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Q: I just moved into my very own apartment in Brooklyn (no roommates!) and have been decorating. However, my newly developed drill using skills resulted in a slightly uneven picture shelf. As you can see, there is a gap ...

ROME - The Roman Republic, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare, "Et Tu Brute," Mussolini and the archaeology community of Italy vs. diluted calicos, tabbies, Persians, Siamese, "Il Gatti di Roma," "cat ladies,"

On Thursday, the Fourth of July, we celebrate the 237th anniversary of the day the Founding Fathers declared America's independence from Great Britain. Historians say they toasted their life-risking audacity...

Arrive Under An In 2012 Wood, screws and acrylic paint 72 x 36 inches Courtesy David Castillo Gallery...

The man with the shaved head and the slim-cut three-piece suit took the stage at the National Charter Schools Conference, eyes sparkling as the crowd cheered. For once, he wasn't wearing his trademark shades.

FALL RIVER-THE QUEQUECHAN TO KAZAKHSTAN, 52.25 x 70.75", oil on canvas, 2012 Come aboard. Downstream is better where thoughts of the Kazakhstani skinny dippers that...

Impenetrable (Whisper), 2012 Fluorescent lights, resin, mirror, one way mirror and electric energy 37 x 41 x 41 1/2 inches Edition of 3 Courtesy of...

Despite some earlier reports to the contrary, Christian Bale will not play Batman in any upcoming Justice League film that Warner Bros. gets together in...

The iconic bronze lions who guard the main entrance of Chicago's Art Institute now have one more reason to be proud. The Art Institute of...

Did someone overestimate the demand for Monica Lewinsky's used clothing and notes? Serious collectors of presidential memorabilia took a pass on the lot of 32 pieces from the former White House intern, and at last check,...

LAS VEGAS -- The founder of Cirque du Soleil says his tight-knit performance company, renowned for extravagant shows that challenge the boundaries of the body...

Sculptor Steven Weitzman was confronted with the same, nearly impossible, challenge that artists have faced repeatedly for thousands of years: How does one capture the eternity of a subject in a single image that allows ...

Charlie Wilson received a lifetime achievement award at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, along with a tribute from several other performers: The Gap Band singer and hip-hop producer's best friend, dubbed "Uncle C...

British royal watchers had been speculating that the world's most eagerly awaited heir, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - or, you know, Prince William and Kate Middleton - might arrive July 1, which ...

Name: Gary Baseman, Tom Schirtz (Head of Exhibition Design and Production at Skirball Cultural Center)Location: Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CASize: 8,000 square feetYears lived in: April 25 - August 18, 2013 W...

"If she had said, 'Let's go for a drive in the desert' or 'Come to my house,' then who knows. But nothing ever happened between us."

Q: Do you know where I could find these Venetian-style mirrors?Both Velocity Art and Design and Anthropologie used to sell them, but I can't find them there any longer. Any ideas? More

It's official: Elena Kagan is now a full-fledged hunter, thanks to her work buddy Antonin Scalia. Last year, the liberal-leaning Supreme Court justice startled the world with her revelation that she had hunted quail with...

Travel + Leisure's latest list ranks U.S. cities in terms of snobbery. With 22 entries (a top 20 including two ties), most big cities and some smaller ones got hailed as haughty. Did your city make the list? More

Take some sweeping passion and a bit of soaring ecstasy, add a dash of heart-rending despair, season with heaving breasts and sighing melodies, then mix it all together with impeccable elegance and taste -- that's romant...

The BET Awards should be called the Drake Awards. The rapper-singer is up for 12 honors, including five nominations for video of the year, which has 10 nominees. His own hits -- "Started from the Bottom" and "HYFR" -- ar...

Today, with big data and its implications so important to citizenship and society, artists are at the forefront of helping us see and understand data in altogether new ways. And the questions they ask help us process our...