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Today's holiday culture wars continue an ancient struggle, as Nat Parry explores in this adaptation from his book, How Christmas Became Christmas: The Pagan and Christian Origins of the Beloved Holiday. By Nat Parry Medium By focusing their wrath on what they perceive as “creeping secular

Today's holiday culture wars continue an ancient struggle, as Nat Parry explores in this adaptation from his new book, How Christmas Became Christmas: The Pagan and Christian Origins of the Beloved Holiday. By Nat Parry Medium In what may be the first salvo in this year’s War on Christmas,

How do we make sense of old and ancient artworks depicting laptops with USB ports, smartphones, spaceships, astronaut suits, and wrist watches?

Movies often pit dark-robed, masked ninjas against elite samurai warriors. HowStuffWorks looks at how accurate that take is on these two fighters.

Online exhibition explores Palmyra in English and Arabic Temple of Baalshamin, Louis Vignes, 1864. Albumen print, 8.8 x 11.4 in. (22.5 x 29 cm). The Getty Research Institute, 2015.R.15. LOS ANGELES, CA .- For centuries the ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra have captured the imagination– testaments to the legacy of the prosperous multicultural center of trade that once dominated the region. Online beginning February 3, Return to Palmyra, presented in English and Arabic, invites audiences t...

Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night, June 1889 (Photo by Art Images via Getty Images). Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA While the pandemic has forced many to stay home, museums across the United States are bringing their world-famous collections online for anyone to view. The public response has been enormous. American tech company Google recently reported its most searched terms of 2020, and the second most popular search after the word “virtual” was “ Here are five popular art exhibit...

2020 was the year of ‘traveling from home.’ These were our 10 favorite ways. Natalie Compton, Hannah Sampson, Shannon McMahon © María Alconada Brooks/The Washington Post Some people accepted that 2020 would be a year of no traveling. Others channeled that frustration into pandemic projects that, no, didn’t fully capture the essence of travel but brought some comfort to those locked down with wanderlust. For better or worse, 2020 was the year for “traveling” fro...

Written by Sarah WaldorfAnnelisa Stephan Sarah Waldorf and Annelisa Stephan oversaw the #GettyMuseumChallenge, an initiative that invited people around the world to re-create their favorite artworks during quarantine. The following is an edited excerpt from the book "Off the Walls: Inspired Re-Creations of Iconic Artworks," a compilation of the challenges best submissions. All opinions expressed in this article belong to the authors. Earlier this year, the Covid-19 pandemic brought life as we k...