The Final Days of Van Gogh in Auvers
On the evening of July 27, 1890, Vincent van Gogh stumbled back to his tiny room at the Auberge Ravoux in Auvers-sur-Oise, just north of...
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The Silent Parade of 1917
New York City had never seen anything quite like it. On July 28, 1917, between the buildings and businesses of Fifth Avenue, roughly...
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This Is What A Hero Looks Like. The Eye Surgeon That Restored Vision For Thousands. For Free.
“What I really believe is life is very short and what you can do in that period you must do it can change the life of their family” an...
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What Could Aldous Huxley See While On Acid?
Disconcertingly, given the detailed discussions of art and the visual world in The Doors Of Perception, Aldous Huxley was almost blind....
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Diane Arbus - A Brief Yet Brilliant Career
Diane Arbus was born on March 14, 1923, in New York City. An artistic youth, she learned photography from her husband, actor Allan...
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17-Year-Old Stanley Kubrick’s Photos Of 1940s New York Prove That He Was Born To Be Behind The Lens
Before Stanley Kubrick directed arguably some of the best movies ever made like "2001: Space Odyssey" or "The Shining," he was a simple ...
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8 Facts About Carl Jung
Perhaps second only to Sigmund Freud—though he may have been reticent to admit it—Carl Jung (1875-1961) was a renowned Swiss psychologist...
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The unsolved mystery of Amelia Earhart's last flight
On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart flew toward Howland Island, one of the last stops on her attempt to circumnavigate the globe. Nearing...
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When an 11-year-old boy led Hiram Bingham to Machu Picchu in 1911
Machu Picchu is an Inca citadel built in the 15th century. Known worldwide, the citadel was reportedly built as a home for the Emperor ...
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The Glory of Sapeurism and the Congo Dandies
The Republic of Congo and its neighbor the Democratic Republic of Congo are not often associated with the latest international fashion...
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This Is Why We All Should Love Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The “British Invasion” as a historical phenomenon, has achieved a status almost like that of Paul Revere’s ride, a watershed moment...
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A Drawing Of A Dick By Andy Warhol Is On The Moon.
This week is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, and though we have yet to send an artist into space (photographer Michael Najjar...
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The Final Day Of The Romanov Family
The mounting pressures of World War I, combined with years of injustice, toppled the rule of Tsar Nicholas II in March 1917. Forced to...
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Why Welsh Archers Were The Most Feared In Europe
North Wales exploded into open revolt against an exploitative English elite. Countless towns were laid waste, their populations...
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The Stones And The True Story Of Exile On Main St
"Mick needs to know what he's going to do tomorrow," says Richards, his voice slurring into a laugh. "Me, I'm just happy to wake up and...
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The Contrasts Between Two Worlds Photographed by Uğur Gallen
Uğur Gallen was born and lives in Turkey, and for years has seen neighbouring Syria plunged into a civil war that has affected the lives...
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The Ingenious Poem, “The Chaos,” Documents 800 Irregularities in English Spelling and Pronunciation
In 1920, Dutch writer and traveler Gerard Nolst Trenité, also known as Charivarius, published a textbook called Drop Your Foreign Accent:...
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Beautiful HandColoured Japanese Flowers Created by the Pioneering Photographer Ogawa Kazumasa (1896)
Ogawa Kazumasa lived from the 1860s to almost the 1930s, surely one of the most fascinating 70-year stretches in Japanese history....
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The Bauhaus Bookshelf: Download Original Bauhaus Books, Journals, Manifestos & Ads
The Bauhaus, Barry Bergdoll writes in the New York Times of the German design school founded a century ago last month, "lasted just 14...
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The Life & Music of Fela Kuti: Radical Nigerian Bandleader, Political Hero, and Creator of Afrobeat
One cannot write about Nigerian bandleader, saxophonist, and founder of the Afrobeat sound, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, with any degree of...
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The History of 'That's All Right Mama'
This stonker of a song was written by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, and originally recorded by him in Chicago on September 6, 1946, as “That’s...
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Meet Emma Willard, the First Female Map Maker in the U.S., and Her Brilliantly Inventive Maps
In 1851, three years after war with Mexico had halved that country and expanded U.S. territory into what would become several new states,...
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A Documentary Introduction to Nick Drake, Whose Songs Came Into the World 50 Years Ago This Week
"All smokers will recognise the meaning of the title — it refers to five leaves left near the end of a packet of cigarette papers. It...
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