Market Onetime Andy Warhol Superstar Baby Jane Holzer Is Selling Prints by the Artist for Fractional Ownership The company is trying to remove stigma now associated with buying art via the blockchain. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 11, 2023
Art Fairs The Newly Opened Photo London Includes Several A.I.-Generated Works to Showcase Artists’ Experiments With the Tool The works include those by Ori Gersht, Maisie Cousins, and kennedy+swan. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 11, 2023
On View Artist Marguerite Humeau Collaborated With A.I. to Explore the Life of Insects in Her New Otherworldly Sculptures. See Them Here "meys" at White Cube Bermondsey features work the artist created with GPT3 and DALL-E. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 11, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Latvia’s RIBOCA Biennial Shut Down Its Third Edition When War Broke Out in Ukraine. Now It’s Back—Without Russian Funding The biennial has scrapped its original program to offer something that feels more relevant to the present moment. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 10, 2023
Art World The BBC Will Repair a Controversial Statue by a Disgraced Artist After a Protester Attacked It With a Hammer The national broadcaster will fit the work with a QR code to inform viewers about the artist's crimes. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 10, 2023
Museums & Institutions Oops! A Clumsy Museum Visitor Tripped and Damaged an Ancient Chinese Bronze Sculpture of an Owl in Minneapolis Included in a new exhibition of ancient Chinese bronzes, the vessel was once used in rituals of ancestral worship. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 9, 2023
Archaeology & History Museum Workers Have Stumbled on 2,000 Missing Fragments of a Roman Wall Painting While Restoring an Ancient Theater Researchers hope to finally piece together the original mural using 1,500 other fragments that were discovered in 2006. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 8, 2023
Archaeology & History Egyptian Archaeologists Have Unearthed a Surprising Find: A Roman-Era Buddha Statue Carved Out of Mediterranean Marble Other discoveries in the same Roman temple include Indian coins, Hindu deities and an inscription in Sanskrit. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 6, 2023
Archaeology & History 2,600-Year-Old Stone Reliefs in Spain Reveal Early Depictions of an Obscure Ancient Civilization The figures represented may have been deities of significant members of Tartessian society. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 6, 2023
Museums & Institutions Uniqlo and a Paris Design Agency’s Splashy New T-Shirts for the Louvre Aim to Avoid an ‘Obvious Representation’ of History This is the latest in a series of collaborations inviting designers to offer fresh perspectives on the Louvre's collection. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 5, 2023
Art & Tech Vienna’s Tourism Board Is Using Cat-Themed A.I. Spin-Offs of Famous Artworks to Urge People to Go See the Real Thing These new A.I. versions of Austria's most iconic artworks all feature cats. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 5, 2023
Archaeology & History Parisian Archaeologists Have Located a Long-Lost Ancient Roman Site Buried Underneath a Train Station The rich array of coins, ceramics and animal remains shed light on ancient society in Paris. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 4, 2023
On View British Painter Frank Bowling’s First Digital Artwork, an Evocative Play on Color, Lights Up London’s Piccadilly Circus The work is timed for King Charles III's coronation on Saturday and this year's 75th anniversary of Windrush. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 4, 2023
Crime A BBC True Crime Podcast Is Asking Museums for Help Locating a Murder Victim’s Remains to Solve a Cold Case If the skeleton is recovered it may reveal the woman's origins or even her surviving relatives. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 4, 2023
Art & Tech Amnesty International Faces an Outcry From Photographers Over Creating A.I.-Generated Images of Protestors The human rights organization removed A.I.-generated images after photojournalists criticized their use in an era of fake news. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 4, 2023