is Using Mirrors to Create Perception-Shifting 'Infinity Boxes'

After 25 years in computer graphics, Matt Elson wanted to make art people could connect to.

12 Secrets of Greeting Card Designers

There's a reason they don't like using faces.

Virtual Reality App 'Art Plunge' Takes You Inside Your Favorite Paintings

It's virtual reality meets art history.

Leave it to the Victorians to make a bracelet of woven hair.

9 Victorian Hobbies That Seem Weird Today

From graveyard picnics to humanlike animal taxidermy, these Victorian pastimes are certainly unusual by modern standards.

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Climate Change Is Altering One of Utah's Most Famous Works of Art

Soon, the art piece could be marooned away from the shores of the Great Salt Lake.

Met Museum Makes 375,000 Images Freely Available Online

You can now freely download, edit, and distribute a variety of high-resolution images off the Met’s website, with no copyright restrictions.

16 Facts About Gilbert Stuart's 'Lansdowne Portrait'

There's more to this presidential painting than meets the eye.

JOHN SIMON AFTER JOHN VERELST, “SA GA YEATH QUA PIETH TOW, KING OF THE MAQUAS,” 1710, MEZZOTINT, NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY

See the History of New York’s Tattoo Culture in 10 Photographs

A new exhibit highlights three centuries of tattooing taboos and trends in New York City.

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