Artist’s paintings on display at Underground Railroad museum

New Orleans gallery acquires Lincoln opera glasses

NEW ORLEANS — It’s not the gilt-detailed craftsmanship or the age of the small, brass, black-enameled binoculars that might fetch a French Quarter antique gallery’s asking...

Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF). NFB invites ottawans to discover the Museum of Symmetry VR experience.

Museum of Symmetry, the virtual reality (VR) experience created by Ottawa-native cartoonist and animator Paloma Dawkins, will get its Canadian premiere in the official competition of...

Growth, nat’l pride inspire millennial artists in Calamba arts tilt

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna — Nine young artists slugged it out for the eight-hour on-the-spot Art Painting Competition held here Thursday to promote this city’s art, culture and...

Artists create 58 portraits of Las Vegas shooting victims

LAS VEGAS — Portraits of the 58 people killed in last year’s mass shooting in Las Vegas will go on display Monday after artists from around...

Canada says B.C. Indigenous basket making an event of historic significance

VICTORIA — Matilda Borden liked to pour a cup of tea to display her basket making expertise, proving her cups made from material gathered in British...

Untangling pop artist Robert Indiana’s estate may take years

ROCKLAND, Maine — Pop artist Robert Indiana’s had a simple wish: He wanted to transform his island home into a museum to preserve and show his...

Firefighters try to save relics as fire engulfs Rio museum

RIO DE JANEIRO — A huge fire engulfed Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, lighting up the night sky with towering flames as firefighters...

Where are blacks, women? Living history museums rethink past

BOSTON — A Massachusetts living history museum that depicts life in the early 19th century is looking to overhaul the way it presents the past in...

Poet laid to rest under unique tombstone he commissioned

BRUNSWICK, Maine — The founder of the Dead Poets Society of America got what he wanted Monday: His remains were laid to rest under a special...