Johnson also noted, "A stereotypical association of the colour of the smoke — white (positive) and black (negative) — lies behind the use of the two contrasting smoke colours." Over the years ...

While this process is held in secrecy, the rest of the world is informed on the group's daily decisions by white or black-colored smoke funneled from the top of the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke ...

Whether it is black — meaning the majority has not been reached — or white — meaning the new pope has been elected — is a matter of extreme importance to the billions of Catholics living ...

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This week at Independent, Michelle Grabner presents new works at the Kohler Art Center with Cleveland's Abattoir Gallery.

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals have made a decision, or black if they remain deadlocked. By Elisabetta ...

Comedy can quickly become outdated, but there are some black-and-white classics which are still just as hilarious all these ...

In October 2021, the artist Serge Attukwei Clottey watched anxiously as a painting he had made just a few months earlier went ...

Francis was elected on the fifth in 2013. Black smoke means voting is ongoing. White smoke means a new Pope has been chosen and accepted his role - Habemus Papam. News that a Pope has – or ...

What is the Met Gala's theme of Black dandyism? Art history offers up plenty of examples of this expressive form of menswear.

A second stove adds chemicals for colour – black smoke uses potassium perchlorate, anthracene, and sulphur, while white smoke uses potassium chlorate, lactose, and pine rosin. This chemical method, ...

As states consider loosening laws that regulate child labor, Lewis W. Hine's early 20th century photographs, which helped ...