On View A New York Museum Asked Bakers to Recreate Their Boroughs in Gingerbread. Here’s What Came Out of the Oven "Gingerbread NYC" at the Museum of the City of New York exhibits the results of a citywide bake-off. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 5, 2022
Auctions Elvis Presley’s Dilapidated Private Jet Will Go Up for Auction and Is Not Likely to Fetch a Kingly Sum It was recently rescued from 30 years sitting on an uncovered tarmac in Roswell, New Mexico. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 2, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Ask Netflix to Reclassify Graham Hancock’s ‘Unfounded’ Netflix Docuseries ‘Ancient Apocalypse’ as Fiction They decry Hancock as a flagrant pseudo-archaeologist. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 2, 2022
Books ‘Invisible Man’ Author Ralph Ellison Was Also a Prolific Photographer. A New Book Spotlights Hundreds of His Polaroids and Street Scenes Ellison often collaborated with his lifelong friend Gordon Parks. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 1, 2022
Archaeology & History A Group of Eighth-Graders on a Field Trip Near Tel Aviv Stumbled Upon a 3,000-Year-Old Sacred Egyptian Amulet The group's leader calls the find 'the dream of every amateur archaeologist.' By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 1, 2022
Pop Culture Holy Hot Wheels, Batman! Michael Keaton’s 1989 Batmobile Just Hit the Market for $1.5 Million It wasn't built for speed, maxing out at just 30 mph, but it does come with a working flamethrower. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 30, 2022
Pop Culture Dolly Parton, Who Already Has a Museum to Her Name, Wants to Open a Second One at a Planned ‘Dolly Center’ Complex in Nashville The country star currently runs Chasing Rainbows Museum, located in her Dollywood theme park. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 30, 2022
Auctions A Near-Pristine Ferrari F50 Will Lead RM Sotheby’s Car Auction in Miami Next Weekend Nine Ferraris from 1973 through 2005 are headed to a live auction on December 10. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 29, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Exploring the Sewers Beneath Rome’s Colosseum Have Turned Up Ancient Coins, Bones… and Snacks The relics offer a view into the habits of spectators who attended the Roman amphitheater in its heyday. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 29, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Has Assembled an Auction of Over 100 Historic Nike Relics to Commemorate 50 Years Since the Brand’s First Shoe A pair of Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton “Air Force 1” sneakers leads the sale. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 28, 2022
Pop Culture Prime Video Is Staging a Show of African Artists During Miami Art Week to Promote Its New Series ‘Riches’ Amazon is presenting the show “The Crown We Never Take Off.” By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 28, 2022
Pop Culture First-Time Collaborators Takashi Murakami and Post Malone Unveil a Capsule Collection of Apparel and Beer Merch Pieces in TKMM x Post Malone are emblazoned with elements from the artist and the rapper's work. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 24, 2022
Archaeology & History The Discovery of the Oldest Human Footprints in North America Thrilled Researchers. It Turns Out They May Not Be So Old New research dates the footprints to a thousand years later than previously claimed. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 23, 2022
Art & Tech Synthesizer Pioneer Moog Is Re-Issuing Its Legendary 1970 Model Favored by David Bowie and Dr. Dre It reads like an art object, hand-built from locally sourced Appalachian-cherrywood around a hand-finished aluminum chassis. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 23, 2022
Art & Exhibitions For ‘Crafting Pinocchio,’ MoMA Gives the Museum Treatment to Guillermo Del Toro’s Just-Released Netflix Fairytale The exhibition looks at the making of “Pinocchio,” the award-winning filmmaker’s new, undeniably dark version of the classic children’s story. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 22, 2022