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Striking 2,000-year-old mummy portrait sells for $889,000

The remarkable Roman Egypt-era work represents some the earliest realistic portrait paintings still in existence today.

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Christie's

Tiny Michelangelo sketch of a foot sells for more than $27 million, an auction record

Hey Reilly

Long before AI, photos already lied to us

Feb 5, 2026
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In sumptuous paintings, a rising art star updates the 17th-century portrait

Feb 3, 2026
Copyright Nan Goldin, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

40 years ago, Nan Goldin’s searingly intimate photobook on love, sex and belonging radically shifted photography

Jan 25, 2026
Savva Dobrinsky

Three tons of mourners’ flowers to be transformed into art memorializing Bondi Beach shooting

Jan 23, 2026
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Jacob Elordi is Frankenstein’s monster. And he’s kind of hot

Jan 22, 2026

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Ai Weiwei quietly returns to China after a decade: ‘It felt like a phone call suddenly reconnecting’

Photo Illustration by Jason Lancaster/CNN/Getty Images/Film stills via Korean Central TV

Sex, death and betrayal: This North Korean movie shows things audiences have never seen before

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Grit and glamour: Behind-the-scenes docuseries asks what it takes to become a K-pop idol

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BTS propelled K-pop to global stardom. Nearly four years later, they’re back

CNN

For those seeking K-pop stardom, the path can be long and grueling

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