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These Picassos prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery. Now the curator says she painted them
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These Picassos prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery. Now the curator says she painted them

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — They were billed as artworks by Pablo Picasso, paintings so valuable that an Australian art museum’s decision to display them in an exhibition restricted to…
Posted by John McCarthy July 14, 2024
Aliens, artists or pranksters? Another mysterious monolith appears
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Aliens, artists or pranksters? Another mysterious monolith appears

LAS VEGAS — A tall, rectangular mirrored structure emerged in the Nevada desert recently. How it got there and why is a mystery. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spotted…
Posted by John McCarthy June 20, 2024
Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective ‘alter ego’ solves gripping crimes
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Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective ‘alter ego’ solves gripping crimes

HAVANA (AP) — His novels recount gruesome murders, thefts, scams, bribes and humiliating secrets. But those are not even the most important themes in the stories told by award-winning Cuban writer…
Posted by John McCarthy April 23, 2024
Morocco hosts one of Africa’s first exhibitions of Cuban art, a milestone for Afro-Cuban painters
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Morocco hosts one of Africa’s first exhibitions of Cuban art, a milestone for Afro-Cuban painters

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — When Morocco ‘s King Mohamed VI visited Havana in 2017, Cuban-American gallery owner Alberto Magnan impressed him with a “full immersion” in the Caribbean island’s art and culture,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 12, 2024
Superman’s first appearance sells for $6 million, becoming world’s most valuable comic
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Superman’s first appearance sells for $6 million, becoming world’s most valuable comic

AUSTIN — A comic book featuring Superman's first-ever appearance has sold for $6 million, making it the most valuable comic edition in existence. Texas-based Heritage Auctions said Thursday that the "Action Comics…
Posted by John McCarthy April 6, 2024
Maryse Conde, Caribbean chronicler of colonialism, dies at 90
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Maryse Conde, Caribbean chronicler of colonialism, dies at 90

PARIS — Guadeloupe-born author Maryse Conde, who wrote about colonialism, slavery and the French-Caribbean diaspora, died in southern France at the age of 90. Often cited as a potential winner…
Posted by John McCarthy April 2, 2024
Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87
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Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2024
How Chinese science fiction went from underground magazines to Netflix extravaganza
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How Chinese science fiction went from underground magazines to Netflix extravaganza

CHENGDU, China (AP) — For a few days in October 2023, the capital of the science fiction world was Chengdu, China. Fans traveled from around the world as Worldcon, sci-fi ’s biggest…
Posted by John McCarthy March 22, 2024
A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street
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A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The inhabitants of Copenhagen’s freewheeling Christiania neighborhood plan to dig up the aptly named Pusher Street, in their latest attempt to stop illegal hashish sales which…
Posted by John McCarthy March 16, 2024
How ancient cave art is rewriting Puerto Rican history
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How ancient cave art is rewriting Puerto Rican history

SAN JUAN — A groundbreaking study of ancient cave paintings in Puerto Rico has pushed back the record of precolonial cultures on the archipelago. Some of the oldest pictographs sampled date…
Posted by John McCarthy March 14, 2024

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