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Khaled Sabsabi. Photo Anna Kucera Artist Khaled Sabsabi will not be reinstated as the Australian representative at the 2026 Venice Biennale. He was dropped as the country’s representative earlier this month alongside curator Michael Dagostino, spurring an international controversy. The chair of Creative Australia, Robert Morgan, and its executive director, Adrian Collette, announced the decision …

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Photographer Sally Mann relaxes with her dog Honey in a meadow of tall grass on her farm near Lexington, Virginia. Photo Michael Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images Three civil liberty organizations are demanding the return of photographs by artist Sally Mann after they were confiscated from an exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of …

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The tomb of King Thutmose II, near the Valley of the Kings in West Luxor, Egypt. Courtesy the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities The tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II has been found, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced. This is the first royal burial chamber to be discovered since 1922, …

First Royal Tomb Since King Tutankhamun Unearthed in Egypt Read More »

A 3D scan of the Mosque of Agadez, in Niger, made by Iconem, one of the founding partners of HeritageWatch.AI, for an existing project funded by another founding partner, the Aliph foundation. COURTESY ALIPH FOUNDATION Cultural heritage sites will soon be armed with new artificial intelligence-powered tools to help protect them against natural disasters and …

AI Is the Next Tool to Protect Heritage Sites from War and Climate Change Read More »

Matias Sauter Morera, Cristian en el Amor de Calle, 2024. Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery The Getty Museum has acquired its first artificial intelligence-generated photograph. The work Cristian en el Amor de Calle (2024), by queer Costa Rican photographer Matías Sauter Morera, depicts two young Latino men in blue leather jackets with gold embellishments in a bar …

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Camille Claudel’s L’Age Mûr (The Age of Maturity). Courtesy of Philocale A rare bronze sculpture by Camille Claudel, lost for over a century before its discovery in an abandoned Paris apartment, sold at auction in France for €3.7 million ($3.8 million)—more than double its pre-sale estimate. Titled La Jeunesse et L’Age Mûr, or L’Age Mûr …

A Camille Claudel Sculpture, Lost for a Century, Sells in Paris for $3.8 M. Read More »

Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst’s Embedding Study works (2024) courtesy christie’s Thousands of artists have called on Christie’s to cancel an upcoming auction of art made by artificial intelligence. An open letter to the house signed by almost 4,000 people is demanding Christie’s bins its “Augmented Intelligence” auction, slated to run from February 20 to …

Thousands of Artists Demand Christie’s Cancels AI Art Sale: ‘AI Models Exploit Humans’ Read More »

Khaled Sabsabi. Photo Anna Kucera Artist Khaled Sabsabi was abruptly dropped as Australia’s 2026 Venice Biennale representative after a high-profile publication raised questions about a past work by him depicting a Hezbollah leader. The announcement was made by Creative Australia, the pavilion’s organizer, after work hours in Australia and did not outright mention the controversy. …

Australia Drops Its 2026 Venice Biennale Artist After Controversy over Video Featuring Hezbollah Leader Read More »

La Mercerie Photo by Andrea Gentl Roman and Williams, the design studio and hospitality group behind Soho’s La Mercerie, will partner with auction house Sotheby’s to open a yet-to-be-named fine dining restaurant in the Breuer Building. In 2023, Sotheby’s announced it would make the storied Brutalist building at 945 Madison Avenue its new headquarters. The building, once …

Design Firm Roman and Williams to Partner with Sotheby’s on Breuer Fine Dining Restaurant Read More »

Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto, 1901. Courtesy Courtauld Institute of Art The most studied period of Pablo Picasso’s career, it seems, still had a secret to keep: a mystery woman hidden beneath a well-known portrait, now revealed by conservators at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.   X-ray and infrared analysis …

Unknown Painting Discovered Beneath Portrait from Picasso’s Famed Blue Period Read More »