December 4, 2025

Palestinian Artists Create Daily Sand Sculptures on Gaza Beach To Bring Joy to Their Community

Despite enduring more than two years of unimaginable hardship, the people of Gaza continue to show remarkable resilience. Creativity and community remain powerful sources of strength, with many Palestinian artists continuing to tell their stories through drawings, paintings, and now sand sculptures. With limited resources, Yazid Abu Jarad and his team adopted the beach as their canvas, deciding to carve out letters in the sand using whatever tools they can find.

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December 4, 2025

Best of 2025: Top 10 Creative Coffee Table Books To Gift or To Treasure for Yourself

Because they come in all shapes and sizes—literally—and cover such a broad spectrum of topics, coffee table books have become one of the most suitable gifts for the design-minded among us. This shouldn’t necessarily come as a surprise: these tomes enchant with their large-scale images; they effortlessly elevate an interior with their packaging; and, above all, they reveal the enduring appeal of visual art, photography, and design across history.

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December 3, 2025

The Louvre To Hike Ticket Prices by 45% for Non-EU Visitors

Most non-EU tourists will probably want to visit the Louvre before January 14, 2026. From that date forward, the Parisian museum will hike ticket prices by 45% for visitors outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), from €22 to €32 (about $25 to $37). Guests from Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, all countries participating in the EEA agreement, are exempt from the increase, while Britons and Russians are expected to pay the higher price.

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