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Sana Noor Haq, CNN A rare Chinese vase dating from the 18th century has sold for nearly £1.5 million ($1.8 million) at auction. The gilded blue…

Lianne Kolirin, CNN Britain’s Royal Mint has issued a commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the 50th anniversary of Pride UK. The coin, which…

Sana Noor Haq, CNN Bob Mackie, the designer who drew the sketch for a crystal-covered gown once worn by Marilyn Monroe, said “it was a big…

Lianne Kolirin, CNN When New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) bought “The Starry Night” from a private collector in 1941, the…

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In a photograph taken in newly independent Ukraine during the mid-1990s, an elderly woman casts her eyes away from the camera,…

By Casey Barber, CNN People have never been able to resist the crunchy craving of deep-fried food. Archaeological evidence shows we’ve been…

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN More than three years after the high-profile divorce proceedings of New York real estate developer Harry Macklowe and his wife,…

Jacqui Palumbo and Toyin Owoseje, CNN Pablo Picasso’s most curious painting of his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter, in which she appears as a…

Amarachi Orie, CNN Her billionaire son may have dominated headlines recently, but 74-year-old Maye Musk is now in the spotlight after becoming the…

By Jack Guy and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II made a surprise public appearance at the opening ceremony of a long-awaited…

By Terry Ward, CNN Want to become Italian? If you have Italian ancestors in your family tree, it might be easier than you realize. Thanks to the rule…

Marcel Krueger, CNN Suspension railways today seem like an anachronism — a 19th-century vision of what the future of transport would look like.…

Toyin Owoseje, CNN Man Ray’s famed “Le Violon d’Ingres” made history Saturday when it became the most expensive photograph…

By Lilit Marcus, CNN As more and more countries reopen their borders to eager tourists, a trendy new phrase has emerged on social media: revenge…

Scottie Andrew, CNN From labor leader César Chávez’s decades of activism, to Roberto Clemente’s boundary-breaking career in Major…

Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN The recently opened Venice Biennale — an 8-month-long international festival of art and culture staged every other…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN His name is “Hector,” he’s over 100 million years old, and his fossils sold for more than $12 million in…

Jacopo Prisco, CNN Cita Sadeli saw the start of the pandemic from a different angle than most: standing on an articulated lift, hovering 120 feet…

Hannah Ryan, CNN A painting that served as the cover for one of legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye’s albums has sold at auction for almost $15.3…

Story by Francesca Street, CNN. Video by Teodora Preda, CNN Walking from one mountain to another, suspended high above ground with only a vast valley…

Jacqui Palumbo and Christiane Amanpour, CNN | Henry Hullah, CNN Four years after releasing the studio album “Dirty Computer” — a…

Silvia Marchetti, CNN Making a trip to Sicily without indulging in a delicious cannolo pastry is akin to visiting Naples without tucking into an…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Authorities in China have imposed a de facto international travel ban, forbidding citizens from going overseas for…

Leah Dolan, CNN ASMR — short for autonomous sensory meridian response — is a physical sensation that has dominated a corner of the…

Julia Buckley, CNN Everyone who travels to Italy knows the drill. A day of culture and maybe a little shopping, followed by aperitivo and piles of…

Oscar Holland, CNN For modeling agent Chelsea Bonner, securing catwalk spots for plus-sized women at Australian Fashion Week has always been…

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The largest white diamond to ever come up for auction has been sold for 21,681,000 CHF ($21.9 million) at Christie’s in…

By Francesca Street, CNN The airports are crowded, the flights are packed and air travel in the US and beyond is back in full swing. But the return…

Oscar Holland, CNN Actor Deepika Padukone has been appointed Louis Vuitton’s first ever Indian brand ambassador, the French luxury house…

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Mike Tyson will not face criminal charges over an incident caught on video last month that appeared to show the former…

Leah Dolan Inside the gilded halls of the Palais de l’Élysée, master sommelier Carlton McCoy meets chef de partie Francis Oge — the man…