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Dozens of Artworks Rescued From War-Torn Ukraine Go on Display in Berlin
A new collaborative exhibition showcases 60 breathtaking pieces that were evacuated from the Odesa Museum of Western and ...
The Crazy Story on How the ‘Porcelain War’ Co-Directors Made a Doc 6,000 Miles Apart (Guest Column)
Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev only met in person at the Sundance premiere of the Ukraine war documentary.
The Modern Voice of War Writing
Every war begins in blind folly and ends in unimagined suffering. This is true of all wars but especially of the First World ...
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The Poetry of Bombs and Trenches and Mustard Gas
Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...
‘Porcelain War’ embeds with the Ukrainian artists who became warriors
The Oscar-nominated documentary exports inspiration beyond the country’s borders.
Antiques: Native American art of a different sort
Native arts and crafts are widely collected today, and there are contemporary practitioners who have developed their own ...
At the Maine Jewish Museum, an art exhibit, a protest -- then a conversation
On a frigid night in January, the Maine Jewish Museum in Portland hosted a talk with photographer Hedva Rokach, who was visiting from Israel for an exhibition of her work. Inside the museum, Rokach ...
Why auction houses can’t get enough of Margaret Thatcher
Paintings, cartoons, brooches... Items from the former Prime Minister’s personal collection can fetch thousands ...
Brutalist Barbican unveils plans for biggest renewal since it opened in 1982
The centre was constructed on London’s biggest post-war bombsite and hailed by Queen Elizabeth II at its 1982 opening, as ...
98-year-old Westerly veteran publishes first children's book for family
WESTERLY, R.I. (WJAR) — A 98-year-old World War II Navy veteran can check off another life achievement-- publishing a book.
Alderman told to leave City Council meeting after he appeared to call colleague a white supremacist
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez was told to leave a committee meeting during a debate over a controversial pro-Gaza puppet display at ...
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Author interview: ‘The greatest things that we do in life are always about a group’
Joseph O’Connor’s novel celebrates forgotten heroes of the Second World War, and reminds us that we’re at our best when we ...