The essence of progress in civilization has always been handiwork. In traditional Chinese civilization, the emperor was supreme. Vested with the authority to enjoy the best of handiwork, all crafts used for residence, clothing, food, and travel were the most refined and splendid.

Artist Grayson Perry has been working behind the scenes at the British Museum to stage his most ambi...

Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about the...

At the peak of Perestroika, in 1987, in the village of Gorki, where Lenin spent his last years, afte...

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Focused on the experiences of Manuel "Manolo" Díaz Caballero, who was a local police officer in Mala...
A portrait of five St. Petersburgians and their connection to The Hermitage.

People looking at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre – or are they just looking at themselves?

The ninth opus of his Walker Films series, which was shot at Centre Pompidou.

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Ka Hoʻina documents members of Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawaiʻi Nei's final repatriation of over 140...

'90s indie-rock band Pavement reunites for their sold-out 2022 tour. But as preparations get underwa...

UNESCO Memory of the World: Explore the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica’s new home with 25,000+ r...

Shot in Southern England over the course of six weeks by a crew of three American filmmakers, Circle...

The tumultuous history of the Louvre Museum, founded in 1793, and its fabulous art collections, an i...

As part of a high-tech forensic probe into the demise of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, scientists us...

ABLAZE premiered at the 27th Singapore Film Festival, November 24, 2016