On View What Can Digital Art Teach Us About Identity in a Hyper-Technologized World? A New Group Show at the Whitney Weighs In Featuring works by six artists, "Refigured" is on view through July 3. By Richard Whiddington, Mar 7, 2023
Pop Culture Hit Mockumentary ‘Cunk on Earth’ Offers an Absurdly Comic Take on World History. Here Are 5 Things It Gets Right About Art The hit Netflix show is often surprisingly insightful. By Richard Whiddington, Mar 2, 2023
Museums A Drunk Partygoer at a Sydney Museum Event Took a Tumble and Accidentally Damaged Two Do Ho Suh Installations The tipsy attendee was "going hard for a Monday night!" By Richard Whiddington, Mar 1, 2023
NFTs So-Called ‘Open Editions’ Are Suddenly Reigniting the Wintry NFT Market. Here’s Why They’ve Become So Popular With Collectors Projects by Jack Butcher and Kevin Abosch, among others, have helped spur the popularity of open editions. By Richard Whiddington, Feb 24, 2023
Science & Tech A Photographer Who Found Instagram Fame for His Striking Portraits Has Confessed His Images Were Actually A.I.-Generated Jos Avery previously insisted his photos were taken with a Nikon D810. By Richard Whiddington, Feb 24, 2023
Art World Digital Artist Refik Anadol Has Hypnotized the World With His Swirling A.I. Art Landscapes—Here Are 5 Essential Works to Know Anadol has just launched his first major solo exhibition in Los Angeles. By Richard Whiddington, Feb 23, 2023
Auctions Smartphone, Smart Investment? An Original First-Generation iPhone, Still in Its Box, Just Sold for More Than $63,000 at Auction—a New Record Unopened, obsolete iPhones are now blue-chip collectibles. By Richard Whiddington, Feb 21, 2023
Art History A Cabinetmaker Spent 30 Years Trying to Prove a Painting He Bought at an Antique Shop Is a Raphael. A.I. May Have Just Done It for Him If "Flaget Madonna" receives art world backing, it could sell for millions at auction. By Richard Whiddington, Feb 21, 2023
Archaeology The Oceanographers Who Discovered the Titanic Have Released Never-Before-Seen Footage of the Shipwreck Filmed by Underwater Robots The 81-minute video has been surfaced to coincide with the 25th anniversary of 'Titanic.' By Richard Whiddington, Feb 17, 2023
Auctions A 1,100-Year-Old Hebrew Bible, Missing Only a Few Chapters of Genesis, Could Fetch Up to $50 Million at Auction The Codex Sassoon could become the most valuable historical document to be sold at auction. By Richard Whiddington, Feb 16, 2023
Pop Culture Brooklyn-Based Art Collective MSCHF Is at It Again, This Time With Cartoonishly Oversized Red Boots On February 16, MSCHF is dropping its latest provocation. It's already stomped all over social media. By Richard Whiddington, Feb 14, 2023
Museums The Director of Florence’s Uffizi Gallery Sent a Museum-Wide Memo With Rules for Proper Email Composition. Here Are His Demands Bold characters are out and so is excessive punctuation. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 23, 2022
Science & Tech The San Francisco Ballet Is Catching Heat for Promoting Its ‘Nutcracker’ Performances With A.I.-Generated Art The company used Midjourney to generate the promotional images. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 23, 2022
NFTs NFT Marketplace OpenSea Has Blocked Cuban Artists and Collectors From Its Platform, Citing U.S. Sanctions Law To date, more than 30 Cuban creators have had their OpenSea accounts delisted. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 22, 2022
People Maya Ruiz-Picasso, the Eldest Daughter of Picasso and Keeper of His Legacy, Has Died at Age 87 Ruiz-Picasso's relationship with her father is the subject of a current exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Paris. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 22, 2022
