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One man’s artistic wonderland, created secretly in rented apartment, given protected status
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR - NOVEMBER 18: Contestants line up during the 72nd Miss Universe Competition at Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda on November 18, 2023 in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
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Miss Universe organization disputes reports of Saudi Arabia’s participation in 2024 pageant
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 10: Zendaya attends the "Challengers" UK Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on April 10, 2024 in London, England. ‘Challengers’ will be released in UK cinemas on 26th April 2024. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for Warner Bros)
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All the times Zendaya served looks on the ‘Challengers’ press tour
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Plans for $1.3 billion waterfront development in Oman unveiled
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The cult of mystery that surrounds the Hermès Birkin bag is the subject of a new lawsuit
A general view of the Taipei 101 building in Taipei, Taiwan.
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How Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper withstands earthquakes
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Some of the best new women’s watches to buy this year

Arts

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Guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison on ‘Help!’ to be auctioned
‘Not only through blue eyes’: Hiroyuki Sanada on bringing ‘Shogun’ to life
Selling weapons ‘like vacuum cleaners’: Photographer’s look at the bizarre world of global arms fairs
A cameraman takes footage of the painting 'Bildnis Fraeulein Lieser' (Portrait of Miss Lieser) by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) during a press conference of the Kinsky Art Auction House in Vienna, Austria on January 25, 2024. A late painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has resurfaced in a private collection and will be sold in April, Viennese auction house Kinsky said on January 25. 'Bildnis Fraeulein Lieser' (Portrait of Miss Lieser) was commissioned by a wealthy Jewish industrialist's family and painted by Klimt in 1917 shortly before he died. (Photo by ROLAND SCHLAGER / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by ROLAND SCHLAGER/APA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Klimt portrait missing for nearly a century sold for $32 million
‘Lovely girl – send anywhere’ – Princess Diana’s first-ever job contract up for auction
Photos shine a light on Taiwan’s ‘betel nut beauties’
Four surviving 1770 Gweagal Spears.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge
Aboriginal spears returned to Australia after 250 years in ‘momentous occasion’
Baring it all: Breasts take center stage at this major exhibition
Version of Churchill’s hated portrait immortalized in ‘The Crown’ goes up for auction

Architecture

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The new 62-story tower set to transform New York City’s skyline
The fire was still burning on Wednesday afternoon.
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Copenhagen stunned by devastating stock exchange fire, as police launch probe into blaze
This photograph shows flames engulfing the Copenhagen's old stock exchange building in the Danish capital on April 16.
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Spire collapses after fire rips through Copenhagen’s old stock exchange
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Step inside Emma Roberts’ sumptuous LA home
Los Angeles, CA, Thursday, February 1, 2024 - Taggers have graffitied what appears to be more than 25 stories of a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper that's been sitting dormant for several years. Construction on Oceanwide Plaza, a $1 billion mixed-use retail and luxury apartments project with three towering unfinished structures, stalled in January 2019 after the Beijing-based developer lacked the funds to complete it. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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A graffiti ‘takeover’ roils downtown Los Angeles
Apr 10, 2024
The Roman villa was uncovered in Oxfordshire.
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‘Remarkable’ Roman villa discovered under housing development
Mar 28, 2024
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How to 3D-print a school in a war zone
Mar 26, 2024
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Home renovation frozen in time reveals Roman building technique
Mar 26, 2024
Albert Frey's famous Aluminaire House in Palm Springs.
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A homecoming for the metal house once considered the future of American architecture
Mar 25, 2024
The spiral shaped tower dubbed “The Star” in Hollywood.
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Plans for striking $1-billion spiral-shaped Hollywood tower bursting with greenery unveiled
Mar 22, 2024

Fashion

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Remember when Jennifer Garner’s ‘13 Going On 30’ character wore a colorful Versace party dress?
INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 21: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Doja Cat performs at the Coachella Stage during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 21, 2024 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)
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Coachella 2024: The most stand-out celebrity stage looks
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Who wore it worst: China’s youth are staging a rebellion with ‘gross’ work outfits
ROME, ITALY - OCTOBER 19: Sophie Kinsella attends the photocall of the movie "Can You Keep A Secret?" during the Alice nella Città Festival on October 19, 2019 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Stefania D'Alessandro/Getty Images)
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‘Shopaholic’ author Sophie Kinsella reveals brain cancer diagnosis
Victoria Beckham attends the "Le Chouchou" Jacquemus' Fashion Show at Chateau de Versailles on June 26, 2023 in Versailles, France.
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Victoria Beckham at 50: Posh Spice’s most memorable fashion moments
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 15: Caitlin Clark arrives prior to the 2024 WNBA Draft at Brooklyn Academy of Music on April 15, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
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Look of the Week: Prada recruits Caitlin Clark on WNBA draft night
MILAN, ITALY - JANUARY 14: Roberto Cavalli attends the Roberto Cavalli show as a part of Milan Fashion Week Menswear Autumn/Winter 2014 on January 14, 2014 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Venturelli/WireImage)
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Fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, renowned for fierce animal prints and riviera chic, dies at 83
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Why is pop culture so obsessed with nuns?

Design

Kim Kardashian at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)
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Why Kim Kardashian is being sued for ‘knockoff’ furniture
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This controversial ‘Titanic’ prop sold for more than $700,000 at a memorabilia auction
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Inside ‘Biba:’ The iconic London store where Anna Wintour was a shop girl
Shigeichi Negishi poses for a picture in 2018.
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Inventor of first karaoke machine, Shigeichi Negishi, dies aged 100
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George Michael commemorated with coins from UK’s Royal Mint
Taylor Swift pictured arriving for the Golden Globe Awards in January.
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One of London’s top museums wants to hire a Taylor Swift superfan

Beauty

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Tomesha Faxio
In photos: ‘Wash Day’ honors a Black hair ritual
Reconstruction of the Iceman by Alfons & Adrie Kennis
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Ötzi the Iceman’s 61 tattoos weren’t made in the way archaeologists first thought
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National Gallery of Art
Alopecia in art history: The many ways women’s hair loss has been interpreted
The vial was made from a greenish chlorite, with carved decoration.
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4,000-year-old vial contains ancient red lipstick, archaeologists say
Neolithic stone bead excavated from a grave at Boncuklu Tarla, Türkiye in 2023.
Emma L. Baysal
‘They’re quite like us’: Scientists reveal groundbreaking finding on Stone Age piercings — and who wore them
Krystyna Pyszková of Czech Republic waves after being crowned as the new Miss World at the pageant in Mumbai, India on March 9.
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Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic crowned Miss World 2024
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The woman who helps actors get into character — in a very unconventional way
A nomad from Douz Oasis in Tunisia wearing traditional kohl around his eyes. Many cultures believe applying the powder helps protect eyes from the glare of the sun and has medicinal benefits.
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The eyes have it: The intriguing history of kohl

Luxury

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Shopping for ‘the classics’: Why the pre-owned luxury watch market is thriving
According to event CEO Matthieu Humair, 40% of Watches and Wonders' 49,000 attendees travelled from Asia, with a significant portion coming from China.
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China’s growing love of luxury watches remains strong, despite economic headwinds
MONTE CARLO, MONACO - MAY 26: Michael Schumacher of Germany and Mercedes GP celebrates setting the fastest time before his five place grid penalty during qualifying for the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco on May 26, 2012 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)
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Legendary Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher’s watch collection is going on sale
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex unveils first product from American Riviera Orchard
Pep Guardiola's watch is one of just 50 models made.
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Pep Guardiola’s $1.26m watch makes headlines after Champions League match
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Muhammad Ali’s ‘Thrilla in Manila’ trunks poised to sell for $6 million at auction
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Photography

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Yushi Li
How this dream-like photo challenges the male gaze
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Life in limbo: Photographer documents ‘Kafka-esque’ migrant experience
A man holds a Coca-Cola bottle outside the Forbidden City in 1981.
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Photo of a man posing with a Coca-Cola bottle symbolized a cultural shift in China
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This photo of male intimacy in 1980s India was more subversive than it seems
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How this photographer makes sublime landscapes of the American West
"La ciudad amurallada era una especie de piedra de toque arquitectónico en términos de lo que una ciudad puede ser, no planificada, autogenerada, no regulada", dice el fotógrafo Greg Girard.
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What this playful photo reveals about Hong Kong’s infamous ‘Walled City’