2+ week, 4+ day ago  (326+ words) A White House memo says demolition crews "excellently preserved" the White House residence when they tore down the East Wing for President Donald Trump's planned ballroom The White House mansion's eastern facade appears to have been "excellently preserved" when demolition…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (374+ words) A new initiative by BAM, the acronym for Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano, a public park in central Milan, invites locals and visitors to reflect on the values of sport through an interactive community art project launched during the 2026 Winter Olympics…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (433+ words) A painting in an Italian chapel featured the prime minister's likeness. LONDON -- Just two blocks away from the main building of the Italian government, nestled inside the basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina, a chapel dedicated to the last king…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1044+ words) A Greek Orthodox church in Antakya, Turkey, lies in ruins three years after devastating earthquakes ANTAKYA, Turkey -- Architect Buse Ceren Gul is on a mission: restore a 166-year-old Greek Orthodox church that was long a beacon of her hometown's multicultural…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (250+ words) Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades VATICAN CITY -- Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment," the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel, is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (517+ words) Iraqi calligrapher Ali Zaman has completed a colossal handwritten Quran manuscript after six years of work ISTANBUL -- Iraqi calligrapher Ali Zaman gazes with pride at his masterpiece " a colossal, handwritten manuscript of the Quran that has taken six years of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (356+ words) We're definitely sensitive to the fact the world has drastically changed and the arts and DEI and culture have definitely taken a hit," said Kunhardt. That puts extra emphasis on fundraising events like the foundation's gala -- its largest annual fundraising…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (485+ words) HONG KONG -- They perch gently on concrete ledges. They nestle into peeling stucco. Occasionally, they soar across a stone house's rooftop. A flock has landed in Wang Tong Village, a peaceful corner of Lantau Island on Hong Kong's southwestern edge....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (965+ words) Workers have been installing new gargoyles on the facade of the Catholic cathedral in Covington, Kentucky, in January as they near the completion of a major renovation COVINGTON, Ky. -- Gargoyles have watched over this small Kentucky city for more than…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (187+ words) Video White House ballroom architect says renovations will alter West Wing'abcnews.go.com White House ballroom architect says renovations will alter West Wing The architect said adding another story to the West Wing colonnade is being considered to restore "symmetry…...