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Artist Nick Dwyer with his piece Shadow Searching: ChatGPT psychosis (2025) before another student ate parts of it. Courtesy Nick Dwyer Artists and other creative people (not to mention, ahem, journalists) have been deeply concerned about the way that their work has been hoovered up by tech companies to fuel artificial intelligence–powered image and text …

Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 1: A logo for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is displayed outside of its headquarters at Constitution Center on June, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Getty Images The National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) has awarded $75.1 million to 84 projects, marking its first round …

NEH Awards $75.1 M. In Grants to Projects Promoting Classical Arts, Conservative Values Read More »

Work by Gabrielle Goliath at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Photo Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images Artist Gabrielle Goliath said she and curator Ingrid Masondo are submitting an application for a court case against South African culture minister Gayton McKenzie after he canceled their planned pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Goliath was set to show a …

Gabrielle Goliath Seeks Legal Action Against Culture Minister After Canceled Venice Biennale Pavilion Read More »

Clockwise from upper left: 99 Canal (New York, NY); Black Cube (Denver, CO); Brew House Arts (Pittsburgh, PA); Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA); Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Art Center (Buffalo, NY); Counterpublic (St. Lois, MO). Courtesy the Warhol Foundation The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York has …

Warhol Foundation to Give More Than $4 M. in Grants to 57 Arts Organizations Read More »

Edgar Degas, Danseuses roses, ca. 1897–1901. Courtesy National Gallery, London Arts Council England has announced the results of the 2024-25 edition of its Cultural Gifts Scheme (CGS) and Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) initiatives. Thirty-two artworks entered public collections this cycle, with a combined value of almost $80 million. Highlights include Edgar Degas’s pastel Danseuses roses (ca. …

UK Reveals Nearly $80 M. Worth of Art Donated by Collectors in Order to Reduce Tax Burdens Read More »

Philip Leider, 1989. Courtesy Polly Leider Philip Leider, the founding editor of Artforum, died at his home in Berkeley, California, on January 11 at 96. Artforum announced his death over the weekend, but did not state a cause. Leider’s career arc was an unusual one. He helped turn Artforum into a go-to source for serious, …

Philip Leider, Artforum Founding Editor Who Shaped a Changing Art World, Dies at 96 Read More »

Vestiges of ancient Rome, near where the House of the Griffins is located on the Palatine Hill. Lachas D/Alpaca/Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images In an effort to draw visitors to comparatively less-trafficked areas of Rome’s top tourist destination, the city is offering tours—via livestream—of an ancient Roman home that has not previously been open …

Visitors to Rome Can Now Tour a Well-Preserved Underground Dwelling—Via Livestream Read More »

Ian McKellen delivers a speech in November 2025. Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Ian McKellan has signed to star in a new BBC documentary about cult artist L.S. Lowry, with a focus on unheard audio recordings that Lowry made in the final four years of his life. As reported by the Guardian, “Fifteen years ago, …

Ian McKellan Will Act Out Unheard Audio Recordings of Cult Artist L.S. Lowry in New Documentary Read More »

Michel Droge, Andromed’s Demise, 2024. Courtesy the artist The New York–based Joan Mitchell Foundation has named the 31 artists who will participate in its 2026 residency program. Taking place at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, the residents will participate in either six-week or 14-week residencies during three seasons (spring, summer, fall) this year, …

Joan Mitchell Foundation Names 31 Artists for Residency in New Orleans Read More »

Two portraits of Oscar Wilde by Sarony, 1882 Bonhams. On February 18, Bonhams auction house in London will hold a sale of books, photographs, and ephemera related to the Irish writer Oscar Wilde’s life and work. The items come from the holdings of former antiques dealer and bibliophile Jeremy Mason, who has been collecting Oscar …

A Collection of Oscar Wilde-Related Material Heads to Auction Read More »