Museum’s Treasures to Be Sold as Founder Faces $50 Million Legal Bill

Prized pieces held by the Okada Museum of Art in Japan are being auctioned to settle a $50 million legal bill owed by the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Disturbing 16th-Century Painting of Hell Linked Satan and His Demons With the New World Beyond Europe

The panel features monsters with African, Indigenous Caribbean and intersex features, encouraging viewers to connect the sins ...
Nicola White Tideline Art on MSN

16th Century Token and Roman Pottery Found

A peaceful day of mudlarking turns extraordinary with the discovery of Roman pottery and historic tokens.A mudlarking permit from the Port of London Authority is required in order to mudlark on the ...
China Daily Global Edition

Making the cut: Prints by prominent woodblock artists on show in Beijing

The print, measuring only 10 by 12 centimeters in size, portrays the great writer in his prime, set against a shelf full of ...
BBC

Is Jack Sparrow based on a 16th Century Kent pirate?

Captain Jack Sparrow is the fictional charcter in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, played by Johnny Depp A former fish gutter from Kent may have been the inspiration for Captain Jack Sparrow, the ...
BBC

Is Jack Sparrow based on a 16th Century Kent pirate?

A former fish gutter from Kent may have been the inspiration for Captain Jack Sparrow, the character made famous by Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Jack Ward, also known as John, ...
News Shopper

The Plough Inn: Eynsford pub in 16th century building

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...
insider.si.edu

Japan's social & economic landscape : nineteenth-century woodblock prints from the Currency Museum, Bank of Japan

"Presented jointly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bank of Japan"--Page 1. Catalog of an exhibition at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., September ...
The Berkshire Eagle

Eagle Archives, Nov. 7, 1975: Old Dutch painting is found in Dalton Town Hall attic

A 16th-century Flemish landscape painting by David Vinckboons, discovered during a cleanup of the Dalton Town Hall attic, has been valued at about $800 by ...
Soompi

Winners Of The 16th Korea Drama Awards

The 16th Korea Drama Awards has crowned this year’s winners! On October 11, the annual award ceremony was held at the Gyeongnam Culture & Art Center in Jinju. This year’s Daesang (Grand Prize) went to ...
Paste

The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far: 250-201

The first issue of Paste came out in July 2002. Since then, this site has catalogued the best and worst contemporary music the industry and the underground have had to offer. This week, we’re focusing ...
Autoblog

Toyota’s Century Coupe and Wild Lexus Minivan Are Completely Out of Left Field

Toyota will surely excite attendees of the 2025 Japan Mobility Show. Thankfully, we’ll be one of those to witness the automaker’s eccentricity. While the LFA successor remains mostly under wraps, two ...