Gagosian’s DALL-E–Enabled Art Exhibition Throws Us Headfirst into the Uncanny Valley
The arrival of AI text generators and chatbots like Chat GPT and Bing (or is she named Sydney?) over the last year has shattered the...
Crystal Bridges’s Diego Rivera Show Is Long Overdue, But Shies From His Politics
Northwest Arkansas is not the first place you would think to stage the first major exhibition of work by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in two...
Following Stalled Negotiations, Hispanic Society Workers to Go on Indefinite Strike
After a year of negotiations sparked by a scrapped pension plan, workers at New York City’s Hispanic Society Museum and Library have decided to go...
School Board Chair Responds to Principal’s Ouster Over ‘David’ Sculpture: ‘Well, We’re Florida, OK?’
A Florida school principal resigned on Monday after parents complained that her Renaissance art syllabus was inappropriate for a sixth-grade class. The controversy started after...
Code is Not Law: Case on Who Owns the First NFT Dismissed by Judge
In 2014, Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash invented the NFT at a conference hosted by the digital art non-profit Rhizome. When the NFT boom blasted...
President Biden Designates Two New National Monuments in Land Home to Ancient Indigenous Art
The United States has established two new national monuments in Texas and Nevada, President Biden announced on Tuesday, in the process providing protection to scores...
The Curator of Willem Dafoe’s Movie ‘Inside’ Takes Art on Film to a New Level
The new movie Inside, starring Willem Dafoe as an art thief, is both a psychological thriller and an art collector’s nightmare. For Italian curator Leonardo...
Director of Moscow’s Pushkin State Museum Resigns Amid Upheaval in Russia’s Art World
The longtime director of Moscow’s Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Marina Loshak, has stepped down from her position. She will be replaced by the...
Hokusai’s Iconic ‘Great Wave’ Print Sets New Record with $2.8 M. Sale at Christie’s
A Katsushika Hokusai woodblock print sold at Christie’s in New York for $2.8 million on Tuesday. The sale hit a new record high for the...
World’s Most Expensive Gold Coin, Minted by Brutus to Honor Caesar’s Murder, Returned to Greece
The Eid Mar Coin, the most expensive ancient coin in the world after it was sold in 2021 for $4.2 million at auction, was repatriated...
Hong Kong Heiress Sues Prominent Art Dealer Pearl Lam Over Missing Banksy Painting
A lawsuit filed by a Hong Kong-based billionaire heiress Karen Lo alleges that the prominent art dealer Pearl Lam falsely claimed to have acquired a Monet-inspired Banksy...
Director of Film Programs at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Exits for Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Bernardo Rondeau, senior director of film programs for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, is exiting to take a similar job as curator of film programs...
Blockbuster Yayoi Kusama Exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum Extended for Second Time
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gallery in Washington, DC, is extending its Yayoi Kusama exhibition for a second time through July 16. “One with Eternity:...
400-Year-Old Murals Found During Kitchen Renovation In Northern England
Renovating a kitchen is one of the most exciting events a homeowner can undertake…especially when in the process a 400-year-old mural is discovered on the...