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In the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still a flying saucer landed in Washington D.C on...
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The poet, playwright and novelist Langston Hughes died 50 years ago this week. At his death, Hughes’...
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A mystery-man artist in 18th-century Japan created scenes of pleasure in the ukiyo-e genre . A centur...
Clad in a red bathing suit, artist Else Bostelmann took careful steps down a 44-foot metal ladder and...
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"I came here with the campaign to tell people that we got to be treated like human beings,” said Hen...
When Ragnar Kjartansson studied painting at the Iceland Academy of the Arts at the dawn of the 21st...