How many architects can you name off the top of your head? Whether that list is on the long or short side, Frank Lloyd Wright likely nabbed a spot. Even if you don’t know much about the man himself, we’d bet the iconic spiral featured in one of his most famous works, the legendary Guggenheim […]
In a tiny village in Spain, the streets are lined with black slate buildings, and the majority of residents are in their golden years. It’s perhaps an unlikely destination for celebrating gay marriage — and yet the municipality of Campillo de Ranas, one of the country’s appropriately dubbed “black villages” because of its dark-stoned dwellings,
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Old homes are distinctly beautiful, not merely aesthetically — some certainly don’t fall into that category — but also for the history they preserve. Countless people on social media belong to groups or follow accounts dedicated to these kinds of houses, some of which were built hundreds of years ago. And they’re often extremely inexpensive to
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Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t read cursive yet.” Then he handed it to me to read.
Fifteen years ago, Saatchi Art embarked on a mission to become a one-stop shop for beginners and connoisseurs alike to purchase works from emerging artists around the world. Today, it houses a whopping 1.4 million original pieces from 94,000 artists in over 110 countries — and it’s changing the way consumers access original artwork. The
May is both Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month. Two entirely separate commemorations for two entirely separate communities, right? Think again. Not only do Asian American Jews exist, but we come from a variety of places and come to Judaism in a range of ways.
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“My name is Megan, and I got deferred from Princeton,” a grinning high school student announces in a TikTok video with nearly 400,000 likes, before inserting a toothpick flag with a tiger-print Princeton “P” into a rainbow sprinkled cake. “Yay!” a group of her friends cheer in the background. In the video, captioned “Deferral is
After nearly five years at the helm of the Orange County Museum of Art in Southern California, CEO and Director Heidi Zuckerman announced she’ll depart the institution this December. A longtime advocate for access to art as a basic human right, Zuckerman will focus on expanding that accessibility through her experience-based media platform, HZ Inc.
Take it from Tony Bennett: The loveliness of Paris and the glory of Rome just don’t compare when you’ve left your heart in San Francisco. And as today is the 175th anniversary of the City by the Bay being incorporated, we’d like to invite you on a stroll through its history — which goes quite a
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Today the sun set on one of the most inspiring weeks of the year: TED2025. The event, which took place April 7-11 in Vancouver, Canada, featured dozens of thought-provoking TED Talks, spotlighting innovative scientists, storytellers, global leaders, and more — all centered on this year’s theme, “Humanity Reimagined.” The throughline for the week was “AI
