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Ancient Mayan Treasures Still Provoke Troubling Questions

<i>Cache Urn with Deity Head</i>, from Guatemala, Maya, A.D. 250-450.
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Cache Urn with Deity Head, from Guatemala, Maya, A.D. 250-450.

Can a work of art be independent of the time and culture in which it was created?  read more »

Egyptian Queen Won Throne, But Her Steward Steals Show

<i>Senenmut Seated, with Neferure</i>, circa 1479-73 B.C.
Senenmut Seated, with Neferure, circa 1479-73 B.C.

A queen who proclaimed herself king is the spectacular subject of a spectacular new exhibition at th  read more »

Works of Art in Unusual Places: A Museum in Your Own Kitchen Drawer

Works of Art in Unusual Places:  A Museum in Your Own Kitchen Drawer
Francesco Mosto

Not long before the Museum of Modern Art moved from its makeshift quarters in Queens back to 53rd St  read more »

Currently Hanging

A Shot of Classical Calm,Antidote to Picasso Fatigue  read more »

A Shot of Classical Calm, Antidote to Picasso Fatigue

In the mid-1980's, Tom Wolfe predicted that Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) would be knocked from his pede  read more »

Crime Blotter

Fruity Get-Up Puts PerpIn the Mood for Crime If an NYPD precinct commander was asked to conjure up h  read more »

Jong Redefines 'Sapphic' Along Omnisexual Lines

Sappho's Leap, by Erica Jong. W.W.  read more »

The Winter Antiques Szhoosh

New York has always been the epicenter of szhoosh . What's szhoosh?  read more »

The Vancouver Solution: What If Microsoft Tried to Flee?

The rumor spread like a computer virus: After months of being battered in the courts, Microsoft had  read more »

Post Columnist Enjoys Rudy's New York on Rupert's Dime

Rod Dreher, the New York Post 's movie critic turned conservative news columnist, was pacing the hou  read more »

The Gory That Was Greece

It's not surprising that much of the attention focused on the newly refurbished Greek and Roman gall  read more »