Arts Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tag/arts/ A Daily Dose of Positive News to Enthuse Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:24:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-GNN-Logo-Circles-2017-1-32x32.png Arts Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tag/arts/ 32 32 120051390 Singing with Other People Improves Health More Than Singing Alone https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/singing-with-other-people-improves-health-more-than-singing-alone/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/singing-with-other-people-improves-health-more-than-singing-alone/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:30:06 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226672 Singing has been linked to numerous benefits for health, wellbeing, disease resistance, and recovery from injury, but when singing in a group, these benefits are seen to be superior to those seen in solo singers. The research, though not new, still makes for a pretty darn good reason to join a caroling group or church […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/singing-with-other-people-improves-health-more-than-singing-alone/feed/ 1 226672 John Oliver Sells His Bob Ross Painting Raises Record $1.5 Million for Public Television https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/john-oliver-sells-his-bob-ross-painting-raises-record-1-5-million-for-public-television/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/john-oliver-sells-his-bob-ross-painting-raises-record-1-5-million-for-public-television/#respond Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:00:59 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226040 GNN reported recently that a Los Angeles auction house recently handled the sale of three paintings by the famous TV artist Bob Ross, with the proceeds of over $600,000 going to fund public television and radio. Inspired by the effort, HBO’s comedy news host John Oliver announced that he too had an original Ross that […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/john-oliver-sells-his-bob-ross-painting-raises-record-1-5-million-for-public-television/feed/ 0 226040 Windows Broken Into Become Earrings in One Woman’s Quest to Keep Glass Out of Landfills https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/broken-in-windows-become-jade-earrings-in-one-craftswomans-quest-to-keep-glass-out-of-landfills/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/broken-in-windows-become-jade-earrings-in-one-craftswomans-quest-to-keep-glass-out-of-landfills/#respond Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:00:48 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225758 Car break-ins in the Bay Area are down, but not out. From each one of these ugly surprises, local artisan Sydney Jones creates a surprising amount of beauty. Using a kitchen-top kiln, she takes advantage of safety glass’ crystalline structure to quickly turn the broken pieces into floral-themed earrings of jade green. It not only […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/broken-in-windows-become-jade-earrings-in-one-craftswomans-quest-to-keep-glass-out-of-landfills/feed/ 0 225758 Three Bob Ross Paintings Sold for $600,000 at Auction in Fundraiser for Public Television https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/three-bob-ross-paintings-sold-for-600000-at-auction-in-fundraiser-for-public-television/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/three-bob-ross-paintings-sold-for-600000-at-auction-in-fundraiser-for-public-television/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:00:57 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225369 Three works from Bob Ross’ classic public television show The Joy of Painting raised over half a million dollars for public television. Having relied for decades on endowment contributions and pledge drives of every tact and description, it was brilliant idea that puts a brilliant man and his brilliant perspective on the arts back into the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/three-bob-ross-paintings-sold-for-600000-at-auction-in-fundraiser-for-public-television/feed/ 0 225369 Poland Secures Return of Gorgeous Artwork from Danish Auction Stolen During World War II https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/poland-secures-return-of-gorgeous-artwork-from-danish-auction-stolen-during-world-war-ii/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/poland-secures-return-of-gorgeous-artwork-from-danish-auction-stolen-during-world-war-ii/#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:30:39 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225017 A gorgeous 20th century painting has been donated to Polish cultural authorities following its reappearance after 70 years. Recorded as being housed in a girl’s school in the city that would become Wroclaw after World War II, it never resurfaced following the end of the conflict until last year when it appeared at auction in […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/poland-secures-return-of-gorgeous-artwork-from-danish-auction-stolen-during-world-war-ii/feed/ 0 225017 Bionic Arms Enable Mushrooms to Create Music Using Their Own Energy (LISTEN) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bionic-arms-enable-mushrooms-to-create-music-using-their-own-energy-listen/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bionic-arms-enable-mushrooms-to-create-music-using-their-own-energy-listen/#respond Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:00:02 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224964 An English musical project helps plants and fungi branch out from their quiet natures and express their creativity thanks to a set of bionic arms. Translating their bioelectrical signals into movements of the arms, the mushrooms begin to jam out on keyboards and drum machines, allowing the listener to see and hear them in a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bionic-arms-enable-mushrooms-to-create-music-using-their-own-energy-listen/feed/ 0 224964 He Won a Crayola Crayon-Naming Contest in 1992 as a Boy–Now it’s Been Voted #2 Color in the World https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/he-won-a-crayola-crayon-naming-contest-in-1992-as-a-boy-now-its-been-voted-2-color-in-the-world/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/he-won-a-crayola-crayon-naming-contest-in-1992-as-a-boy-now-its-been-voted-2-color-in-the-world/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:00:53 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224773 An iconic and charming shade of light blue has a surprising origin story, one that was just recognized in a worldwide poll as one of the most popular crayon colors ever made. It turns out an 8-year-old boy hatched the idea to name the color “robin’s egg blue”—not a chic design catalogue. He won a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/he-won-a-crayola-crayon-naming-contest-in-1992-as-a-boy-now-its-been-voted-2-color-in-the-world/feed/ 0 224773 Comedy Wildlife Contest Unveils Wonderful Photo Finalists to Make Everyone Smile https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/comedy-wildlife-contest-unveils-wonderful-photo-finalists-to-make-everyone-smile/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/comedy-wildlife-contest-unveils-wonderful-photo-finalists-to-make-everyone-smile/#respond Sun, 26 Oct 2025 22:16:39 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224600 The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards just released their annual finalists. “We are absolutely delighted to reveal the hotly anticipated finalists of the 2025 competition. They are a cracking collection of jaw dropping and laugh out loud photos of some of the most incredible wildlife that we share this planet with,” said contest officials in a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/comedy-wildlife-contest-unveils-wonderful-photo-finalists-to-make-everyone-smile/feed/ 0 224600 Woodcarving Club Turns City’s Tree Trimmings into Treasured Trinkets https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woodcarving-club-turns-citys-tree-trimmings-into-treasured-trinkets/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woodcarving-club-turns-citys-tree-trimmings-into-treasured-trinkets/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:30:58 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224389 In Yorkshire, England, an ancient profession turned hobby is helping to keep tree trimmings out of the landfills, among other benefits. The Yorkshire Spoon Club, as the name suggests, will jump at the opportunity to turn an upturned oak or alder tree into a spoon, but this collection of hobbyist and professional woodcarvers churns out […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woodcarving-club-turns-citys-tree-trimmings-into-treasured-trinkets/feed/ 1 224389 11,000 Strings Tuned Slightly Differently Makes Music to Engulf an Audience Encircled by 50 Pianos (Video) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/11000-strings-tuned-slightly-differently-makes-music-to-engulf-an-audience-encircled-by-50-pianos-video/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/11000-strings-tuned-slightly-differently-makes-music-to-engulf-an-audience-encircled-by-50-pianos-video/#respond Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:00:25 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=223867 A performance unlike any other just wrapped up in New York City, where an audience of a few lucky hundred were encircled by 50 pianos. The pianists played out a piece called “11,000 Strings,” named for the number of strings in 50 pianos, each of which was tuned slightly differently than the others. The tuning […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/11000-strings-tuned-slightly-differently-makes-music-to-engulf-an-audience-encircled-by-50-pianos-video/feed/ 0 223867 Swiss Event Is the Artist’s Vision of the World Economic Forum: Designing the Future with Creativity https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/swiss-event-is-the-artists-answer-to-the-world-economic-forum-designing-the-future-with-creativity/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/swiss-event-is-the-artists-answer-to-the-world-economic-forum-designing-the-future-with-creativity/#respond Sun, 03 Aug 2025 16:04:38 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=221129 Average folk might have all kinds of questions about the World Economic Forum and what goes on there, but for two visionary women, the question was clear: where are all the artists? For such a high-profile gathering of world leaders, thought leaders, and business leaders, how could there be no room for authentic creativity? That […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/swiss-event-is-the-artists-answer-to-the-world-economic-forum-designing-the-future-with-creativity/feed/ 0 221129 Italian ‘Ghost Town’ Rescued by Instagramable Street Art Which Attracts Thousands https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/italian-ghost-town-rescued-by-instagramable-street-art-which-attracts-thousands/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/italian-ghost-town-rescued-by-instagramable-street-art-which-attracts-thousands/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:30:47 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=219726 A southern Italian hamlet referred to as a ghost town is now attracting thousands of tourists by commissioning artists to paint more than 140 murals on the sites of shops and homes. It seems fitting that the birthplace of so many of the world’s great artists should leverage painting as a means of recovery—why should […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/italian-ghost-town-rescued-by-instagramable-street-art-which-attracts-thousands/feed/ 0 219726 Giant Archaeological Puzzle Reveals Artworks Not Seen for 1,800 Years https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/giant-archaeological-puzzle-reveals-artworks-not-seen-for-1800-years/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/giant-archaeological-puzzle-reveals-artworks-not-seen-for-1800-years/#respond Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:00:43 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=219486 Excavations at a London development site have yielded one of the largest collections of painted Roman wall plaster ever discovered in the capital. The painted wall plaster once decorated a high-status Roman building in Southwark, which was demolished some time before 200 CE. Among the fragments is rare evidence of a painter’s signature, as well […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/giant-archaeological-puzzle-reveals-artworks-not-seen-for-1800-years/feed/ 0 219486 100-year Dispute Finally Settles Looting of Last German Emperor–by Building New Museum Collection https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-year-dispute-finally-settles-looting-of-last-german-emperor-by-building-new-museum-collection/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-year-dispute-finally-settles-looting-of-last-german-emperor-by-building-new-museum-collection/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:00:14 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=219329 The destiny of a large collection of property and art belonging to the family of the last German emperor has finally been decided after 100 years of uncertainty that persisted throughout some of the largest events in 20th-century Europe. The story centers around the Hohenzollerns, the royal family of Prussia that included Kaiser Wilhelm II […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-year-dispute-finally-settles-looting-of-last-german-emperor-by-building-new-museum-collection/feed/ 0 219329 Brooklyn Bonsai Museum Celebrates 100th Birthday Bash with Largest-Ever Exhibition on These Tiny Trees https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/brooklyn-bonsai-museum-celebrates-100th-birthday-bash-with-largest-ever-exhibition-on-these-mini-trees/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/brooklyn-bonsai-museum-celebrates-100th-birthday-bash-with-largest-ever-exhibition-on-these-mini-trees/#respond Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:00:56 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=219288 Reprinted with permission from World at Large. One of America’s largest bonsai tree collections recently celebrated its centennial with the largest exhibition on these miniature trees ever held. The collection includes some wonders of the artform: a Rocky Mountain juniper bonsai 500 years of age, a Sargent juniper from Japan thought to be over 800 […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/brooklyn-bonsai-museum-celebrates-100th-birthday-bash-with-largest-ever-exhibition-on-these-mini-trees/feed/ 0 219288 London Design Museum Turns its Massive Warehouse Collection into Another Museum—with 250K Items https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/london-design-museum-turns-its-massive-warehouse-collection-into-another-museum-with-250k-items/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/london-design-museum-turns-its-massive-warehouse-collection-into-another-museum-with-250k-items/#respond Fri, 30 May 2025 18:30:06 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=218487 In London, organizers and staff have flipped a museum. Suddenly, the collection is the museum, and the exhibitions are whatever you decide. At V&A East Storehouse, over 250,000 items sit inside carefully constructed storage warehouse wings waiting for a day that might have never came: the call that they would be included in a new […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/london-design-museum-turns-its-massive-warehouse-collection-into-another-museum-with-250k-items/feed/ 0 218487 World’s Most Famous Waltz to Be Beamed into Space on Composer 200th Birthday, and EU Space Agency’s 50th https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/worlds-most-famous-waltz-to-be-beamed-into-space-on-composer-200th-and-eu-space-agencys-50th-birthdays/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/worlds-most-famous-waltz-to-be-beamed-into-space-on-composer-200th-and-eu-space-agencys-50th-birthdays/#respond Fri, 30 May 2025 11:00:22 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=218474 You’ve heard the famous “Blue Danube” waltz—even if the name doesn’t ring any bells. Trust us on this one. Composed by the Austrian “Waltz King” Johann Strauss II, it has been borrowed for every kind of media imaginable, from commercials to Looney Tunes shorts. Today in Europe, an interesting confluence will occur when the Waltz […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/worlds-most-famous-waltz-to-be-beamed-into-space-on-composer-200th-and-eu-space-agencys-50th-birthdays/feed/ 0 218474 Designs for Queen Elizabeth’s Memorial Reflect a ‘Quietly Monumental’ Life Close to Nature https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/designs-for-queen-elizabeths-memorial-reflect-a-quietly-monumental-life-close-to-nature/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/designs-for-queen-elizabeths-memorial-reflect-a-quietly-monumental-life-close-to-nature/#comments Thu, 15 May 2025 11:00:54 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=217947 In her 1966 Christmas address to the nation, the late Queen Elizabeth II encouraged her countrymen to “breath gentleness and care into the harsh progress of mankind.” At the heart of the city of London, so often the historical setting for that progress, those words are reflected in the proposed designs for a memorial to […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/designs-for-queen-elizabeths-memorial-reflect-a-quietly-monumental-life-close-to-nature/feed/ 3 217947 Raising a Glass to the Bronze Age Vintners Who Domesticated the Grape 3,200 Years Ago https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/raising-a-glass-to-the-bronze-age-vinters-who-domesticated-the-grape-3200-years-ago/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/raising-a-glass-to-the-bronze-age-vinters-who-domesticated-the-grape-3200-years-ago/#respond Thu, 08 May 2025 15:30:32 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=217703 A new study examining 7,000 years of human consumption of grapes found that the domestication of the fruit occurred gradually rather than suddenly, and that wild varieties continued to be used for wine making long after domesticated species emerged. The data leaves one to with little else to conclude than that vinting in Italy got […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/raising-a-glass-to-the-bronze-age-vinters-who-domesticated-the-grape-3200-years-ago/feed/ 0 217703 Taylor Guitars Made From Condemned Urban Trees and Imperfect Ebony are Saving Money, Carbon and the Amazon https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/imperfect-ebony-native-woods-grace-the-fretboards-of-california-guitars-saving-trees-carbon-and-money/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/imperfect-ebony-native-woods-grace-the-fretboards-of-california-guitars-saving-trees-carbon-and-money/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:30:17 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=217418 Guitar manufacturers like Taylor and Gryphon are utilizing native California trees marked for removal in the state’s urban areas to birth a new generation of acoustic instruments. The motive: helping musicians and consumers dodge the increasing prices for prized woods needed to make guitars, as well as helping memorialize condemned native trees in the state. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/imperfect-ebony-native-woods-grace-the-fretboards-of-california-guitars-saving-trees-carbon-and-money/feed/ 1 217418 This Painting of Lounging Lions Was Hanging in a Family’s Living Room. It Turned Out to Be an Original Delacroix https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-painting-of-lounging-lions-was-hanging-in-a-familys-living-room-it-turned-out-to-be-an-original-delacroix/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-painting-of-lounging-lions-was-hanging-in-a-familys-living-room-it-turned-out-to-be-an-original-delacroix/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:00:44 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=216198 Up for auction today at a swanky Parisian auction house will be a slightly lazy paint sketch of some lions. But these relaxed beasts are more than they appear. As it turns out, the work entitled Study of Reclining Lions was a lost creation from one of Paris’ greatest ever modern painters: Eugène Delacroix. The man […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-painting-of-lounging-lions-was-hanging-in-a-familys-living-room-it-turned-out-to-be-an-original-delacroix/feed/ 0 216198 Gen Z Stonemason Restores Iconic European Landmarks Damaged in WWII –And Shares Amazing Videos (WATCH) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/gen-z-stonemason-charlie-gee-restores-iconic-european-landmarks-damaged-in-wwii/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/gen-z-stonemason-charlie-gee-restores-iconic-european-landmarks-damaged-in-wwii/#respond Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:45:11 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=215694 Meet the Gen Z stonemason who restores historical landmarks in Europe damaged during World War II. Charlie Gee has followed in the footsteps of his father who is also a stonemason. The 22-year-old specializes in cathedral masonry and has worked on iconic buildings, including the Cologne Cathedral in Germany and the Palace of Justice in […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/gen-z-stonemason-charlie-gee-restores-iconic-european-landmarks-damaged-in-wwii/feed/ 0 215694 Young Craftsman Resurrects ‘Extinct’ Musical Instrument by Consulting Ancient Literature (LISTEN) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/young-craftsman-consults-ancient-literature-and-resurrects-this-extinct-musical-instrument-listen/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/young-craftsman-consults-ancient-literature-and-resurrects-this-extinct-musical-instrument-listen/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:00:19 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=215317 From India comes the incredible story of a young man who reconstructed an ‘extinct’ musical instrument using clues in ancient literature. Called the Yazh, this gorgeous harp, carved in the form of a peacock and aided by a resonator, was played for Tamil kings 2,000 years ago, but hasn’t been manufactured for years, perhaps even […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/young-craftsman-consults-ancient-literature-and-resurrects-this-extinct-musical-instrument-listen/feed/ 1 215317 Netherlands to Return its Share of Nigeria’s Looted Treasures: 120 Statues Set for Repatriation https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/netherlands-to-return-its-share-of-nigerias-looted-treasures-120-statues-set-for-repatriation/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/netherlands-to-return-its-share-of-nigerias-looted-treasures-120-statues-set-for-repatriation/#comments Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:00:32 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=215070 A museum in the Netherlands has announced it will return 119 bronze artifacts looted from the old Kingdom of Benin in West Africa. One of the most notorious and ongoing disputes over looted art during colonial activities, most of the hundreds of Benin Bronzes stolen from the kingdom by the British in the 19th century […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/netherlands-to-return-its-share-of-nigerias-looted-treasures-120-statues-set-for-repatriation/feed/ 1 215070 Cleaning a Millennium of Sand and Soot Egyptologists Reveal Ancient Creation Myth in Exquisite Artwork https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cleaning-away-a-millennium-of-sand-and-soot-egyptologists-reveal-ancient-creation-myth-in-exquisite-artwork/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cleaning-away-a-millennium-of-sand-and-soot-egyptologists-reveal-ancient-creation-myth-in-exquisite-artwork/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:00:29 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=214885 From the Magazine of the Archaeological Institute of America comes the jaw-dropping chronicle of an Egyptian temple, once covered in dirt and soot, that’s now revealing an ancient creation myth and the cult that worshiped it. Located far in the south, confusingly called “Upper Egypt” on the west bank of the Nile, the Temple of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cleaning-away-a-millennium-of-sand-and-soot-egyptologists-reveal-ancient-creation-myth-in-exquisite-artwork/feed/ 0 214885 Stradivarius Violin Auction Raises $11 Million for Scholarships at Boston Music School https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stradivarius-violin-auction-raises-11-million-for-scholarships-at-boston-music-school/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stradivarius-violin-auction-raises-11-million-for-scholarships-at-boston-music-school/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:00:54 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=214603 A music conservatory has made a remarkable sacrifice in the name of providing the best education in the arts for its students. Crafted in 1714 and considered one of the greatest violins ever made or heard, the Joachin-Ma Stradivarius violin was owned by the New England Conservatory, but it’s now been sold to establish the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stradivarius-violin-auction-raises-11-million-for-scholarships-at-boston-music-school/feed/ 0 214603 Strangers Rally to Return Vibrant Sculptures Found in Bargain Bin 1,200 Miles From Where They Were Mailed https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/strangers-rally-to-return-vibrant-sculptures-found-in-bargain-bin-1200mi-from-where-they-were-mailed/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/strangers-rally-to-return-vibrant-sculptures-found-in-bargain-bin-1200mi-from-where-they-were-mailed/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:00:37 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=214578 From Canada comes the story of a lost work of art, the bargain-bin bounty of a lifetime, and a connection that bloomed into a friendship across 1,200 miles. Nova Scotian applied artist Sydney Blum was packaging two of her signature plates of color-phase tiles for shipment to a Montreal gallery, excited at the chance to […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/strangers-rally-to-return-vibrant-sculptures-found-in-bargain-bin-1200mi-from-where-they-were-mailed/feed/ 0 214578 13th-Century Fresco Believed to Depict the Use of an Islamic Tent in Christian Church https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/13th-century-fresco-believed-to-depict-the-use-of-an-islamic-tent-to-cover-a-christian-chruch-altar/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/13th-century-fresco-believed-to-depict-the-use-of-an-islamic-tent-to-cover-a-christian-chruch-altar/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2025 19:00:13 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=214355 A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only surviving image of its kind, offering precious evidence of a little-known Christian practice. The partially visible fresco, identified by Cambridge historian Dr. Federica Gigante, almost […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/50-year-old-spiral-jetty-spins-into-history-as-great-salt-lake-artwork-makes-us-list-of-historic-places/feed/ 0 213310 Hidden Fresco of Last Byzantine Emperor Discovered in Greek Monastery ‘Exudes Calmness and Kindness’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hidden-fresco-of-the-last-emperor-of-byzantium-discovered-in-greek-monastery-exudes-calmness-and-kindness/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hidden-fresco-of-the-last-emperor-of-byzantium-discovered-in-greek-monastery-exudes-calmness-and-kindness/#respond Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:00:38 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=212982 From Greece comes the discovery of the first-ever portrait of the last-ever Byzantine Emperor, Constantine XI Phalaiologos. Discovered at a monastery Constantine’s brothers once patronized, it dates to the 15th-century fall of the great empire and offers a vision of the man painted according to his likeness, rather than according to Imperial custom. Located in […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/british-author-samantha-harvey-claims-first-ever-booker-award-for-a-space-fiction/feed/ 0 211664 Lost Chopin Music Unearthed 200 Years After Composer’s Death Is His Most Intriguing Waltz https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-chopin-music-unearthed-200-years-after-composers-death-is-his-most-intriguing-waltz/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-chopin-music-unearthed-200-years-after-composers-death-is-his-most-intriguing-waltz/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:00:21 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=211225 A museum curator uncovered a previously unknown waltz written in the hand of composer Frédéric Chopin, something which hasn’t happened since the late 1930s. Found in the Morgan Library & Museum’s Satz Collection, the manuscript music sheet consists of twenty-four notated measures that the composer asks the pianist to repeat once in their entirety. Chopin […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-chopin-music-unearthed-200-years-after-composers-death-is-his-most-intriguing-waltz/feed/ 0 211225 Tiny House with Elaborate Frescoes of Mythical Scenes Unearthed From the Ashes at Pompeii https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiny-house-with-elaborate-and-erotic-frescoes-unearthed-at-pompeii/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiny-house-with-elaborate-and-erotic-frescoes-unearthed-at-pompeii/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:00:06 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=211162 Another amazing building, preserved under the ash of Vesuvius, has been excavated at Pompeii. This one demonstrates changes in the taste and design of Roman homes at the time of the eruption but also exhibits a variety of mythical scenes depicted in frescoes on the walls. Found in the central district of the city, the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiny-house-with-elaborate-and-erotic-frescoes-unearthed-at-pompeii/feed/ 0 211162 Decorative Throne Room Unearthed May Have Belonged to an Ancient Peruvian Queen https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/decorative-throne-room-unearthed-may-have-belonged-to-an-ancient-peruvian-queen/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/decorative-throne-room-unearthed-may-have-belonged-to-an-ancient-peruvian-queen/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:00:46 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=210316 Excavations on a pre-Inca site in northern Peru revealed the presence of a throne room where court was held by a woman. Unfairly obscured by the glory of the Incan Empire, the medieval Moche Culture are known as prolific builders and inspired artists, but it was during this season’s excavations that a startling revelation was […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/decorative-throne-room-unearthed-may-have-belonged-to-an-ancient-peruvian-queen/feed/ 0 210316 San Francisco Opera Offers Prime Tickets For $10 to Get New Folks Interested in Magnum Opuses Like Carmen https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/san-francisco-opera-offers-prime-tickets-for-10-to-get-new-folks-interested-in-magnum-opuses-like-carmen/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/san-francisco-opera-offers-prime-tickets-for-10-to-get-new-folks-interested-in-magnum-opuses-like-carmen/#respond Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:00:18 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=210212 In 1932, the above ticket to the San Francisco Opera was sold for $10. Now, the artistic company is offering prime seats for the same price to welcome opera-curious locals. The ticket priced in today’s currency is over $220, but two years ago, in honor of the SF Opera’s 100th anniversary, they rolled back the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/san-francisco-opera-offers-prime-tickets-for-10-to-get-new-folks-interested-in-magnum-opuses-like-carmen/feed/ 0 210212 Crowds Awed by Floating Baby in Colossal Art Installation Over Lake Michigan https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/crowds-awed-by-floating-baby-in-colossal-art-installation-over-lake-michigan/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/crowds-awed-by-floating-baby-in-colossal-art-installation-over-lake-michigan/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:00:15 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=207071 This week, a giant, 112-foot-long sleeping infant floated above the shores of Lake Michigan. It wasn’t a collective hallucination—it was “Baby You,” a breathtaking art installation that captured the imagination of Milwaukeeans over the Summer Solstice. The spectacle celebrated the U.S. launch of Przekrój, an iconic 75-year-old Polish magazine. Known for observing the world with […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/crowds-awed-by-floating-baby-in-colossal-art-installation-over-lake-michigan/feed/ 0 207071 Archaeologists Uncover 900 Ming Dynasty Artifacts From Shipwrecks in South China Sea https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/archaeologists-uncover-900-ming-dynasty-artifacts-from-shipwrecks-in-south-china-sea/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/archaeologists-uncover-900-ming-dynasty-artifacts-from-shipwrecks-in-south-china-sea/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:00:40 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=206672 More than 900 artifacts have been retrieved from two ancient shipwrecks discovered in the South China Sea, the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China (NCHA) said Thursday. Consisting of piles and piles of porcelain, along with other pottery works, copper pieces, ebony lumber, and animal parts, the wrecks are a testament to the vast maritime […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/archaeologists-uncover-900-ming-dynasty-artifacts-from-shipwrecks-in-south-china-sea/feed/ 0 206672 Stunned Couple Finds 14th-Century Medieval Gargoyle Hidden Behind Their Toilet https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stunned-couple-finds-14th-century-medieval-gargoyle-hidden-behind-their-toilet/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stunned-couple-finds-14th-century-medieval-gargoyle-hidden-behind-their-toilet/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2024 12:00:13 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=204801 A British couple was left stunned when they found a medieval gargoyle hidden inside their bathroom. Tracy and Rory Vorster were cleaning their bathroom when they made the “grotesque” discovery—a stone-carved sprite concealed under a wooden panel. The couple searched for answers after removing the shelf in their Grade-I listed rental home (a building or […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-who-built-adorable-mouse-village-to-cope-with-depression-has-added-pub-and-book-shop/feed/ 0 204581 Photographer Captures Jaw-Dropping Photos of Moon Over Canadian Ice-scape https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/photographer-captures-jaw-dropping-photos-of-moon-over-canadian-ice-scape/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/photographer-captures-jaw-dropping-photos-of-moon-over-canadian-ice-scape/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2024 15:26:28 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=204139 A British photographer has captured some exquisite pictures of a moonrise in Canada’s frozen North. Paul Goldstein took a morning trek in minus-35 degree temperatures last week in Canada’s Nunavut province. “This far north, the moon barely sets at this time of year. It is cold even for the Inuits.” “But a few souls brave […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/photographer-captures-jaw-dropping-photos-of-moon-over-canadian-ice-scape/feed/ 1 204139 100 Hearts Made of Cash Are Hiding Around Denver Today—A Free Valentine’s Day Treasure Hunt Worth $10,000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-hearts-made-of-cash-are-hiding-around-denver-today-a-free-valentines-day-treasure-hunt-worth-10000/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-hearts-made-of-cash-are-hiding-around-denver-today-a-free-valentines-day-treasure-hunt-worth-10000/#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2024 08:25:26 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=202644 Some say that Valentine’s Day exists solely as an excuse for smiling and romance amid February’s generally awful weather, but today in Denver, there’s a reason for a lot more than smiling—100 reasons to be specific. An enterprising and artistic Deverite named Xander Phoenix has hidden 100 papier-mâché hearts made of one hundred $1.00 bills […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-hearts-made-of-cash-are-hiding-around-denver-today-a-free-valentines-day-treasure-hunt-worth-10000/feed/ 0 202644 Whimsical Street Art Catches Everyone Off Guard and Delights Downtown Boston at 16 Locations–LOOK https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/whimsical-street-art-catches-everyone-off-guard-and-delights-downtown-boston-at-16-locations-look/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/whimsical-street-art-catches-everyone-off-guard-and-delights-downtown-boston-at-16-locations-look/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:00:40 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=202358 In celebration of winter, a group of Canadian artists have come to Boston and put together all kinds of art installations as part of a walking exhibit called Winteractive. Presented by the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District, Winteractive contains 16 works with interactive elements meant to delight, confuse, or inspire. These two clown heads located […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/whimsical-street-art-catches-everyone-off-guard-and-delights-downtown-boston-at-16-locations-look/feed/ 0 202358 Singing or Playing Music Throughout Life is Linked with Better Brain Health While You Age https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/singing-or-playing-music-throughout-life-is-linked-with-better-brain-health-while-you-age/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/singing-or-playing-music-throughout-life-is-linked-with-better-brain-health-while-you-age/#respond Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:00:12 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=202200 Playing a musical instrument has obvious rewards: the sense of fun and enjoyment, the ability to express feelings in different ways, and the satisfaction experienced as proficiency improves, but could it actually be making you smarter? Well, scientists working on PROTECT, an online study open to people aged 40 and over, reviewed data from more […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/singing-or-playing-music-throughout-life-is-linked-with-better-brain-health-while-you-age/feed/ 0 202200 Say Cheese… for a Thousand Years: Camera Set up to Capture a Millennium-long Exposure of Tucson https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/say-cheese-for-a-thousand-years-camera-set-up-to-capture-a-millennium-long-exposure-of-tuscon/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/say-cheese-for-a-thousand-years-camera-set-up-to-capture-a-millennium-long-exposure-of-tuscon/#respond Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:00:31 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=201687 Dubbed the ‘Millennium Camera,’ a device dreamed up by an experimental philosopher in Arizona aims to capture a one thousand year-exposure of Tucson. Along with some colleagues, Jonathon Keats, a research associate at the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts, installed the camera next to a bench in Starr Pass with the aim of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/say-cheese-for-a-thousand-years-camera-set-up-to-capture-a-millennium-long-exposure-of-tuscon/feed/ 0 201687 Why Are So Many Old Maps Covered in Sea Monsters? Nat. Geo Dives Deep https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/why-are-so-many-old-maps-covered-in-sea-monsters-nat-geo-dives-deep/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/why-are-so-many-old-maps-covered-in-sea-monsters-nat-geo-dives-deep/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:00:29 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=201237 Everyone knows that our ancestors believed the seas and oceans were the domains of monsters, but the extent of this fear, as depicted in early Renaissance maps, is striking to behold. As early as the 9th century, Arab historians such as Abū Zayd al-Sīrāfī, who compiled first-hand accounts of sailors from China and India, knew […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/why-are-so-many-old-maps-covered-in-sea-monsters-nat-geo-dives-deep/feed/ 0 201237 This 2,300-year-old Mosaic Made of Shells and Coral Has Just Been Found Buried Under Rome https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-2300-year-old-mosaic-made-of-shells-and-coral-has-just-been-found-buried-under-rome/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-2300-year-old-mosaic-made-of-shells-and-coral-has-just-been-found-buried-under-rome/#respond Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:00:07 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200922 Excavations into the side of the famous Palatine Hill in Rome have uncovered the banquet hall of a wealthy aristocrat that contained a mosaic made almost entirely of materials from the sea. At 16 feet long and 2,300 years old, the incredibly detailed mosaic was made of seashells, coral, mother of pearl, blue glazed tiles […]

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