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ReportingMay 27, 2024Read →

‘Super Size Me’ Director Dead at 53 After Severe Health Complications

A documentary filmmaker who changed how Americans view fast food has died. Morgan Spurlock died on Thursday of complications from cancer, his family confirmed to Variety . Spurlock is most known for creating the…

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ReportingMay 8, 2024Read →

Billy Graham to Be Permanently Commemorated in US Capitol in ‘Rare Honor’

The Rev. Billy Graham, famed evangelist and minister to presidents , is set to receive a great accolade next week as a 7-foot-tall statue will be dedicated in his honor at the U.S. Capitol, according to reports. The…

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ReportingApr 30, 2024Read →

Climate Activist Who Defaced Famous Work of Art Sentenced to Prison

A climate activist who defaced an exhibit last year at the National Gallery of Art in Washington will spend 60 days in prison. Joanna Smith, 54, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced on Friday, according to a Justice…

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OpinionMar 16, 2024Read →

People Can’t Believe What Was Picked to Replace Christian Missionary, Preacher Statues on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth

The famous fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square has a rotating cast of artworks that are refreshed every few years, so it’s not as if people are shocked that the current installation there is being replaced. It…

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ReportingJan 10, 2024Read →

Gallery Owner Admits Who Bought Hunter Biden’s Art: Report

A New York gallery owner has revealed the identity of some of Hunter Biden’s art patrons. The news website The Messenger reported Tuesday that Georges Bergès, the owner of the New York art gallery that sold the younger…

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OpinionDec 7, 2023Read →

Transgender Artist Wins Prestigious Award for Work That Closely Resembles a Pile of Garbage

Fitting. That’s really the only word I can use to describe the piece by artist Jesse Darling that recently won the Turner Prize, a prestigious award handed out to a British visual artist. Darling, 41, is making…

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ReportingNov 27, 2023Read →

Artist Offers Free Tattoo Designs in Exchange for Donations to Salvation Army

A tattoo artist found a creative way to inspire his customers to get into the holiday spirit by donating to a good cause. Liam Enisz, the tattoo artist at Undead Art in Stockton, United Kingdom, offered to do designs on…

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ReportingSep 3, 2023Read →

Award-Winning Artist Loses Huge Commission to Sculpt Harriet Tubman Over Color of His Skin

After a white sculptor’s work depicting Harriet Tubman received rave reviews, Philadelphia hired him to do another piece that would be on permanent display. But after complaints that the artist should not be white…

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ReportingAug 29, 2023Read →

Famed Atlanta Muralist’s Latest Subject Is Masterpiece That Has MAGA Fans Cheering

A popular Atlanta muralist is getting a lot of attention after he made art out of former President Donald Trump’s infamous Fulton County mug shot. Trump was arrested, processed and arraigned last Thursday after District…

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OpinionAug 11, 2023Read →

Obama Portrait Artist’s Old Paintings Come Back to Bite Him: ‘Evil’

The Democratic Party’s obsession with skin color has plagued the republic for nearly two centuries. Democrats spearheaded Indian removal, promoted slavery and then defended racial segregation deep into the 20th century…

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ReportingAug 1, 2023Read →

Paul Reubens, Man Behind Pee-wee Herman, Dead at 70

Paul Reubens, an actor and comedian who rose to fame in the ’80s as children’s TV star Pee-wee Herman, has passed away aged 70. The sad news was confirmed on Monday via representatives on his Facebook page. “Last night…

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ReportingMay 9, 2023Read →

Archdiocese Investigating Parish After Historic Church Is Used to Host ‘God Is Trans’ Event

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is investigating a Manhattan church after it hosted a display contrary to the Christian understanding of God. The Church of St. Paul the Apostle exhibited an art display called…

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ReportingMay 2, 2023Read →

Student Eats Fruit Off of Pricey Art Installation at Museum

An art student based in South Korea decided to consume a pricey art installation to curb his hunger. On Saturday, the unnamed student from Seoul National University removed a banana that was taped to the wall and…

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ReportingMar 16, 2023Read →

Watch: David Blaine Stunt Goes Horribly Wrong as Magician Is Injured in 80-Ft. Drop – ‘Wow, That Hurt’

Maybe this guy is no Gandalf. Magician David Blaine injured himself in a mishap during a Saturday performance in Las Vegas. Blaine landed incorrectly after leaping from about 80 feet up into a pile of cardboard boxes…

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ReportingMar 5, 2023Read →

Climate Activists Attack Monument, But This Isn’t a Normal Work of Art

Climate activists on Saturday staged an attack on a Berlin artwork proclaiming basic human rights that were adopted as Germany emerged from the shadow of Nazism. Protesters threw a dark-colored liquid on a work by…

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ReportingFeb 26, 2023Read →

$42k Balloon Dog Sculpture Pops After Museum Leaves Within Reach of Clumsy Woman

A dainty sculpture by artist Jeff Koons meant to look like a blue balloon dog is now a whole lot of pieces after it was knocked off its pedestal and promptly shattered. The incident took place at Art Wynwood in Miami…

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ReportingFeb 26, 2023Read →

$42k Balloon Dog Sculpture Pops After Museum Leaves Within Reach of Clumsy Woman

A dainty sculpture by artist Jeff Koons meant to look like a blue balloon dog is now a whole lot of pieces after it was knocked off its pedestal and promptly shattered. The incident took place at Art Wynwood in Miami…

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OpinionJan 14, 2023Read →

Horrible New Sculpture Unveiled in US City… How Was This Ever Approved?

Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the city of Boston has unveiled a new sculpture meant to honor the civil rights leader. According to WCVB-TV , the statue was revealed on Friday in a ceremony attended by…

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ReportingDec 25, 2022Read →

Pics: 50-Foot ‘A Christmas Story’ Lamp Erected in Middle of Town After Artist’s Death

In honor of a local resident credited as the creator of the leg lamp — featured memorably in the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” — an Oklahoma town has installed a 50-foot statue of the iconic item. The statue…

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OpinionNov 26, 2022Read →

Climate Protesters Humiliated Moments After Gluing Themselves to Concert Hall Conductor’s Stand – They Never Realized It Could Do This

Two climate change extremists in Germany made themselves laughingstocks when a disruptive protest didn’t go the way they planned. The activists attempted to glue themselves to the conductor’s podium before a Wednesday…

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