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New York bets $323.8 million on culture as Europe cuts back
Mamdani's budget hands the Department of Cultural Affairs a record $323.8 million, a nearly 7% rise. The distribution question stays open.
Yayoi Kusama Spent a Lifetime Turning Terror Into Dots, and the World Finally Caught Up
The artist who covered the world in polka dots to suppress childhood hallucinations died at 97, having become the top-selling female artist alive.
Two Men Walked Into a Vienna Museum as Visitors and Left as Thieves
Armed men smashed a display case at Vienna's MAK and stole a diamond necklace worth several hundred thousand euros, vanishing into the crowd of witnesses.
A Unesco World Heritage badge was supposed to be a gift. Some villages now want to give it back.
In Slovakia and Tanzania, communities are asking Unesco to remove them from its prestigious list, arguing the honour brought crowds, restrictions and displacement instead of protection.
Thieves Took Ten Minutes to Empty Spain's Most Important Bronze Age Vault
The Treasure of Villena, one of Europe's finest Bronze Age gold hoards, was stolen from a Spanish museum in a raid that lasted only minutes.