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Italy hits architect Santiago Calatrava with €78,000 in fines

Katherine Keener 26 August 2019

Must see - Architecture

UNESCO “deeply regrets” Turkish president’s decision to revert Hagia Sophia to a mosque

Katherine Keener 13 July 2020

Art World Roundup: art acquisitions, art restitution, and the end of King Tut ‘s touring show?

Katherine Keener 10 July 2020

Must see - Theatre

National Theatre’s Midsummer Night’s Dream leaves a morning haze

Brandon Lorimer 5 July 2020

Art World Roundup: updates on Stonehenge, the Turner Prize, Christie’s auction of Igbo statues, a Parisian Banksy, and how the new Louvre experience

Katherine Keener 3 July 2020

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UNESCO “deeply regrets” Turkish president’s decision to revert Hagia Sophia to a mosque

In 1985, Hagia Sophia, the opulent Byzantine-era gem found in Istanbul, was declared a UNESCO world heritage site after being converted into a museum in the mid 1930s. Last week, however, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president of Turkey, announced that by the end of July, Hagia Sophia would be converted back into a mosque, a decision […]

Trump issues executive order for “National Garden of American Heroes”

In his Independence Day Celebration speech, controversially located at the base of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, President Donald Trump announced the issue of an executive order to create a “National Garden of American Heroes.” Released on July 3rd, the executive order calls for the creation of a national garden that will pay tribute to […]

Descendants of Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Thomas Jefferson partake is photographic series recreating their ancestors

Europe began as the main focus of “The Descendants,” a series of works created by British photographer Drew Gardner. About 15 years ago, Gardner started tracking down and photographing the descendants of some of Europe’s most famous people, including Lisa del Giocondo (best known as Mona Lisa), Oliver Cromwell, Napoleon, and Charles Dickens. Then, as […]

“In Plain Sight”: an artwork flying high to raise awareness about immigration issues in the US

Looking up at the sky, borders become non-existent. Many of the same issues we face here on the ground – particularly in terms of boundaries – seem to disappear in the light blue sky that often seems endless. Over the weekend, though, the sky is exactly where XMAP: In Plain Sight, a collective artwork, was […]