A new exhibition at the Met looks at the practice of hiding portraits attached to other portraits and the many reasons artists chose to be secretive with their workDuring the Renaissance in Europe, a curious genre of portraiture rose to prominence and thrived: that of the so-called hidden portrait. Generally these portraits were complemented by either a cover that fit over the portrait or an obverse side on the back of the portrait, containing puzzle-like clues, symbols or a secondary portrait...
With Earth Day fast approaching once again, it's time for another new
EVTOLs, or electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles, popularly known as flying cars, are being developed by firms in the United States, Europe and Asia.
This week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. The purpose of
Filmmaker David Lynch premiered a new installation at the Salone de Mobile design fair in Milan this week called ‘Interiors by David Lynch. A Thinking Room.’ And that’s everything I knew before walking in. Full of fixtures and finishes designed in conjunction with Piccolo Teatro di Milano, it has been the most intriguing project going into this year’s fair, largely because of Lynch’s sheer unpredictability as a filmmaker. Now we know that’s a trait he carries well over into interior...
Vanderbilt was not able to win Game 2 of its three-game college baseball series against Florida in Nashville on Saturday. Starting pitcher J.D. Thompson was dealing early until he was ejected. The umpires determined that he had a foreign substance on his forearm! Oddly enough, no further information has been provided at this point, nearly […]
You can bounce at the World’s Biggest Bounce House at UNO through Sunday, April 21.
Art dealers said the business can be risky and buying art can be motivated by emotions.
Airports Council International released its top 10 most-packed aviation centers. Coming in at number one is Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International. Meanwhile, number 10 is Indira Gandhi International Airport
Emergency services were called to Goolma Road, Gulgong, about 30kms north of Mudgee in central-west NSW at about 11am on Saturday, following reports of a concern for welfare.
It's a bittersweet day for Star Trek fans, with Paramount confirming that Star Trek Lower Decks will end with Season 5, while Star Trek Strange New Worlds will continue into Season 4.
Star Trek: Lower Decks is, depending on how you look at it, the most ambitious TV show that Star Trek has ever done. Informed by an incredibly deep love for (and knowledge of) the vast universe of Star Trek lore, the animated series proves that “Star Trek comedy” is something that can actually exist (beyond episodes of Deep Space Nine where Quark runs around in a dress, anyways), showing the up-until-now only ambiguously demonstrated fact that it’s possible for Trek to have a genuine sense of...