Investigation Links More than 77 Indian Antiquities in the Met’s Collection to Prolific Trafficker Subhash Kapoor
At least 77 antiquities from South Asia in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art have been linked to the convicted art trafficker Subhash...
MTV and the Hirshhorn’s Artist Competition TV Series Reflect on the ‘Traumatizing’ Aftermath of Covid-19
(Spoiler alert: this article contains information and plot points from the third episode of The Exhibit.) “This commission is traumatizing,” artist (and contestant) Frank Buffalo Hyde...
As It Faces Increased Scrutiny, Desert X Returns to Coachella Valley with a More Low-Key Show
In the short film Kudhi Bari, the architect Marina Tabassum works alongside residents of Bangladesh’s small desert sand islands, or “chars,” to build tiny houses....
Silicon Valley Bank’s Deep Ties to the Tech Industry
When Kleiner Perkins, one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile venture capital firms, wanted to build a bridge between two of its office buildings around 2005, it...
GPT-4 Is Here, and the Silicon Valley Bank Fallout
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Microsoft and Google Unveil AI Tools for Businesses
For all the talk about the transformative nature of new technology called generative artificial intelligence, some of the earlier commercial uses may be far more...
At SXSW 2023, Web3ers Pitch Their ‘Decentralized Museum’ and Meet Skepticism
A panel at the 2023 edition of SXSW titled “The Decentralization of Art As We Know It” began with a scene that bordered on self-parody....
500-Year-Old English Farmhouse With Banksy Artwork Has Been Demolished
A dilapidated 500-year-old farmhouse, with a Banksy mural on its side, was demolished in the seaside town of Herne Bay in Kent, England, on Tuesday,...
Twitch’s Chief Executive Says He Is Resigning
SAN FRANCISCO — Emmett Shear, the chief executive of the livestreaming site Twitch, said on Thursday that he was resigning, ending a 16-year tenure for...
Nike ‘Deeply Concerned’ With ‘Very Serious Allegations’ Against Artist Tom Sachs
Nike has responded to recent allegations related to inappropriate workplace culture at Tom Sachs’ studio. Multiple former employees of the artist alleged a “destabilizing and...
Curator Behind 1995 Vermeer Retrospective Talks About What Goes Into Mounting a Blockbuster Exhibition
It would be an understatement to say Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., a specialist in Flemish and Dutch art, understands why there has been such high-demand...
A New Film About Joseph Bau, Artist and Holocaust Survivor, Is in Production, Starring Emile Hirsch
Emile Hirsch (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) and Inbar Lavi (“Fauda”) lead the cast of WWII-set drama “Bau, Artist at War,” which is now in...
Benin to Bring Pavilion to 2024 Venice Biennale for the First Time
In a first, the Republic of Benin will be represented in a national pavilion at the forthcoming edition of the Venice Biennale in 2024, the...
U.K. Bans TikTok on Government Devices
Britain on Thursday became the latest Western country to prohibit the use of TikTok on “government devices,” citing security fears linked to the video-sharing app’s...