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China’s military has become an untouchable nationalist symbol. Artists and comedians are finding out the hard way

Contemporary artworks and comedy are the latest targets of a sweeping attack on cultural freedoms by nationalist groups in China.

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Thousands of stolen artifacts recovered by Italian police

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Vandals sprayed white paint on a sculpture of a Black woman. Hundreds of people showed up to clean it

Sword of Indian ruler slain by British sells for more than $17 million at auction

Best Friend Forever

Cannes 2023 is a showcase for African cinema

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Giant Louise Bourgeois spider sculpture sells for record $32.8 million at auction

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By recreating old photos, these children of immigrants step into their parents’ shoes

Minnesota man indicted over theft of ruby slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Roseberys Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers

Qing dynasty jars bought for $25 at thrift store fetch over $74,000

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This 1960s trailblazer of erotic pop art died just as she was finding fame

Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society/Elena Basso/Silvia Centeno/John Delaney

Museum uncovers little dog hidden in early Picasso painting

courtesy Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon Foundation

Avedon at 100: Celebrities select the famed photographer’s best works

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Two rare, unknown Rembrandt portraits worth millions discovered in private collection

Shawn Poynter/Kertis Creative

How cellist Yo-Yo Ma is trying to bring us together

Lightroom - David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away)

Immersive technology allows viewers to surround themselves in famous art

Johannes Vermeer

Never to be repeated Vermeer exhibition stuns with scientific revelations

‘I don’t have anything to prove’: Ian McKellen on his pantomime and next Shakespeare challenge

Johannes Vermeer / Rijksmuseum

See how technology is shedding new light on these masterpieces

‘I don’t want to be a damsel in distress’: Michelle Yeoh on the part of a lifetime

A Lunar New Year fit for an Emperor

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Inside the mesmerizing new Yayoi Kusama retrospective

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Dance that comforted Taiwan during its loneliest hour returns to the stage

Madonna/Steven Meisel

These controversial photos from Madonna’s ‘Sex’ art book are being sold at auction for the first time

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Rarely-seen Basquiat paintings reunited 41 years after canceled show

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Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’ ghostwriter reveals the process behind record-breaking memoir

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

She was a ‘supermodel’ of the Pre-Raphaelite period. Now art historians are course-correcting the short life of Elizabeth Siddal

Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival

Meet Ramata-Toulaye Sy, the director competing for the Palme d’Or with her first film

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Historian claims to have located mystery ‘Mona Lisa’ bridge

Paul Nicklen/100 for the Ocean

Photographers dive into fundraising for ocean conservation