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In 2010 the Detroit Institute of Arts hosted the exhibit "Fakes, Forgeries, and Mysteries" — about how experts figure out whether artworks are authentic. Above, a painting titled <em>A Female Saint</em> (left) that was once attributed to Italian artist Sandro Botticelli is exhibited alongside <em>The Resurrected Christ</em> (right), a Botticelli painting from around 1480.

Could The Masterpiece Be A Fake? Profit, Revenge And 'The Art Of Forgery'

The art world is "fertile ground for criminals," says art scholar Noah Charney. In his new book, The Art of Forgery, he traces a tradition of fakes and forgeries that dates back to the Renaissance.

The exhibit "The Art of Comic-Con" offers a sneak peek at Michael Cho’s Comic-Con 2015 Souvenir Book cover, one of the process pieces appearing in the exhibition. This cover celebrates the 75th anniversary of Will Eisner’s The Spirit. THE SPIRIT and WILL EISNER are Registered Trademarks of Will Eisner Studios, Inc.

San Diego Central Library Hosts 'The Art of Comic-Con'

Comic-Con opens its archives for exhibit

French chef Auguste Escoffier, seen here at a cafe in 1921, helped to found the Ritz Hotel, where Ernest Hemingway was a longtime regular.

'Paris Is A Party': Responding To Tragedy, France Turns To Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway's memoir A Moveable Feast is being celebrated for what it, in turn, celebrates: Paris as an exciting place of ideas, a nexus of people who love life and the arts.

The heavy lifting area of the GEM conservation labs. A conservationist working on conserving a sphinx.

Egypt's Treasure Guardians

Airs Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, April 11 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2

Rhonda Worthington is lifted into a boat while on her cellphone with a 911 dispatcher on Monday in Houston. Houston and other areas along the Gulf Coast are facing intense flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey.

Water Tops Spillways At Houston Dams As Harvey Drifts Toward Louisiana

On Tuesday morning, a rain gauge southeast of Houston reported 49.32 inches — breaking a national record that was set by cyclone Amelia in 1978, the National Weather Service says.

Batman: The Complete Television Series At Comic-Con

Warner Brothers Releases Sizzle Reel

<em>La Belle Limonadiere,</em> hand coloured etching (1816). Lemonade was ubiquitous in mid-17th century Paris. Where the limonadiers went, piles of spent lemon peels followed. As rats nibbled on the peels, they killed off plague-infected fleas, Tom Nealon argues in his new book.

How Lemonade Helped Paris Fend Off Plague And Other Surprising 'Food Fights'

Tom Nealon's new book searches through patchy historical records to trace subjects like how chocolate helped lead to war in the Caribbean, or the role a grain fungus played in the Crusades.

AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK'S ILLUSTRATED launches season 17 with new hosts Bridget Lancaster (pictured) and Julia Collin Davison. Bridget and Julia have been fixtures on the show from the very beginning, sharing their cooking skills and deep knowledge of food with viewers over the hundreds of recipes they’ve prepared on air as test cooks.

AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK'S ILLUSTRATED: Flavorful Italian Favorites

Airs Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

NIH Director Francis Collins and Renée Fleming, who is Artistic Advisor at Large for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., sing a duet.

The Soprano And The Scientist: A Conversation About Music And Medicine

NIH Director Francis Collins and Renée Fleming, who is Artistic Advisor at Large for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., discuss music and medicine. They also sing a duet.

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly speaks at a news conference as vehicles enter San Diego from Tijuana at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, Feb. 10, 2017.

US Homeland Security Secretary Tells San Diego Police He Doesn't 'Have A Clue' What A Sanctuary City Is

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told San Diego law enforcement officials on a tour of nation's border with Mexico Friday that he couldn't define a sanctuary city.

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