Taxidermist Ray Murawski moved his hand along the back of a black bear rug he had laid out on a table in the back of his shop ...

To mark the centenary of art deco's debut on the world stage today, Dezeen rounds up everything you need to know about the ...

Today marks 100 years since the opening of the Paris exposition that introduced art deco to the world. Drawing on our recent ...

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Researchers developed hybrid thermoelectric materials that double energy conversion efficiency by decoupling heat and charge transport.

It is now in the Howard University Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. She also executed several versions of Hagar, one of which is now at NMAA. The biblical Egyptian maidservant of Abraham's wife ...

Ohara Museum of Art Paul Gauguin did not lack for confidence ... Among them: photographs of Egyptian tomb paintings, Renaissance masterpieces and a 1878 auction catalog of his guardian Arosa ...

Good-will pardons of 23 people since March is the largest release of US citizens by a single foreign country in years ...

Indonesian Catholics mark the crucifixion of Jesus with a performance at St Vincent A Paulo church in Surabaya, eastern Java ...