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Sculpture by Simone Leigh inaugurates the High Line’s newest extension
New York City’s High Line celebrated the most recent addition to the innovative public park on June 4th called the
AI robot Ai-Da presents her original artworks in exhibition
Dressed in an oversized white button-up with her long black hair hanging loose, Ai-Da can easily pass for an artist
Owner of Banksy’s ‘Season’s Greeting’ ditches museum plans
John Brandler, an Essex-based art dealer and gallery owner, has backed away from plans to open a street art museum
Guggenheim employees motion to unionize
Last week, Local 30 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (Local 30) filed a petition with the National Labor
Leading lights
Lonnie G. Bunch III: making history as the first black secretary of the Smithsonian
This week, the Smithsonian Institution (SI) ushered in a new secretary making museum history. Lonnie G. Bunch III took his
Google spreadsheet highlighting museum wages taken down
A Google Spreadsheet document asking museum sector employees to post their position and salary to shed light on the earnings
‘Bomb Peak’ aids researchers in spotting forgeries
In the 1940s, researchers made a monumental scientific breakthrough using carbon to date organic matter. We know the process as radiocarbon dating and chances are you learned about it in science class when talking about dinosaurs and the age of
Artist interview with Nigel Whittaker: from the BP Portrait Award Exhibition to life with his late father
Each year, a number of artists are featured in the National Gallery’s BP Portrait Award Exhibition. This year, 44 artists have been chosen out of thousands of submissions from 84 countries to exhibit in the exhibition that opens on Thursday
Art Basel highlights the art trading which takes place in the shadows
Art Basel—the world’s biggest art fair— kicks off this week, with thousands of art lovers expected to descend on the Swiss city for six days of lavish events and art exhibitions. Attendees will be treated to installations from some 4,000
Matisse’s Odalisque Painting leads at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Sale in London
The female muse has been one of the oldest and most commonly depicted motifs in paintings. While some of these female figures may very well be the artists’ lovers, others simply play an important role in their lives. The upcoming
HUM(AI)N- Technology’s place in humanity
In the wake of artificial intelligence’s ever increasing presence within life and the arts, there can at times be an element missing from the experiences offered by it. As a very cerebral concept for most people, it remains as such
After 300 years, Titian’s ‘Poesies’ will reunite
For the first time in more than 300 years, one of the most significant series of high Renaissance paintings will reunite thanks to the partnership of galleries in London, Boston, Edinburgh, and Madrid. Together, the paintings will be shown in
Albert Serra’s Guide to Pleasure
The generally “self-righteous” routine of the Cannes International Film Festival – whose current topics include immigration, the environment and corruption of the world’s “big wigs” – which ended on May 25, was suddenly shaken up at the end of its
Report finds that nearly 70% of the artists represented by major London galleries are men
In February, a study showed that in the US, a severe lack of diversity persists amongst artists that make up the collections of major museums. However, it seems like international museums are trying to remedy such issues of diversity, particularly
Louvre ditches Salvator Mundi over authenticity doubts
Salvator Mundi, the world’s most expensive painting, will no longer be part of this year’s highly anticipated Leonardo da Vinci show in Paris after many months of a failed attempt to attribute it to the artist. The painting famously sold
