Defying modernity, fountain pen collectors find beauty beyond typing, texting and other ways of rendering words.

The Observer recently had a chance to peruse two of Ms. Tyson’s letters, to Pablo Picasso and Édouard Manet. Manet is portrayed as someone she likes very much, to the point where she’s self ...

More creative defacements of valuable artworks (not that I'm recommending that anyone do this) range from peeing in Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" (which is a urinal) to vigorously kissing a Cy ...