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Don’t Miss: “Darwin in Paradise Camp” at the Whitworth in Manchester

Blending humor, camp aesthetics and rigorous research, artist Yuki Kihara challenges the authority of Western knowledge systems and their role in defining gender and culture.

By Henry Roberts

Rachel Ruysch’s Tirade of Beauty at Boston’s MFA

She was the highest-paid painter in the Netherlands, earning more money than Rembrandt, for good reason.

By Dian Parker

TEFAF Maastricht’s Manon van den Beuken Reveals Details About the Fair’s Upcoming Edition

Observer spoke with the director about her vision and this year's highlights.

By Elisa Carollo

This Exhibition of George Loudon’s Collection in Venice Resurrects the 17th-Century Wunderkammer

By Nadja Sayej

Letters Written by Charles Darwin, JRR Tolkien and Claude Monet Head to Auction

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Rare Scientific Books Have Seen a Surge of Buyers During the Pandemic

By Helen Holmes

What to Expect on a 10-Day Voyage to the Most Pristine Islands in the World

By Merin Curotto

Tom Wolfe, Author and Creator of ‘New Journalism,’ Dies at 88

By John Bonazzo

Data Should Smash the Biological Myth of Promiscuous Males and Sexually Coy Females

By Zuleyma Tang-Martinez

Language Could Be Humankind’s Most Impressive Technological Invention

By Salikoko S. Mufwene

Facebook Talked a Professor Into Helping Build a Better Emoticon

By Kelly Faircloth

Spirit in the Sky: Riding the Express Elevator to Jesus, 40 Stories Above Ground Zero

By Matt Chaban

The L Word

By Damian Da Costa

Evolution of the Playwright

By David Foxley

Would You Give Your Money to a Dandy Like Giacchetto?

By Simon Doonan