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Actor Jacob Elordi and photographer Duane Michals in Bottega Veneta’s “What Are Dreams” campaign, photographed by Duane Michals. Courtesy Bottega Veneta A new ad campaign by Italian luxury house Bottega Veneta features dreamy black-and-white images of actor Jacob Elordi, photographed by Duane Michals. The collaboration is the first since Bottega creative director Louise Trotter debuted …

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Speedster, photographer, duke… Charles March Speedster, photographer, arts patron, and British aristocrat Charles March, aka the Duke of Richmond, wears many hats. On Tuesday, November 4, March opened his new show of minimalist, abstract photos at London’s Hamiltons Gallery. The exhibition, titled “Sandscript,” runs through January 16 and, he said, “recalls the fluid brushwork of …

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Giorgio Ghisi, after Giovanni Battista Bertani, The Judgment of Paris, 1555 Photo M. Lee Fatherree/Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of Kirk Edward Long The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), which includes the de Young and the Legion of Honor, has received a gift of 1,600 works from local collector Kirk Edward …

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Storm surge is pictured before the arrival of Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean Terrace area of Kingston, Jamaica, on October 25, 2025. Deadly storm Melissa strengthened Saturday afternoon into a Category 1 hurricane, with rapid intensification expected over the weekend as it cut a worryingly slow course toward the Caribbean island of Jamaica, forecasters said. …

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Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares inaugurating “Half the World: Women in Indigenous Mexico” Courtesy el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación de España On Friday, Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares inaugurated a sprawling exhibition titled “Half the World: Women in Indigenous Mexico,” with more than 400 works on loan from the …

Spain Acknowledges ‘Injustice and Pain’ Colonization Caused to Mexico’s Indigenous Populations, But Stops Short of Formal Apology Read More »

Yoshitomo Nara, Midnight Tears, 2023. ©Yoshitomo Nara/Collection of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao David Zwirner, one of the world’s largest galleries, announced Monday that it would now be the official representative of the work of artist Yoshitomo Nara. Nara will have his first solo exhibition with Zwirner at one of the gallery’s New York spaces. The …

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Rendering of Prequel Park, Dogpatch Power Station, for which the ICA SF will organize the public art program. ©Hayes Davison The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF) will leave its current home at The Cube in December in favor of adopting a “a fully nomadic, citywide model” that will see it present exhibitions …

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Exterior view of the front entrance of the Oakland Museum of California, 2010. Photo Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images More than 1,000 objects were stolen from the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)’s collection earlier this month, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. On October 15, around 3:30 a.m., a thief or group of …

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Hale A. Woodruff, Opening Day at Talladega College (1942) Historical Collection of Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama In a move that may shine light on how museums and institutions could share the responsibility of preserving cultural heritage, Alabama’s Talladega College has entered into a partnership with three art institutions to share six monumental artworks. The alliance—between …

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Decorated balcony in Triana, Seville, Spain, during Covid epidemic, 2020. Cristina Quicler/AFP via Getty Images. Over the past few decades, there has been increasing public awareness, in both the arts and medical communities, that art—along with sleep, good nutrition, and exercise—may play a role in promoting physical and mental health. Now an initiative launched by …

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