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  1. A wall of São João Hospital in Porto, Portugal, in June 2020

    by , 08-21-2020 at 11:41 AM


    A guy in his 30s, handsome behind his mask (this is pre-pandemic), carries a chisel, drills, jigsaws, sometimes explosives, and walks up to a dilapidated wall. Looks like trouble. What's going on? Is he on a march toward destruction? Yup. Sorta. About to create graffiti? Nope. Make something beautiful? Yup.

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  2. The Rodin Museum in Paris is selling sculptures to pay the bills

    by , 08-10-2020 at 12:12 PM
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    The Rodin Museum in Paris is selling sculptures to pay the bills — and that's exactly as the artist intended. When he died in 1917, Auguste Rodin left the museum plaster casts for just this purpose. Above, The Thinker (Le Penseur) is pictured ahead of the Musée Rodin's reopening in November 2015.

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  3. Good morning: Jakub Schikaneder painting

    by , 07-30-2020 at 12:43 PM
    Jakub Schikaneder (1855-1924)
    The Honeymoon (On the Waterfront) 1922-1924

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  4. It's the base of a hookah made in 17th century India

    by , 07-10-2020 at 11:25 AM
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    It's the base of a hookah. A water pipe that can bring peace of mind after just a few puffs. Do yourself a favor. Watch the video below. It'll take less than a minute and a half. C'mon! You can spare that tiny bit of time to get calm.

    The narrator, Forrest McGill, is a curator at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Knowing the pandemic would close its doors, the museum asked him to pick a favorite object in their collection ...
  5. Louvre Reopens Most Of The Museum

    by , 07-07-2020 at 11:19 AM
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    Visitors wearing face masks wait to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum on Monday. The most visited museum in the world reopened to the public after closing in March.

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