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The Codex Sassoon, one of the world's oldest Hebrew Bibles, is up for auction
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
The earliest, most complete Hebrew bible ever discovered is being sold at auction Wednesday at Sotheby's in New York City. It's estimated to go for between $30 and $50 million.
Times Square's first fountain is covered in acrylic fingernails
Sunday, October 17, 2021
This week, Times Square got its very first public fountain. Fashioned by Pamela Council, "A Fountain for Survivors" is 18 feet tall and encased with some 400,000 colorful acrylic fingernails.
Creator Of Gigantic Portraits, Painter Chuck Close, Dies At 81
Friday, August 20, 2021
Chuck Close was known for his giant photorealist portraits of friends and colleagues in the art world. Late in life, Close faced accusations of sexual harassment.
'Scales' Is A Saudi Arabian Filmmaker's Feminist Fable Of The Sea
Friday, July 16, 2021
Saudi Arabin director Shahad Ameen's debut feature film is set in a dystopian fishing village and tells the lyrical story of a young woman struggling to find her place.
Metropolitan Museum Of Art Will Reopen This Weekend
Friday, August 28, 2020
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is scheduled to reopen to the public on Saturday, August 29th. We go behind the scenes to learn how curators and staff hope to pull it off.
Messages Of Hope, Gratitude And Safety Replace Ads In Times Square
Friday, April 17, 2020
Well-known artists and designers are taking over billboards (donated gratis) to brighten the landscape in an emptier-than-usual Times Square. One work simply reads: "Hopefully no one will see this."
In 'Unorthodox,' A Religious Woman Leaves Her Marriage And Her Past Behind
Saturday, March 28, 2020
The new Netflix series was inspired by Deborah Feldman's best-selling memoir about ending her arranged marriage. In the TV adaptation, the young woman leaves her home in Brooklyn and moves to Berlin.