New York City’s New Museum has chosen two curators to curate the next edition of its well-attended triennial, selecting both internally and, for the first time, internationally: New Museum curator …
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More than 1,000 items in Met collection linked to suspected traffickers and looters, investigation finds
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has more than 1,000 objects in its collection that have links to people allegedly involved in crimes related to the antiquities trade, …
Artificial intelligence is helping researchers identify and analyze some of the world’s oldest arts
Andrea Jalandoni knows all too well the challenges of archaeological work. As a senior researcher at Griffith University’s Center for Social and Cultural Research in Queensland, Australia, Jalandoni dodged crocodiles, …
Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated the ninth anniversary of Crimea’s illegal annexation to Ukraine by visiting Tauric Chersonese, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Black Sea peninsula that his …
The bracelet worn by Marlene Dietrich in the Alfred Hitchcock film could bring in $4.5 million at Christie’s
A ruby and diamond bracelet that once belonged to movie star Marlene Dietrich will go up for auction in June at Christie’s New York, where it is expected to sell …
Arts Minister (again) extends export ban to help save Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Omai
UK Arts Minister Stephen Parkinson has extended the export deferment period for Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Omai (circa 1776) for the third time, until June 10. The National Portrait Gallery …
The Center Pompidou is expanding again, this time in South Korea. In an announcement today, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Paris confirmed rumors that it would open …
Linton Kwesi Johnson, the voice of Britain’s post-Windrush generation, opens London solo exhibition with poetry performance
The legendary Linton Kwesi Johnson, recognized as the voice of Britain’s post-Windrush generation and who single-handedly defined the term “dub poetry”, has straddled creative disciplines for decades. Kwesi Johnson came …
As the devastating bashings go on, Seneca Scott’s response to Hank Willis Thomas Memorial honoring Martin Luther King Jr and his wife Coretta Scott King takes a few hits. The …
Online storm erupts over AI work in Dutch museum’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ exhibit
The Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, the Netherlands, is under fire for showing an image made using artificial intelligence (AI) inspired by Vermeer’s famous work a girl with an earring. …