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Art Lovers in England, Rejoice: France's Famous Bayeux Tapestry is Coming to the UK

The fragile 11th century artwork hasn't left France for nearly 1000 years.

Boston's Museum of Fine Arts Hires Puppy to Sniff Out Art-Munching Bugs

Beantown's renowned museum has a new secret weapon.

Palette work from the collection of John Whitenight and Frederick LaValley

Mütter Museum Showcases the Victorian Custom of Making Crafts From Human Hair

New exhibition explores a time when hair wasn't simply for heads.

Scientists Are Using an Ancient Egyptian Pigment to Create New Technologies

Egyptian blue, the world's earliest-known artificial pigment, could help pave the way for advances in medical imaging and forensics.

Coming to New York in 2018: A Floating Glass Museum

GlassBarge will cruise up the Hudson River and along the Erie Canal, providing live glass-blowing demonstrations in port cities along the way.

A Man-Made Mountain in Finland Serves as an 11,000-Tree Time Capsule

Between 1992 and 1996, artist Agnes Denes built a mountain.

5 Fascinating Facts About Atari's Star Wars

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Enter the Weird World of Salvador Dalí's Wine Tastes in This New Book

The Wines of Gala is the Surrealist's unusual guide to all things wine.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Wilson A. Bentley: The Man Who Photographed Snowflakes

Wilson A. Bentley's impressive library of snowflake images, and his research, are credited with establishing the theory that no two snowflakes are alike.

Artist Transforms Old Louis Vuitton Bags Into Stunning Star Wars Sculptures

Now that's what we call "Jedi-style."

Can You Spot Every Architectural Reference in This 3D Puzzle?

Can you find them all?

15 Dramatic Nature Illustrations by 19th-Century Scientist Ernst Haeckel

His artworks showed the wonders of evolution to a wide audience.

The Getty Center, Surrounded By Wildfires, Will Leave Its Art Where It Is

The famed museum had to close its doors, which is part of what will protect the priceless art inside the building.

Vivid Imagery Makes Poetry More Pleasurable, According to Psychologists

Aspiring Wordsworths, take note.

10 Unintentionally Horrifying Statues of Famous People

Having a statue erected in your likeness sounds like it would be an honor. But when the end result leaves you looking disfigured, soulless, or otherwise terrifying for all eternity, it's worth considering that sometimes it's not the thought that counts.

15 Colorful Facts About Norman Rockwell

The artist is still celebrated for depicting Americana at its best.

Watch a Chain of Dominos Climb a Flight of Stairs

Dominos can do a lot in the hands of this YouTube star.

5 Incredibly Detailed Maps That Explore the Plotlines of Great Movies

Cinemaps: An Atlas of 35 Great Movies turns films into elaborate cartography.

A Secret Room Full of Michelangelo's Sketches Will Soon Open in Florence

The room was hidden for hundreds of years before someone discovered a trap door hidden in a closet.

By Alfred Stieglitz, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

15 Colorful Facts About Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffe’s enchanting floral still life paintings are now a deeply ingrained part of American culture—so much so that they often eclipse her other colorful accomplishments.

Photograph by James Ewing. Courtesy Public Art Fund, NY

A New Exhibit Celebrates New York City's Public Art Legacy

"Art in the Open" features works by artists including Kara Walker, Keith Haring, and Roy Lichtenstein, among others.

Courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Conservators Discover Grasshopper Embedded in van Gogh Painting

Even famous artists can't escape the realities of painting in nature.

See How Careful Restoration Can Illuminate a 17th-Century Painting

Removing the decayed top layer reveals practically a whole new painting underneath.

Paul Cézanne. The Card Players (Les Joueurs de cartes), 1890–1892

The Barnes Foundation Is Making Thousands of Pieces From Its Art Collection Available Online

The institution has been notoriously stingy with images in the past.

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