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Briefing: Ukraine’s ancient Easter egg art helps preserve national identity

Strategic angle: Ukraine is preparing for Easter with the pysanka, a hand‑decorated egg whose colours and symbols differ from one region to another and carry both religious and historical meaning.

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Briefing: Dalí's 'sublime' amber medium may explain unusual aging in a museum masterpiece

Strategic angle: A multidisciplinary team investigates the unique aging process of a Dalí artwork using advanced scientific methods.

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Briefing: Petrobras delivers LPG sold at steep premiums despite Lula move to annul auction, sources say

Strategic angle: Petrobras continues to supply LPG at high prices despite government efforts to reverse auction results.

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Briefing: German artist sentenced to prison by Russian court for carnival display mocking Putin

Strategic angle: Jacques Tilly faces prison time for his provocative art at Düsseldorf’s Carnival parade.

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Briefing: Iconic 19th Century painting sets Indian art record with $17.9m sale

Strategic angle: Yashoda and Krishna, painted by Raja Ravi Varma, beat a record set by an MF Husain work last year.

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Egidio Eleuteri, the Guardian of Beauty Who Gave Voice to Time

Egidio Eleuteri was more than a scholar and critic: he was a guardian of beauty whose life was devoted to illuminating art with rare depth, rigor, and humanity. His legacy endures not only in his books and exhibitions, but in the moral and intellectual example he leaves behind.

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Briefing: YouTuber Creates Stylish Covers for Controversial PS5 Design

Strategic angle: A YouTuber expresses his dislike for the PS5's design by crafting unique console covers.

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Briefing: Apple marks 50 years as new museum opens in Netherlands showcasing tech giant's history

Strategic angle: Highlights of the museum include the Apple I, Apple’s very first computer, sold originally as a bare motherboard and now a rare collector’s gem valued at over $1 million.

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Briefing: Mercedes Spits Out Four SUVs At Once, Adds Stars To Literally Everything

Strategic angle: The facelifted GLE and GLS adopt a starry new design, three new screens, and a flat-plane crank V8.

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Briefing: Italy buys devotional early Renaissance painting for €12 million under art patrimony policy

Strategic angle: Italy continues its efforts to protect national art heritage by acquiring a significant painting.

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Briefing: The latest Pixel 11 leak shows slimmer bezels and an all-black camera bar

Strategic angle: Leaked renders hint at the design of the upcoming Google Pixel 11.

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Briefing: Mayweather pumps brakes on Pacquiao rematch

Strategic angle: Floyd Mayweather casts doubt on the details of his upcoming fight with Manny Pacquiao, clarifying it will be an exhibition.

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Briefing: Bring me the head of C-3PO: The Empire Strikes Back memorabilia sells for $1 million at auction

Strategic angle: The C-3PO head led the auction, while other highlights included Robert Shaw’s harpoon gun from Jaws, a Wilson volleyball from Cast Away and fragments of a sword from The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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Briefing: Ageing on display: Wellcome Collection in London explores life across time in art and culture

Strategic angle: The Wellcome Collection exhibition in London explores ageing across life, using art, culture and scientific research to show how inequality shapes who gets to grow old well.

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Briefing: Magnus Walker Outlaw Collection Outperforms Pre-Auction Estimates

Strategic angle: RM Sotheby's saw $2 million in sales across 160 lots, which includes 16 complete cars.

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Briefing: At the Legacy Museum, facing America's racist past is a path, not a punishment

Strategic angle: "There is an America that is more free — where there's more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less bigotry — and I think it's waiting for us," says lawyer Bryan Stevenson.

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Briefing: Some mothers do have 'em: Marseille's Mucem explores a millennium of motherhood in art

Strategic angle: Marseille's Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem) is celebrating motherhood throughout history and how the roles of mothers have been depicted in art.

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Briefing: Byblos in Paris: Macron opens Lebanese heritage exhibition with warning to Israel over 'occupation'

Strategic angle: Emmanuel Macron inaugurates an exhibition celebrating Lebanon's Byblos amidst ongoing conflict and humanitarian issues.

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Briefing: 8 architecture and culture groups sue Trump and the Kennedy Center board

Strategic angle: The groups, including the American Institute of Architects, demand compliance with historic preservation laws.

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Briefing: Jaguar Land Rover’s Design Boss Is Out After Two Decades With No Successor Named

Strategic angle: The man behind modern Range Rovers and the reborn Defender, Gerry McGovern, is starting fresh.