Younger, wealthy shoppers in Asia are splashing their cash on art, according to a longtime collector and senior auction house executive. Nicolas Chow, Sotheby’s chairman for Asia, said…
Read more Younger generations of Asians are spending big on artLos Angeles real estate company The Agency is selling homes complete with artwork and furniture. The piece shown is called “The McCoys II” (2019) and is by artist…
Read more Luxury homebuyers can now get an art collection as part of the dealLarge artworks can help a space feel more homey, according to art consultant Louisa Warfield. Andreas Von Einsiedel | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images There are two common…
Read more Displaying art in your home? Here are some do’s and don’tsNEW YORK — President Joe Biden will meet his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday in New York as the leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s…
Read more Biden and Brazil’s Lula meeting in New York to discuss labor, climateA South Dakota museum is closing after almost 40 years over concerns that the chemicals in its taxidermy collection could endanger visitors and staff This 2012 photo provided…
Read more Natural history museum closes because of chemicals in taxidermy collectionPHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. — The Rev. Elijah Smalls Jr. once grew okra, butter beans and other vegetables in the neighborhood where his family has lived near the South…
Read more Developers have Black families fighting to maintain property and historyPHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. — The Rev. Elijah Smalls Jr. once grew okra, butter beans and other vegetables in the neighborhood where his family has lived near the South…
Read more Developers have Black families fighting to maintain property and historyBASRA, Iraq — For three centuries, the al-Siraji Mosque, with its minaret fashioned from weathered bricks and its pinnacle inlaid with blue ceramic tiles, was a distinctive feature…
Read more Iraqis are furious over their government’s demolition of a minaret that stood for nearly 300 yearsOfficials say a bronze sword made more than 3,000 years ago that is so well-preserved it “almost still shines” has been unearthed in Germany BERLIN — A bronze…
Read more German archeologists find Bronze Age sword so well-preserved it ‘almost shines’NEW YORK (AP) — Jonelle Procope’s 20-year tenure as president and CEO of The Apollo Theater evolved into an era of prosperity and expansion, markedly different from the…
Read more Apollo Theater CEO Jonelle Procope to leave the historic landmark on safe financial groundBENTLEY, La. — They were born and raised in captivity, but as they slowly slithered away from their handlers and disappeared into gopher holes in the Kisatchie National…
Read more Memphis ‘snake factory’ transplants slither into their new home in LouisianaDEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old Jawana Jackson called home, and much of it involved…
Read more House where King planned Alabama marches moving to MichiganROME (AP) — A Texas-born princess who lives in a Rome villa containing the only known ceiling painted by Caravaggio is facing a court-ordered eviction Thursday, in the…
Read more Texas-born princess facing imminent eviction from Rome villaDEARBORN, Mich. — A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old Jawana Jackson called home, and much of it involved her…
Read more House where King planned Alabama marches moving to MichiganWASHINGTON — Mario, Madonna and Mariah have entered the national audio canon. Madonna’s star-making 1984 album “Like a Virgin,” Mariah Carey’s 1994 holiday perennial “All I Want For…
Read more Mario, Mariah, Madonna added to National Recording RegistryKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Don’t tell Ievgen Klopotenko that borsch is just food. For him, that bowl of beet-and-meat soup is the embodiment of everything Ukraine is fighting…
Read more Borsch without a ‘t’: Kyiv chef uses food to reclaim cultureCANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby against UNESCO adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites. Officials…
Read more Australia argues against ‘endangered’ Barrier Reef statusNEW YORK — Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children’s series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” has died. He was 49.…
Read more ‘Power Rangers’ star Jason David Frank dies at 49XOCHIMILCO, Mexico — Mexican artisans are struggling to preserve the traditional manufacture of paper cut-out decorations long used in altars for the Day of the Dead. Defying increasingly…
Read more Mexican artisans preserve Day of the Dead decorationsSUFFOLK, Va. — Whenever historic homes get flooded, building contractors often feel compelled by government regulations to rip out the water-logged wood flooring, tear down the old plaster…
Read more Historic homes may prove to be more resilient against floods
