Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame says she could not imagine “what the future had in store.” She faced sorrow — but ultimately triumphed. She is the new chair of the U.N. committee for disability rights. (Image credit: Ernest Ankomah for NPR) Source link
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The Getty Gives $17 Million to Museums for Pacific Standard Time
LOS ANGELES — Almost two decades ago, the artist Beatriz da Costa designed tiny backpacks for homing pigeons, equipped with sensors to track air pollution in California. Next year, her birds will fly again thanks to a survey of the artist’s work at LACE — one of about 60 museum
Chiefs Super Bowl parade: 5 Getty photos fans will never forget
Chiefs Super Bowl parade: 5 Getty photos fans will never forget. The post-game Super Bowl celebration parade is almost as good as the game itself, better even in some respects. The parade is all fun. There’s no game stress, the players are entirely loose and most frequently drunk as skunks
Getty to Return Three Major Sculptures to Italy
A beautifully preserved grouping of three life-size terra-cotta figures dating to 300 B.C. that was seized from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles by the Manhattan district attorney’s office will be sent back to Italy after the museum agreed that it had been illegally excavated, museum and law
The Getty Museum in Los Angeles says it will return illegally exported art to Italy
This undated photo provided by The J. Paul Getty Museum shows Sculptural Group of a Seated Poet and Sirens. The J. Paul Getty Museum/AP hide caption toggle caption The J. Paul Getty Museum/AP This undated photo provided by The J. Paul Getty Museum shows Sculptural Group of a Seated Poet