Shows & Exhibitions A Dutch Museum Has Organized a Rare Family Reunion for the Brueghel Art Dynasty—And the Female Brueghels Are Invited to the Party The show will will reunite five generations of the Brueghel family. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 15, 2023
Science & Tech OpenAI Is Developing a Text-to-Model Platform That Can Generate 3D Images in Mere Seconds Shap-E could be a game-changer for industries including interior design and architecture. By Richard Whiddington, May 15, 2023
Pop Culture Do Actors Make Good Painters? Here Are 9 Hollywood Celebs Who Have Turned Their Hand to Art, Ranked Here are nine film stars who also paint. By Richard Whiddington, May 15, 2023
Art History Did Michelangelo Have a God Complex? An Expert Has Suggested That He Painted Himself Into ‘The Creation of Adam’ In a recent paper, the scholar Adriano Marinazzo posited that the artist based his depiction of God on his own likeness. By Taylor Dafoe, May 15, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions See Inside Rising Star Richard Kennedy’s Dance-Inflected, Electrifying Institutional Debut In Asia The Berlin-based artist has brought their dynamic work and performance to South Korea. By Vivienne Chow, May 15, 2023
On View Did Claude Monet Learn His Extraordinary Use of Color From His Brother, a Pigment Chemist? A New Show Looks at the Influence of Léon Monet The show includes never before seen paintings by Monet, as well as his adolescent sketchbooks. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 15, 2023
Archaeology Researchers in Israel Are Using A.I. to Translate Fragments of Ancient Cuneiform Text Into English The researchers are calling it a major step in the preservation of the cultural heritage of Mesopotamia. By Artnet News, May 15, 2023
Art History Mona Lisa’s Other Secret—Where the Portrait Was Painted—May Have Been Solved by an Art Historian Using Drone Imagery Digital reconstruction matches a bridge in Tuscany to the one in Leonardo's painting. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 15, 2023
Archaeology Excavations at an Egyptian Necropolis Have Turned Up Funerary Artifacts From Two Distinct Eras of Ancient History The finds date back to Egypt's Old and Middle Kingdoms as well as the Late Period. By Vittoria Benzine, May 15, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: The U.K. Government Has Commissioned Nine Artists to Make Work Responding to the Coronation + Other Stories Plus, Pyotr Pavlensky will stand trial in Paris and Ketterer Kunst relocates to Cologne. By Artnet News, May 15, 2023
On View The Essentials: 5 Key Works From Simone Leigh’s Revelatory Exhibition at the ICA Boston and Why They Matter ICA Boston is currently exhibiting works from Simone Leigh's 2022 Venice Biennale in the U.S. for the first time. By Katie White, May 15, 2023
People ‘A New Visual Reality’: Watch Artist Avery Singer Blend Analog and Digital Techniques to Create Her Figurative Paintings As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, May 12, 2023
People Wet Paint in the Wild: Artist Jammie Holmes Goes Museum-Hopping in New York and Cruises Through Dallas With His Dog Tyson The artist takes us through a week in his life. By Annie Armstrong, May 12, 2023
Pop Culture Johnny Depp Has Cast Al Pacino as an Art Collector in an Upcoming Film on Amedeo Modigliani It's a 'Donnie Brasco' reunion. By Vittoria Benzine, May 12, 2023
Law Art Advisor Lisa Schiff Hit With ‘Ponzi Scheme’ Lawsuit After an Adrian Ghenie Art-Flipping Deal Goes Awry Disgruntled former clients have pointed to "lavish" spending and accused Schiff of running a Ponzi scheme. By Eileen Kinsella, May 12, 2023
