Why these unsettling ’90s Ukrainian passport photos are more relevant than ever
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,…
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Why these unsettling ’90s Ukrainian passport photos are more relevant than ever
CNN, GOOGLE MAPS, FAMILY PHOTOS Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In a photograph taken in newly independent Ukraine during the mid-1990s, an elderly woman casts…
Continue ReadingThe unusual new superyacht concept with a giant glass eye
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN As record numbers of superyachts enter the market, designers have been pushing the limits further and further in order to…
Continue Reading30 of the best fried foods around the world
By Casey Barber, CNN People have never been able to resist the crunchy craving of deep-fried food. Archaeological evidence shows we’ve been…
Continue ReadingArt auction fetches $922 million for high-profile divorce settlement
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN More than three years after the high-profile divorce proceedings of New York real estate developer Harry Macklowe and his wife,…
Continue ReadingPicasso portrait of his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter as a sea creature fetches $67.5 million
Jacqui Palumbo and Toyin Owoseje, CNN Pablo Picasso’s most curious painting of his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter, in which she appears as a…
Continue ReadingMaye Musk becomes oldest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model
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…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth makes surprise appearance at opening ceremony of London train line
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…
Continue ReadingWant to become Italian? The 007 of lost Italian documents may be able to help
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…
Continue ReadingWhy the fashion world has a fetish for toes
Leah Dolan, CNN During the couture shows at Paris Fashion Week this past January, luxury fashion house Schiaparelli unveiled a new, instantly adored…
Continue ReadingThe German city with an incredible upside down railway
Marcel Krueger, CNN Suspension railways today seem like an anachronism — a 19th-century vision of what the future of transport would look like.…
Continue ReadingMan Ray’s ‘Le Violon d’Ingres’ photograph sells for record $12.4 million
Toyin Owoseje, CNN Man Ray’s famed “Le Violon d’Ingres” made history Saturday when it became the most expensive photograph…
Continue ReadingRevenge travel: How vacation vengeance became a thing
CNN, WCBS, RADIO FREE EUROPE , RADIO LIBERTY By Lilit Marcus, CNN As more and more countries reopen their borders to eager tourists, a trendy new…
Continue ReadingRevenge travel: How vacation vengeance became a thing
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…
Continue ReadingThe Smithsonian’s American Latino museum will open its first exhibit next month
Scottie Andrew, CNN From labor leader César Chávez’s decades of activism, to Roberto Clemente’s boundary-breaking career in Major…
Continue ReadingVisiting Venice this summer? Here’s the best art on show at the Venice Biennale
Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN The recently opened Venice Biennale — an 8-month-long international festival of art and culture staged every other…
Continue ReadingFossils of a dinosaur that inspired ‘Jurassic Park’ sold for over $12 million
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…
Continue ReadingDecoding the messages tucked away in one ‘politically significant’ city’s street art
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…
Continue ReadingSaudi man charged after Maserati driven down Rome’s Spanish Steps
By Livia Borghese When in Rome, don’t drive your fancy sports car down historic stairways. That advice apparently went unheeded by a man who…
Continue ReadingCannes Film Festival: 75 years of era-defining fashion
Leah Dolan, CNN and Austin Steele, CNN This year, the Cannes Film Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary. It is one of the most glamorous events in…
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