Art
August 17, 2026

17th-Century Dutch Painting Restoration Reveals a Missing Soldier Playing a Drinking Game

At first glance, Pieter de Hooch’s Figures in a Courtyard looks like a quiet scene of everyday life. Sunlight washes across the brick courtyard. A woman raises a glass while a man smokes a long clay pipe; nearby, a young girl approaches with glowing coals. Yet the gathering once had another participant: a soldier, whose disappearance altered the painting’s entire social dynamic.

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Technology
August 17, 2026

This Innovative Egg Cooking Robot Promises to Always Have Your Breakfast Ready

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day… but the truth is that most people skip breakfast due to a lack of time to cook something. Well, there might be a new solution. There’s now an egg-cooking robot to automate your breakfast making. Meet EGOR, created by kitchen hardware startup Cheffy. EGOR stands for Efficient Gastronomic Operational Robot, and it has a simple and practical design.

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Art
August 15, 2026

Largest Exhibition of Afro-Cuban Art Ever Staged Is Now on View in Miami

Afro-Cuban culture has shaped Cuba’s music, religion, visual language, and artistic identity for centuries. Now, the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami is celebrating that legacy with the largest survey of Afro-Cuban art ever staged. Two exhibitions bring together more than 100 works by 58 artists, tracing 200 years of creativity and exploring the many ways African heritage has shaped Cuban art.

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Street Art
August 14, 2026

Banksy Artworks Have Cost UK Taxpayers Nearly £150,000

Sometimes, art can come with surprising costs. Three Banksy artworks in London have cost British taxpayers nearly £150,000 (about $200,000) in removal, security, and other expenses. The mounting costs have renewed a familiar debate surrounding the elusive street artist’s work: Is it vandalism or valuable public art? The largest bill comes from a mural that Banksy painted on London’s Royal Courts of Justice in September 2025.

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My Modern Met

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