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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has erected a giant black net to block views of Mount Fuji, a reaction to the town’s huge popularity on Instagram and other social media platforms. “It is regrettable that we had to take such measures,” a local official told CNN last month, when

By Stephy Chung and Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — Kehinde Wiley, the American artist best known for painting former US President Barack Obama’s official portrait, has denied accusations of sexual assault. In an Instagram post shared Sunday, British-Ghanaian artist and curator Joseph Awuah-Darko alleged Wiley sexually assaulted him twice in 2021. Awuah-Darko said the first

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — As Venice continues to trial its entry fee for day trippers, a popular village in the Swiss Alps is looking to follow its lead. The local authority in Lauterbrunnen, a valley in Switzerland’s mountainous Bernese Oberland region, has set up a working group to come up with new ways

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Perhaps you’ve dreamed of buying a home in a remote, quiet village or coastal area in Italy’s southern region of Calabria, but were daunted by the research, the paperwork, the red tape of purchasing and the efforts of restyling. That’s where Bruno Mongiardo and his wife Ginevra dell’Orso come

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — It may be true that Maldives’ luxury resorts really do have it all – the turquoise water, the rich marine life, and, in some cases, their own time system. Referred to as “island time,” it isn’t a figurative saying that invites guests to relax and forget about the

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Auction house Christie’s in New York is set to offer up its most expensive watch ever – a limited-edition Richard Mille – alongside rare timepieces, such as ones that once belonged to a former US president and an Apollo 7 astronaut. The transparent Richard Mille wristwatch, with a complex sapphire case design and

By Caitlin Chatterton, CNN (CNN) — Most art galleries and museums are famous for the art they contain. London’s National Gallery has Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”; “The Starry Night” meanwhile, is held at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, in good company alongside Salvador Dalì’s melting clocks, Andy Warhol’s soup cans and Frida Kahlo’s

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Martha Stewart. Christie Brinkley. Tyra Banks. These are just three of the models who have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated’s famous — and at times controversial — “Swimsuit Edition.” Now, to celebrate the special issue’s 60th year in print, the magazine has unveiled seven new covers featuring 27

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: When wild animals encounter people on the go, Europe’s best long-distance hiking and a dramatic emergency plane landing. Animals in the news It’s bad enough when travelers must deal with misbehaving crowds and unruly passengers. But at times, it seems like even the animal

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — It’s one of climbing’s greatest mysteries: was Everest really conquered for the first time in 1953, or did two mountaineers make it to the summit in 1924, before dying in mysterious circumstances? British climbers George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine were last seen on June 8, 1924, 800 feet

By Jessie Yeung and Rhea Mogul, CNN Mumbai, India (CNN) — For nearly a century, Bollywood has held a mirror to Indian society, the plotlines of the world’s most prolific movie industry reflecting the changing tides of a vast, developing nation. India’s multibillion-dollar movie industry produces around 1,500 to 2,000 films per year in over

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — As Queen for 70 years, Elizabeth II was probably one of the most photographed women in history. Yet almost two years after her death, new pictures of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch have emerged for an exhibition opening at Buckingham Palace this week. Among the most striking is a touching image

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — More than 50 etchings from soldiers have been discovered on an English castle door in an “astonishing discovery,” including graffiti of what could depict the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte being hanged. The door was only recently discovered in Dover Castle, in southeast England, charity English Heritage said in a

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa — one of the most famous paintings in the world — is shrouded in mystery; from questions around the figures identity, to her puzzling, enigmatic expression. Now, at least one of the artwork’s secrets has been revealed, according to a geologist based in Italy.

By Karla Cripps and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — When it comes to traditional performing arts in Thailand, Khon is perhaps the most famous of them all. It’s highly likely visitors have encountered the characters of the country’s famed “masked drama” at some point during their travels without even realizing it. At Suvarnabhumi International

By Fabiana Chaparro, Amanda Musa and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Another US tourist was arrested Monday in Turks and Caicos after being accused of carrying ammunition into the islands. That makes this the fifth arrest in recent months of a US national on ammunition possession charges in the British Overseas Territory, a chain of

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A David Hockney painting bought by famed US screenwriter and producer Norman Lear for $64,000 is expected to fetch up to $35 million at auction. “A Lawn Being Sprinkled” is going under the hammer as part of a sale of the collection of Norman Lear and Lyn Davis Lear

By Catherine Nicholls and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Art is subjective. And while many artists long to share their work with the world, there’s no guarantee that the audience will understand it, or even like it. That certainly seems to be the case with a painting by indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira, which includes a

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — A tiny, no frills taco stand in Mexico with just four items on its menu has been awarded a star by the coveted Michelin Guide. Taquería El Califa de León, located in the San Rafael neighborhood of Mexico City, was among the establishments to garner either one or two

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Lynn Rippelmeyer’s reach for the sky started from an unlikely place. “I grew up on a farm in the 1950s. There were no women flying, there were no female airline pilots. I had an interest in aviation because there were airplanes flying overhead, and I thought how much fun