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Marvel tickets go on sale for Houston’s December exhibition
Public entry begins December 19, a day after the members-only preview. Adult tickets are listed at $40.
October 26, 2026 · 1 min read
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Rockefeller Center chooses a 76-foot spruce for its 2026 Christmas tree
The West Edmeston tree arrives November 7. The lighting is December 2, with a separate free arrival-day event for visitors.
October 26, 2026 · 2 min read
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Milwaukee and St. Petersburg put Monet loans on the World Series
The losing team’s museum will lend a Monet to the winner’s city. Both paintings are on view now, with loan dates still to come.
October 26, 2026 · 2 min read
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How spirit photographers sold portraits of the dead
A Halloween image opens a history of double exposures, $10 portraits, a fraud trial and Mary Lincoln’s encounter with spirit photography.
October 26, 2026 · 4 min read
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At MoMA’s Brancusi exhibition, look down at the base
MoMA’s October 25 opening brings sculpture together with the bases, furniture, photographs and tools of Brancusi’s studio.
October 25, 2026 · 2 min read
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Raven Chacon’s SFMOMA installation asks who gets to name a landscape
Archival travel footage meets a new soundtrack and drawings in Chacon’s seven-channel installation, opening October 24 at SFMOMA.
October 24, 2026 · 2 min read
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Beverly Pepper in Washington: compare a model with sculpture in the street
NMWA’s October 23 opening brings Pepper’s smaller works and models into dialogue with monumental sculpture on New York Avenue.
October 23, 2026 · 2 min read
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Rhett and Link’s blindfolds go on display at the Smithsonian
Two taste-test blindfolds and a microphone bring Good Mythical Morning into the museum’s entertainment display. One prop began as a fan’s handmade gift.
October 22, 2026 · 2 min read
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Mary Lincoln’s newly digitized letter records an ordinary invitation
A digitized February 1865 letter records an invitation, work at the Executive Mansion and thanks for a wreath with a Civil War connection.
October 21, 2026 · 2 min read
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Cold War science looks different in a correspondence folder
Historian Anna Doel's new Library of Congress account follows the letters, visits and missing photographs behind scientific exchange.
October 20, 2026 · 2 min read
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Lincoln in the Bardo opens at the Met, with live audio broadcasts also scheduled
Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek's adaptation opens October 19, with live audio broadcasts and a later recorded broadcast also scheduled.
October 19, 2026 · 2 min read
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Albany’s cultural volunteer fair: choose the work before the institution
More than 20 organizations gather at the New York State Museum on October 18. Bring a realistic availability window and ask about the actual role.
October 18, 2026 · 4 min read