Pop Culture The Bar From the Sitcom ‘Cheers’ Is Up for Auction, Part of an Incredible Collection of TV History That Was Once Meant to Fill a Museum Want to make meth with Walter White’s tools, or crack jokes at David Letterman’s desk? Now’s your chance. By Artnet News, May 24, 2023
Crime A Disgruntled Florida Man Just Plowed His Car Into a $200,000 Blue Bunny Sculpture—His Second Time Vandalizing Public Art His latest victim was artist Hunt Slonem's 14-foot bunny. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 24, 2023
Science & Tech Adobe Has Added New A.I. Capabilities to Photoshop, Allowing Users to Edit Images Using Text Prompts Just highlight an area of an image and tell the program what you want to see there. By Brian Boucher, May 24, 2023
Archaeology Archaeologists in Hungary Have Uncovered the Remains of an Ancient Roman Doctor Alongside His Surgical Toolkit The tomb has been dated to the 1st century C.E. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2023
Archaeology Prehistoric Real Estate for Sale: Kents Cavern, Home to Stone Age Societies and Muse to Agatha Christie, Is Now Available for $3.1 Million The popular attraction has been privately owned by the Powe family for the past 120 years. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2023
Crime A ‘5th-Century’ Vase, One of the 351 Artifacts Recently Repatriated to Greece, Is a Known Fake, Says a Forensic Archaeologist The characters on the vase's surface were likely painted in the 1990s. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2023
Archaeology Archaeologists Say These 9,000-Year-Old Engravings, Found in Middle Eastern Deserts, Are the Earliest Known Architectural Drawings No other artifacts from this time show such mental mastery of spacial perception, archaeologists say. By Artnet News, May 24, 2023
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Found a 3,000-Year-Old Bakery in Armenia, After Realizing a Layer of Ash Was Actually Wheat Flour The structure is believed to have been originally built as storage, but there is evidence that furnaces were added later. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions A New Show in London Is Exploring the Art of Forgery by Presenting Works That Are—You Guessed It—All Fake 'Art and Artifice' brings together forgeries from the collection of the Courtauld Gallery. By Min Chen, May 24, 2023
Museums The Peabody Essex Is the First U.S. Museum to Offer a TikTok Creator-in-Residence Program to Expand Its Social-Media Outreach The Massachusetts museum wants to hire a New England art student or recent grad for the role. By Sarah Cascone, May 24, 2023
Books ‘Pictures Want to Be Kissed’: Author and Curator Omar Kholeif on Dating Apps, Digital Artifice, and Visual Constructions of Desire Read an excerpt from Sharjah Art Foundation curator Omar Kholeif's new book 'Internet Art.' By Omar Kholeif, May 24, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions A Spanish Arts Center Has Invited 50 Contemporary Artists to Pry Open the Legacy and Myth of Pablo Picasso The varying responses from artists show the complexity and vastness Picasso's work and life. By Devorah Lauter, May 24, 2023
Museums Tate Britain Has Re-Hung Its Collection to Better Represent the U.K.’s Past. Here Are 5 Must-See Works That Reflect the Change Tate Britain’s Director, Alex Farquharson, walks us through the museum. By Holly Black, May 24, 2023
Museums How Star Architects Can—and Must—Embrace Their Responsibility to Integrate Suicide Prevention Into Museum Designs A recent incident at the Centre Pompidou raises urgent questions about public institutions' safety measures and accountability. By Anna Sansom, May 24, 2023
Archaeology Vatican Restorers Are Working to Bring a Colossal Roman Sculpture of Hercules Back to Its Golden Glory The conservation work, funded by the Patrons of the Vatican Museums, will cost around $113,588. By Adam Schrader, May 24, 2023
