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Architect Says West Wing Might Get an Addition, Too
16+ hour, 55+ min ago (531+ words) President Trump's planned state ballroom at the White House is now designed to rise to the same height as the historic mansion, the project's lead architect told a federal planning panel Thursday. That's just one of the changes the Trump…...
Picasso Painting Could Be Yours for Just $120
1+ week, 2+ day ago (419+ words) Owning a Picasso usually takes a fortune. This time, it will take about $120 and a whole lot of luck. France's Alzheimer's Research Foundation is raffling off a 1941 Pablo Picasso painting, "Tete de Femme," valued at nearly $1.2 million. Anyone can buy…...
Woman Behind Viral Restoration Fail Dies at 94
1+ week, 3+ day ago (310+ words) The Spanish woman behind one of the internet's most infamous art mishaps has died at 94. Cecilia Gimenez, a parishioner from Borja in northeastern Spain, gained global attention in 2012 when her well-intentioned attempt to touch up a deteriorating fresco of Jesus…...
Banksy's Latest Has a Mystery Twin
2+ week, 4+ day ago (774+ words) Banksy's latest surprise for Londoners involves kids in winter clothes, a crane that looks a lot like a Christmas tree, and a mystery twin across town. The elusive street artist confirmed a new mural in Bayswater on Monday by posting…...
James Madison's Washington Portrait Could Now Be Yours
3+ week, 2+ day ago (383+ words) If you've ever examined a $1 bill, the star of Christie's next big sale will look awfully familiar. On Jan. 23 in New York, the auction house will offer the 1804 Gilbert Stuart oil portrait of George Washington that helped shape the image…...
Louvre workers vote to extend a strike as the museum partially reopens
3+ week, 2+ day ago (235+ words) The museum said visitors had access to a limited "masterpiece route" which includes Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and the Venus de Milo. Union workers are protesting chronic under-staffing, building deterioration and recent management decisions " pressures intensified by a brazen…...
JPMorgan's New Skyscraper Is a NYC Eyesore
3+ week, 5+ day ago (449+ words) Oliver Wainwright is out with a harsh review of JPMorgan Chase's new headquarters in Manhattan. Writing for the Guardian , Wainwright's take is unrelenting from the start, describing the 60-story building as a "mountainous lump" that "galumphs its way up above…...
One Secret to Gen X Art: 'Adults Have Failed You"
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (331+ words) The New York Times Style Magazine is going big on Generation X, as evidenced by the headline on its cover story: "Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?" Writer Amanda Fortini, herself a member, focuses on how a group often…...
Frank Gehry Replaced Boxy Buildings With Joyful Designs
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (458+ words) Frank Gehry, a giant of American architecture who designed buildings in never-before-seen shapes in imaginative attempts to invoke joy'bringing him critical and popular acclaim'has died. He was 96. Gehry's chief of staff said he died Friday at his home in Santa…...
Pantone Picks White as 2026's Color of the Year
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (479+ words) Pantone has named its 2026 Color of the Year, and for the first time, it's white. In a news release , Pantone described the shade dubbed "Cloud Dancer" as an "ethereal white hue" and a "whisper of calm in a noisy world…...