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Katie Hunt, CNN Stan, the world’s most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, sold for $31.8 million in 2020 — the highest price ever paid at auction for a fossil. The sale was controversial and the buyer never disclosed. Paleontologists feared the 67 million-year-old fossil was lost to science. Earlier this year, some thought Dwayne “The Rock”
Continue ReadingBy Lucy Sherriff, CNN Brazil is famed for its thundering Iguaçu Falls in the south, the crescent-shaped Copacabana neighborhood with its dazzling white sand beach in Rio de Janeiro and the towering Cristo Redentor — Christ the Redeemer — whose outstretched arms embrace that seaside city. But there is so much more to this colossal
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN In 1958, artist Yves Klein famously opened an exhibition called “The Void,” which saw him place a large cabinet in an otherwise empty room. Thousands of paying visitors turned up at a Paris gallery to catch a glimpse of nothing at all. Following the show’s success, the French artist then took the
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Before film was invented, early portrait photographers first discovered the titillating pleasure of exposing images of nudes on silver copper plates. Since then, the male gaze has largely shaped how bodies are visualized in printed media. Many of the most iconic images of the body have been taken by men — think
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN One of the most prominent architecture firms in the world is designing a new metaverse — a virtual city that hopes to be a libertarian utopia. Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has revealed renderings of the “cyber-urban” Liberland metaverse, a small virtual city made of futuristic, curving buildings in the architectural style that
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN One of Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn Monroe portraits could become the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever to go under the hammer, with auctioneer Christie’s expecting bids “in the region of” $200 million. The 40-square-inch “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” one of dozens of images the artist made of Monroe in the 1960s, will
Continue ReadingJacopo Prisco, CNN The oldest registered trademark in the United States dates back to 1870, when it was filed by paint manufacturer Averill. Against the backdrop of Chicago, an eagle is depicted holding a paintbrush in its beak. The words “Durable, Beautiful, Economical” appear in a banderole. It has, to modern eyes, a very quaint
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Chinese Indonesian art collector Budi Tek, who was celebrated for forging cultural connections between China and the West, has died in Hong Kong aged 65. The entrepreneur and philanthropist passed away on Friday following “six years of strenuous battle” with pancreatic cancer, according to a statement from Shanghai’s Yuz Museum, which he
Continue ReadingJacopo Prisco, CNN The closure of Russian airspace to some international carriers, including many in Europe, has forced airlines to seek alternate routes. For some flights, such as those linking Europe and Southeast Asia, that’s especially problematic since Russia, the world’s largest country, stands directly in between. The problem is best illustrated by Finnair’s flight
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Few of us will ever have a way with words as Emily Dickinson, the Belle of Amherst, did: A Light exists in SpringNot present on the YearAt any other period — When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroadOn Solitary FieldsThat Science cannot overtakeBut Human Nature feels … But we
Continue ReadingCNN Leah Dolan, CNN | Max Burnell, CNN, Angelica Pursley, CNN A long cape in a light-catching dusty pink; a floral brocaded silk robe with a cinched waist; a military buff coat decorated with dainty ribbon fastenings — these are some of the most subversive items featured in the new exhibition “Fashioning Masculinities: The Art
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN | Max Burnell, CNN, Angelica Pursley, CNN A long cape in a light-catching dusty pink; a floral brocaded silk robe with a cinched waist; a military buff coat decorated with dainty ribbon fastenings — these are some of the most subversive items featured in the new exhibition “Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week at CNN Travel, we look at the countries dropping all their Covid-related rules for entry, innovative airplane cabin designs, new breathtaking bridges and why Finland is living its best life. Covid? What Covid? A small but increasing number of destinations are lifting all of their Covid-related travel restrictions, regardless
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN The high cost of fuel is making summer vacations more expensive — and staycations more appealing. But the travel industry says the extra premium is not deterring Americans from booking trips, especially after the coronavirus pandemic complicated travel for the past two summers. US airlines report that high demand is allowing
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN From an airplane concept with an “underwater” twist to an AI-based food scanner that moderates passengers’ eating habits, the shortlist for the 2022 Crystal Cabin Awards highlights eye-catching ideas that could be the future of aviation. The shortlisted concepts are spread across eight categories, from innovative cabin designs that reimagine the passenger
Continue ReadingFiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Ukrainian fashion brand Milla Nova, known for its decadent wedding gowns, is now producing attire for the country’s soldiers and medical workers, as Russia continues to launch its brutal attack on the country. Stocked in bridal boutiques across 50 countries including the US, UK, France and China, employees of Milla Nova
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN Devastating loss of life and growing uncertainty have the world very much on edge, but there is a bit of good news for humanity: Benevolence is surging globally. That’s one of the key findings of the World Happiness Report, a publication of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network that draws on
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, illustrations by Sarah-Grace Mankarious, CNN On forgotten walls of country churches or crumbling castles throughout Ireland, the tiny figures squat unseen. Lost in gray brickwork, obscured by ivy or moss, Sheela-na-gig stone carvings can be hard to spot in the wild — but these medieval creations are in no way coy. Typically
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Oscar Holland, CNN Stage curtains are closing, art exhibitions are being halted and performers are being replaced. Over the past month, major cultural players worldwide — including some within Russia — have reacted to the invasion of Ukraine by canceling shows and applying pressure to the country’s art institutions. So far, more
Continue ReadingSilvia Marchetti, CNN Perhaps because it’s so darned delicious, there isn’t generally much radical experimentation done with Italian food — except for that disastrous incident when someone put pineapple on a pizza. Which is why young Italian chef Valerio Braschi’s bizarre fine dining creations — including a toothpaste tube full of lasagna — are causing
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