Business
Younger generations of Asians are spending big on art
[ad_1] Younger, wealthy shoppers in Asia are splashing their cash on art, according to a longtime collector and senior auction house executive. Nicolas Chow,…
Tag: Cultural preservation
Real Estate
Luxury homebuyers can now get an art collection as part of the deal
[ad_1] Los Angeles real estate company The Agency is selling homes complete with artwork and furniture. The piece shown is called “The McCoys II”…
Real Estate
Displaying art in your home? Here are some do’s and don’ts
[ad_1] Large artworks can help a space feel more homey, according to art consultant Louisa Warfield. Andreas Von Einsiedel | Corbis Documentary | Getty…
US News
Biden and Brazil’s Lula meeting in New York to discuss labor, climate
[ad_1] NEW YORK — President Joe Biden will meet his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday in New York as the…
Breaking News
Natural history museum closes because of chemicals in taxidermy collection
[ad_1] A South Dakota museum is closing after almost 40 years over concerns that the chemicals in its taxidermy collection could endanger visitors and…
US News
Developers have Black families fighting to maintain property and history
[ad_1] PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. — The Rev. Elijah Smalls Jr. once grew okra, butter beans and other vegetables in the neighborhood where his family…
Breaking News
Developers have Black families fighting to maintain property and history
[ad_1] PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. — The Rev. Elijah Smalls Jr. once grew okra, butter beans and other vegetables in the neighborhood where his family…
World News
Iraqis are furious over their government’s demolition of a minaret that stood for nearly 300 years
[ad_1] BASRA, Iraq — For three centuries, the al-Siraji Mosque, with its minaret fashioned from weathered bricks and its pinnacle inlaid with blue ceramic…
World News
German archeologists find Bronze Age sword so well-preserved it ‘almost shines’
[ad_1] Officials say a bronze sword made more than 3,000 years ago that is so well-preserved it “almost still shines” has been unearthed in…
Entertainment
Apollo Theater CEO Jonelle Procope to leave the historic landmark on safe financial ground
[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) — Jonelle Procope’s 20-year tenure as president and CEO of The Apollo Theater evolved into an era of prosperity and…
US News
Memphis ‘snake factory’ transplants slither into their new home in Louisiana
[ad_1] BENTLEY, La. — They were born and raised in captivity, but as they slowly slithered away from their handlers and disappeared into gopher…
Travel
House where King planned Alabama marches moving to Michigan
[ad_1] DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old Jawana Jackson called home,…
Entertainment
Texas-born princess facing imminent eviction from Rome villa
[ad_1] ROME (AP) — A Texas-born princess who lives in a Rome villa containing the only known ceiling painted by Caravaggio is facing a…
Breaking News
House where King planned Alabama marches moving to Michigan
[ad_1] DEARBORN, Mich. — A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old Jawana Jackson called home, and…
US News
Mario, Mariah, Madonna added to National Recording Registry
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Mario, Madonna and Mariah have entered the national audio canon. Madonna’s star-making 1984 album “Like a Virgin,” Mariah Carey’s 1994 holiday…
Lifestyle
Borsch without a ‘t’: Kyiv chef uses food to reclaim culture
[ad_1] KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Don’t tell Ievgen Klopotenko that borsch is just food. For him, that bowl of beet-and-meat soup is the embodiment…
World News
Australia argues against ‘endangered’ Barrier Reef status
[ad_1] CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby against UNESCO adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of…
Entertainment
‘Power Rangers’ star Jason David Frank dies at 49
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children’s series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,”…
Entertainment
Mexican artisans preserve Day of the Dead decorations
[ad_1] XOCHIMILCO, Mexico — Mexican artisans are struggling to preserve the traditional manufacture of paper cut-out decorations long used in altars for the Day…
Technology
Historic homes may prove to be more resilient against floods
[ad_1] SUFFOLK, Va. — Whenever historic homes get flooded, building contractors often feel compelled by government regulations to rip out the water-logged wood flooring,…