The Wonderment of Perez Art Museum Miami

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A beautiful, low-lying structure, boasting art inside and out, the Perez Art Museum Miami is not only the art hub of the future, but also the art museum the Floridian city has deserved for a long time, according to Art News. With a strong permanent collection and valuable works on loan, storytelling defines the work. Representing all of the Americas, the Caribbean included—from Duchamp and …

NSA vs. The World

Reuters' 2013 in photos, Time's person of the year, Miami's new museum and more in our weekly look at the web

While Apple, Google, Microsoft, AOL, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter and LinkedIn are often found fighting one another in public battles, this time around, they’ve combined forces against the NSA’s surveillance programs, which were leaked earlier this summer. They’ve all signed a letter to President Obama and Congress pushing for government reform on surveillance based on five principles. Whether it’s a huge PR stunt or a true …

400th Anniversary of Versailles’s Gardener

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André Le Nôtre helmed one of the most spectacular gardening projects known to man; those surrounding the Château of Versailles. To celebrate his life—400 years later—the palace is restoring several fountains and hosting an exhibition through February 2014, drawing attention to his great influence on location and elsewhere. Le Nôtre also developed both the Champs-Élysées and the Tuileries Garden. Needless to say, his work redefined …