An El Greco Is Pulled From an Auction as Romania Objects
The Romanian government has long sought dozens of valuable paintings that it says the country’s last king took into exile in ...
Melania Trump's New Official Portrait Triggers Online Backlash as Netizens Slam 'Heavily Photoshopped' and 'Cold' Image
Melania Trump's newly unveiled official portrait has sparked online backlash, with critics accusing it of being overly ...
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Wanted to Be the Rule, Not the Exception
The artist, who died at 85, used Indigenous imagery like the canoe and the buffalo the way Warhol used soup cans.
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Why Washington’s most magnificent monuments barely made it on the map
It wasn’t until the early 1830s that serious planning commenced for the Washington Monument, Washington’s first major memorial, which owed its origins to L’Enfant’s drawings. After the ...
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The man who helped create the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument weighs in on the new plan to manage it
The federal Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the monument, finalized a new resource management plan in early January ...
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NASA Tracking Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. For comparison, the Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, the Golden Gate Bridge is ...
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The White House and the Washington Monument
Even if you're only in town for a short trip, visiting the Washington Monument and the White House – two marble symbols of the U.S. – is a must for any first-time D.C. visitor. Standing just ...
Seattle Times17d
How a monument to women finally won a place on the National Mall
They were instrumental in organizing support (and raising money) for the Washington Monument, the first memorial on the Mall, whose cornerstone was laid in 1848. And in 1921, to honor the 19th ...
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Why Washington’s most magnificent monuments barely made it on the map
The Washington Monument L’Enfant’s initial framework for Washington was largely ignored for decades, as the district remained in an undeveloped state of chaos at the end of the 19th century.
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NASA Tracking Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. The asteroid, named 2022 CE2, is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be about ...
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The Bunny Museum, a quirky monument to an L.A. love story, lost in fire
The Bunny Museum started sweetly, with a gift from him to her. In an interview with The Washington Post, conducted over email because the couple no longer had a phone, Frazee said neither of them ...
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Water main break causes delays on Monument Avenue in Henrico County
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A water main break on Monument Avenue in Henrico County is causing delays for drivers Thursday morning. According to a county spokesperson, the break occurred on ...