San Antonio, TX

SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture unveiled the first retrospective dedicated to Chicano artist and activist, Rolando Briseño. The exhibition, “Dining with Rolando Briseño: A 50-Year Retrospective,” debuted yesterday at Centro de Artes Gallery in Historic Market Square and runs through February 9, 2025.

First retrospective for Chicano artist and activist, Rolando Briseño, debuts at Centro de Artes Gallery

Los Angeles County, CA

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Herbie J Pilato

Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

Salt Lake City, UT

RENO, NEV.- Antique denim jeans and rare U.S. gold coins dominated the list of top lots at Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC’s American Treasures of the Past auction held August 22nd thru 25th, online and live in the Reno gallery. More than 2,100 lots in a rainbow of collecting categories came up for bid in an auction that ended up grossing a robust $1.3 million.

Antique Gold Rush-era denim jeans and rare U.S. gold coins dominate the list of top lots at Holabird sale

New York City, NY

Ditte and Nicolaj Reffstrup, founders of the Danish fashion label Ganni, at their store in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 6, 2022. London Fashion Week is stepping into the spotlight with a celebration of its 40th birthday, complete with a retrospective exhibition, a bash at 10 Downing Street. (Carsten Snejbjerg/The New York Times)

Harry Styles' favorite designer returns

Maine State

Camden, ME

NEW YORK, NY.- The attic, long a repository of discarded toys and the like, can sometimes turn up treasures. Late last month, a painting that an auctioneer in Maine discovered and believed to be a work by 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn was sold at auction for $1.4 million. The artwork had apparently been stored in the attic of a farmhouse in Camden, Maine, for decades.

Purported Rembrandt painting found in a Maine attic sells for $1.4 million

It's been eight years since beloved former child star and Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke died from sepsis (a ruptured intestine) at only 69 in 2016. She was also the recipient of two Golden Globes, three Emmys, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the 1960s, she was the star of her own TV sitcom. In the mid-1980s, she served as President of the Screen Actors Guild. Through it all, she was married four times (including once to actor John Austin), had three sons, and never stopped acting. This is her tragic yet triumphant story.

In Memory of Former Child Star and Oscar-winning Actress Patty Duke: 8 Years After Her Tragic Death

A Limited Edition Painted Natural Sable Butler Leather Quadrige Sellier Kelly 28 With Palladium Hardware by Pierre Perron (Estimate $30,000-40,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s New York unveiled its inaugural September Handbags auction: Handbags Online: The September Edition. This online sale, open for bidding from...

Christie's New York presents the first Handbags Online: The September Edition

Dallas, TX

A Green Duan Stone Inset Huanghuali Kangzhuo Low Table, 17th/18th century, 12 x 41 x 27 inches (30.5 x 104.1 x 68.6 cm). DALLAS, TX.- Remarkable auctions are shaped by remarkable collections, and Heritage’s September 24 Fine & Decorative Asian Art Signature® Auction is made up of works from more than a dozen distinguished U.S.-based collections of significant objects from Japan, China and beyond. The collections boast collector names that keen-eyed connoisseurs notice when scouring a season’s auction schedule: Ruth Sylvia Nelkin, Princess Maria Romanoff, Dr. John Ross, the Kestenband Collection, and works from the collections of military commanders like James B. Linder and Lu Jingcun lead the fall auction with exquisite works in cloisonné, important ink paintings, jade and jadeite, Tang dynasty terracotta and more.

Tang dynasty terracotta, cloisonné, original paintings and jade lead Heritage's Asian Art event

Apache Junction, AZ

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When I studied Anthropology in college, I learned that teeth have been indicators of economic status just about forever. Archaeologists look at the teeth in ancient skeletons and know who the rich were based on their tooth decay. During the Renaissance period, it became fashionable for women to blacken their teeth to look like they were better off than they were, because the royals and aristocrats, who could afford sugar and sweets, had more rotten and missing teeth than the poor.

Opinion: Stop Stereotyping Bad Teeth as a Sign of Drug Addiction

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A man has sparked heated debate online after deciding to take a solo trip for his 40th birthday, despite his girlfriend's financial struggles. The man, who has been dating his girlfriend for three months, shared his dilemma on a popular Reddit forum.

Boyfriend Taking Vacation Alone Since Girlfriend Can't Afford It Asks if He's in the Wrong

Davenport, WA

DAVENPORT, WASH. .- The 1790-1795 ship’s log kept by British Royal Navy officer Peter Rainier – after whom Mount Rainier in Washington state was named – is the centerpiece lot in a Books & Manuscripts: 1st Editions + More auction slated for Thursday, September 19th, by Grant Zahajko Auctions, online and live in the gallery located at 510 Morgan Street in Davenport.

The 1790-1795 ship's log kept by Peter Rainier will headline Grant Zahajko's auction

LONDON.- The V&A revealed newly announced exhibitions as part of its upcoming programme for 2025. At V&A South Kensington, in April the V&A will stage the UK’s first major exhibition in almost 30 years dedicated to the creations of Cartier, exploring how the Maison became an unparalleled force in the jewellery and watch world. In June, Design and Disability will centre disability as a culture and an identity through its engagement with design, art, architecture, fashion, and photography from the 1940s to now. September will see the V&A host the UK’s first ever exhibition on Marie Antoinette, exploring the origins and countless revivals of the style shaped by the most fashionable queen in history.

V&A announces new exhibitions for 2025 spanning Cartier to Marie Antoinette, and design and disability to ancient Egypt

Washington, DC

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A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

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Refined by New York chemist Robert Chesebrough almost 150 years ago, petroleum jelly is still widely used today in topical applications. Even with the myths that abound online about it being carcinogenic, it has withstood the test of time.

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(MA) get ready to meet a pocket-sized Chihuahua who is ready to dive straight into your heart and home. Tooty is a 6-pound Chihuahua cutie who came into Last Hope K 9 rescue's care for unspecified reasons. She is currently living safely in a pack of pups with a foster family but is eager to find the family she can call her own. Could she be looking for YOU?

Tiny 6-Pound Chihuahua Is Searching For A Home

Aurora, CO

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The City of Aurora’s plan for a homeless navigation campus focusing on “work first” is coming together. The City Council will vote during its study session Monday on a resolution sponsored by council member Dustin Zvonek that spells out how the campus will operate. “The City of Aurora wishes to pursue an alternative to the ‘Housing First’ approach, by setting requirements and expectations for housing to include participation in addiction recovery, mental health, and job training programs to better address homelessness,” the resolution states. “It is inhumane and economically unwise to allow individuals experiencing homelessness to remain on the streets, or simply offer unconditional housing, rather than providing them with the necessary support services that offer a structured path to self-sufficiency and housing.”

Aurora’s ‘work first’ homeless plan: Instilling responsibility

Edra Soto, Graft, 2024. Photo: Nicholas Knight, courtesy of Public Art Fund, NY Presented by Public Art Fund at Doris C. Freedman Plaza, New York City, Sep 5, 2024 - Aug 24, 2025. NEW YORK, NY.- Public Art Fund presents Edra Soto: Graft, the latest iteration in an ongoing series...

Edra Soto unveils her latest monument to Puerto Rico at Central Park

Douglass, KS

DOUGLASS, KAN.- Woody Auction will embrace the active fall auction season with an Art Glass, Lamps & Much More auction slated to happen on Saturday, September 21st, live and online, starting at 9:30 am Central time. Expected top lots include a vase signed Galle and a vase signed Daum Nancy. Both are gorgeous French cameo art glass vases in souffle/relief from the late 19th /early 20th century.

Woody Auction announces highlights included in its Art Glass, Lamps & Much More auction

Los Angeles, CA

LOS ANGELES, CA.- A worktable is strewn with paleontology tools and models, anatomical blackboard drawings of prehistoric animals wrap around the room, and at the center, crouches a larger-than-life glow-in-the-dark pack rat. On view at La Brea Tar Pits for a year beginning September 15, 2024, the exhibition Mark Dion:...

The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County presents 'Mark Dion: Excavations'

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Denver, CO

Saturday, Aug. 31 is Overdose Awareness Day. Unfortunately, we are all too aware of overdoses at Fusion Studios, the homeless hotel run by Colorado Coalition for the Homeless where I live.

Opinion: Denver homeless hotel diary: Overdoses common here

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Remarkable gift for Escher in The Palace: Two unknown M.C. Escher drawings

M.C. Escher, Design drawing for tile tableau at Dirk Schäferstraat, ink and watercolour, 1959. Donation Vroom family collection. THE HAGUE.- Maurits Cornelis Escher achieved world-wide fame...

Remarkable gift for Escher in The Palace: Two unknown M.C. Escher drawings

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