In the music world, the face of a singer or rapper often becomes the symbol of a song’s success. Fans idolize performers, assuming that powerful lyrics and catchy melodies come directly from their favorite stars’ minds. However, behind many chart-topping tracks is a hidden figure: the ghostwriter. These unseen contributors
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The British Museum in London is the world’s oldest national public museum, boasting a collection of at least 8 million artifacts. Of this vast collection, one of the most famous artworks on display are the ‘Elgin Marbles,’ a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and Acropolis of Athens.
In the hours before dawn on March 18th, 1990, thirteen works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s collection were stolen — and not a single piece has been recovered despite the $10 million reward for their return. This article will discuss the various theories regarding the most infamous
Tiktok has been an exploding platform since the rise in popularity beginning in 2019, with this exponential growth, millions of users flooded to the app, creating content that was unfiltered, monitored, and up for anyone’s opinion. This free market of social media integrated public perception, political and socially developmental opinions.
Imagine an art piece that was thought to have a value of 70 million dollars being in a trash bag. Now imagine being a gardener cleaning and finding it yourself. This story was true for a gardener in Italy who, while clearing ivy, found the art piece called “Portrait of
In 2019, Taylor Swift opened up about her masters being sold without her knowledge. This act itself was not illegal but it opened up a discussion on the murkiness of artists not having the rights to their own works of art. An artist’s masters are the original recording of a
Attending school in 2021 has never been so bizarre. With the stress posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, you would think that people would want things to return back to normal. However, a viral trend on TikTok has shown that this is far from true. In September 2021, many students
This summer, Christian arts and crafts store corporation Hobby Lobby was ordered to give up a rare Sumerian cuneiform tablet to the U.S. government. This is not the first time Hobby Lobby has been in hot water for acquiring ancient artifacts illegally. In 2016, homeland security officials found evidence of
When we buy art, or consume something, we hardly think about where it came from, the process it took to land into our hands, or who made it and the conditions they made it in. Of course, there has been a rise in consumers becoming more aware of where they
Bob Arno is a world renowned pickpocket comedian and Las Vegas showman. He has called himself the worlds best pickpocket and can embarrass an entire crowd of people on stage expecting his moves. He has done well to show the skill required to perform this art, and using his abilities