Just in time for the scariest season, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles is unveiling The Horror Show, a major survey of costumes, props, drawings, posters and other artifacts from the most iconic horror films in throughout the history of cinema. The exhibit opens Saturday. From Bela Lugosi’s original cape from the
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Charlotte Mandrier. It has been edited for length and clarity. On Monday, September 14, I was cleaning up my inbox and deleting emails when I saw that Starbucks was collaborating with the Peanuts brand to sell merchandise inspired by “The Great Pumpkin.” I remembered last year
Museums are vulnerable and easy to burgle, Brand says, compared to well-secured jewellery shops and banks – which these days hold less cash. Directors historically “never have enough money for security” or prefer to spend it on the next exhibition, and museums are often housed in old buildings that are difficult to protect, he adds.
Two paintings by the impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been stolen from a museum in the south of France. Two thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer early on Tuesday, seizing four paintings but dropping two of the works in the museum gardens as they escaped, local Mayor Bryan Masson said. The paintings, each
More than 1,000 visitors explored NASA sea level science firsthand during World Ocean Day at the University of Georgia Aquarium on Skidaway Island on June 6, 2026. The free event was supported by NASA’s Science Activation program through the Sea Level Education, Awareness, and Literacy (SEAL) project – a national effort that connects NASA sea
Lilli Hollein, MAK general director, said “the theft of a highly valuable piece of jewellery… has hit us hard”. She said in a statement that MAK had developed a security plan with Van Cleef & Arpels specifically for the exhibition, adding: “Security issues were taken very seriously and all security measures were carefully prepared.” Hollein
