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The Famous Cerne Abbas Giant’s Giant Stick Was Nearly Censored by Foliage

An aerial photograph of the Cerne Abbas Giant, 2001. Courtesy Wikimedia The Cerne Abbas Giant, one of England’s best-known historic hill figures, almost had its genitalia covered up due to a complaint in the 1930s. The Cerne Abbas Giant is a 180-foot-long male nude with a club made by Anglo-Saxons out of chalk in Dorset, …

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Jonathan Anderson Makes Dior Debut with Nod to European Art History

A model walking in Dior Homme for the Menswear Ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2026 collection as part of the Paris Fashion Week in Paris, on June 27, 2025. AFP via Getty Images An anticipated Paris show presenting Dior’s latest men’s collection, set to be released in 2026, and the first designed under ex-Loewe’s Jonathan Anderson direction, made …

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Marcia Resnick, Photographer of New York’s Downtown Scene, Dies at 74

Marcia Resnick, 1977. Getty images. Marcia Resnick, a photographer known for documenting Manhattan’s downtown art scene during the late 1970s and early 1980s, died at age 74. Her cause of death was lung cancer, according to her sister Janice Hahn, her sole surviving relative. Resnick started out making conceptual photography and later moving toward portraiture. …

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Tyler Mitchell Photographs Star Alongside Ayo Edebiri in ‘The Bear’

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 9: Ayo Edebiri attends “The Bear” Cast and Producers dinner at Musso & Frank Grill on June 9, 2025, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by David Jon/Getty Images for FX Networks) Getty Images for FX Networks Performances by Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White may be the main dishes on the newly …

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Hundreds of Ancient Ceramic Artifacts Found During Excavation of Preserved Shipwreck in Turkey

A diver carefully brushes sand away from stacked ceramics found in a shipwreck off the coast of Turkey. Courtesy the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey Hundreds of ancient ceramics “perfectly stacked in their original position” have been found in a shipwreck off the coast of Turkey. The ceramic plates, trays, and bowls date back …

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Christie’s Smashes Canaletto’s Auction Record After Venice View Sells for $43.7 M.

Jeff Bezos nowhere to be seen: ‘Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day’ by Canaletto. Courtesy of Christie’s Christie’s Old Masters evening sale in London on Tuesday set a new auction record for Canaletto, when one of his celebrated Venice views sold for £31.9 million with fees ($43.7 million). Venice, the Return of …

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Bob Dylan Announces New Art Book ‘Point Blank’ to Release This Fall

Courtesy Simon & Schuster Bob Dylan will spotlight another side of his creative output this fall with “Point Blank (Quick Studies),” a new art book set for release on Nov. 18 from Simon & Schuster. The collection brings together nearly 100 of Dylan’s black-and-white drawings from 2021 and 2022, offering a rare, behind-the-scenes look at works that originally …

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