In this grueling presidential election season, our chance to expand serious action against catastrophic climate change is hanging by a thread. One candidate who has…
NewsFeedOver a dozen stolen artefacts were returned to Cambodia from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Buddhist and other religious antiquities date back as…
Holocaust survivor Harry Davids has dedicated his life to uncovering the story of the parents he never knew. Born in Nazi-occupied Holland in 1942, Davids…
Book Review Unrecognized in California: Federal Acknowledgment and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians By Olivia M. ChilcoteUniversity of Washington Press: 218 pages,…
Sage? Esme? Gnatalie? The Los Angeles County Natural History Museum is seeking the public’s help in naming a 70-foot-long sauropod skeleton unearthed by the museum’s…
Less than a month after unveiling a long-awaited exhibition on Hollywood’s Jewish founders, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced it will be revising the…
The names trigger memories recent and long-ago. From David Price to Russell Martin, from Tony Gwynn Jr. to Jerry Hairston Jr. to Dee Strange-Gordon, former…
A LEADING suspect in the $500 million Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist pitched a film script mirroring the still unsolved caper - which culminated in…
Schmuel Gelbfisz, Lazar Meir and the Wonsal brothers are not names that immediately come to mind when thinking about Hollywood legends, but Samuel Goldwyn, Louis…
‘Josh Kline: Climate Change’ at MOCA drowns in good intentions
In this grueling presidential election season, our chance to expand serious action against catastrophic climate change is hanging by a thread. One candidate who has…
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Stolen Cambodian artefacts returned from New York museum | Arts and Culture
NewsFeedOver a dozen stolen artefacts were returned to Cambodia from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Buddhist and other religious antiquities date back as…
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Fireworks, holiday museum openings, Rolling Stones and the best of L.A.’s art and culture this week.
Geoff McFetridge’s “I’d Love to See You,” 2024, acrylic on paper, 30.75 by 39.75 inches. (Geoff McFetridge / Rusha & Co.) Welcome to an explosively…
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Holocaust Museum LA and Hollywood artists launch innovative app
Holocaust survivor Harry Davids has dedicated his life to uncovering the story of the parents he never knew. Born in Nazi-occupied Holland in 1942, Davids…
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David Medalla at the Hammer Museum: curiously absorbing art
David Medalla, a Filipino artist who died in Manila in 2020 at age 82, is not well known in the United States. “A Stitch in…
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Bill Cobbs, ‘Air Bud’ and ‘The Bodyguard’ actor, dies at 90
Bill Cobbs, a seasoned character actor with nearly 200 film and television credits, has died at age 90. Cobbs’ death was confirmed by his brother,…
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Australian museum puts Picasso paintings in ladies toilets following court order
The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Tasmania, Australia, was ordered to close one of its exhibitions after a visitor was refused entry…
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Brits eager to explore UK gems like Northern Lights at Isle of Skye and Titanic Museum in Belfast
The Northern Lights, also known as the aurora borealis, has been named the top must-do UK staycation experience, according to a new survey of 2,000…
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Michael Govan is kingpin of L.A.’s global arts ambition
Michael Govan, photographed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles on Nov. 14. When Michael Govan joined the Los Angeles County…
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Ann Philbin remade the Hammer Museum into a world-class institution
Ann Philbin, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Nov. 6. The Los Angeles art world is still reeling — eight months…
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Why many California Indian tribes still lack U.S. recognition
Book Review Unrecognized in California: Federal Acknowledgment and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians By Olivia M. ChilcoteUniversity of Washington Press: 218 pages,…
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L.A. County Natural History Museum opens voting to name new dinosaur
Sage? Esme? Gnatalie? The Los Angeles County Natural History Museum is seeking the public’s help in naming a 70-foot-long sauropod skeleton unearthed by the museum’s…
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Walter O’Malley’s Dodgers archives donated to the Hall of Fame
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum turned 85 on Wednesday, and a birthday gift as weighty as it was generous was dispatched to…
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Why Academy Museum exhibit on Jewish Hollywood founders is under fire
Less than a month after unveiling a long-awaited exhibition on Hollywood’s Jewish founders, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced it will be revising the…
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New York museum ‘keeps memories alive’ 35 years after Tiananmen crackdown | History News
New York City – When Zhou Fengsuo last saw the mimeograph machine, he was running for his life as the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square…
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Remote UK destination has incredible starry skies, great pubs and a pencil museum
The Lake District has been revealed as the most remote luxury destinations across the UK and offers a host of amazing things to do including…
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Black former players to play in Negro Leagues All-Star Game tribute
The names trigger memories recent and long-ago. From David Price to Russell Martin, from Tony Gwynn Jr. to Jerry Hairston Jr. to Dee Strange-Gordon, former…
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Suspect in $500m museum heist wrote Disney film script mirroring robbery where unsellable stolen art was burnt & buried
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Academy Museum exhibit recognizes Hollywood’s Jewish founders
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You can stay the night at Ferrari’s iconic motor museum surrounded by F1 cars and dine like its legendary founder
PETROLHEADS now have the unique opportunity to sleep at an iconic motor museum surrounded by F1 cars and dine like the brand's legendary founder. The…
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