BOSTON — For decades, the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — now valued at more than $500 million — has remained unsolved. It remains the largest art theft in history — far surpassing more recent museum thefts, including a daylight heist at the Louvre that involved far fewer works … Read more
Darla Moore is a billionaire from Lake City, South Carolina, who saw an opportunity to revitalize her small hometown with ArtFields, a festival that transforms the town into a hub for Southern art and history. Source link
In “The Art of the Deal,” the 1987 bestseller published under Donald Trump’s name, maximizing leverage was touted as a top negotiating tool. Today, Iran looks to be operating from its own version of the same manual amid on-again, off-again negotiations with the Trump administration, aimed at ending a nearly eight-week war. President Trump appears … Read more
“Terrifier” star David Howard Thornton got clown on one knee and popped the question to fiancée Jada Christine — while he was in full Art the Clown costume and makeup. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The two were attending the Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture … Read more
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — In the cramped backroom of a theater, Vicki Taylor glues together tiny figurines that peer over electrical boxes, canoe down drainage pipes and hide in nooks and crannies waiting to be found by someone curious enough to get on their hands and knees to search. Taylor and her husband, Rick, opened the … Read more
For hundreds of years, St. Peter’s Basilica has been adorned by mosaics – millions of tiny colored tiles melted and fashioned into astonishing art. Correspondent Chris Livesay visits the Vatican’s Mosaic Studio, where mosaicists – using tools and techniques dating back centuries – employ fire to create divine works. Source link
A priceless gold 2,500-year-old helmet from Romania that was stolen last year in the Netherlands has been recovered, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand told AFP on Thursday. “It’s amazing. It’s the best news we could have got,” said Brand, confirming that the lost Helmet of Cotofenesti had been found. Prosecutors are expected to make an … Read more
There’s a moment every content creator knows well. You’ve just finished a piece, either a long-form blog post or a research-backed feature, that you’re genuinely proud of. It’s tight, it flows, it says exactly what you wanted it to say. And then someone on the team pipes up if you turn that into a LinkedIn … Read more
Thieves stole works of Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from the Magnani Rocca Foundation, a private art museum near Parma, Italy, police said. CBS News’ Shanelle Kaul has more. Source link
First, a report from inside the birthplace of food stamps. Then, inside Trump’s South Africa Afrikaner claims. And, the AI art divide: Revolutionary or a gimmick. Source link