Letizia Battaglia’s images of Mafia bloodshed made it impossible for people to turn a blind eye to the criminal outfit’s reign of terror.
Art

Why Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe Portraits Continue to Enthral
Warhol’s iconic Marilyn Monroe portrait 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn', due to go on sale at Christie’s in May, is expected to fetch record-breaking bids of $200 million.

How r/place – A Chaotic Collaborative Art Project on Reddit – Showcased the Best and Worst of Online Spaces
Users can place one pixel every five minutes: it’s collaboration at its best, destructive chaos at its worst.

Rejecting Russian Culture Only Plays Into Putin’s Hands
Opera houses and literature departments have dropped works by Tchaikovsky and Dostoevsky. Yuri Gagarin’s name has been erased by a space exploration nonprofit.