Museums & Institutions The Hirshhorn Museum Appoints Colombian Pop Star J Balvin as Its First Cultural Ambassador In a Bid to Boost Youth Engagement The Grammy Award-winner will help reinvigorate the museum's digital and social media presence. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 15, 2022
Art & Tech DeviantArt’s New A.I. Generator Angers Artists for Promising—But Failing—to Protect Creator’s Rights Hours after rolling out DreamUp, DeviantArt was forced to change its terms of use following backlash from artists. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 15, 2022
Museums & Institutions We Went Backstage at the Newly Opened Museum of Broadway, the First Museum to Chronicle the History and Spectacle of American Theater The museum opens in Times Square on November 15. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 15, 2022
Museums & Institutions In Pictures: The FIFA Museum Kicks Off an Exhibition of 211 Objects—From Trophies to Tickets—Celebrating Global Football Culture Ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, FIFA is hosting “211 Cultures. One Game,” an exhibition that features memorabilia from each of its 211 member associations. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 14, 2022
Art & Tech DeviantArt Is Selling Its New A.I. Art Tool as a Way for Creators to Take Back Control… From A.I. DeviantArt is addressing concerns about creator's rights with a tool it calls fair and responsible. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 11, 2022
Pop Culture The Andy Warhol Museum Has Unearthed Rare Master Tapes of the Velvet Underground’s Debut Album The recordings were made by the Velvet Underground at Scepter Studios in 1966. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 10, 2022
People Lee Bontecou, the American Artist Who Sculpted the Void, Has Died at Age 91 The artist's dark, abstract constructions straddled sculpture and painting—and made her a star of the 1960s New York art scene. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 9, 2022
NFTs OpenSea’s New Tool Enforces Royalties for NFT Creators. But Some Say It Goes Too Far in Quashing the Competition The tool allows creators to bake a royalty enforcement mechanism into new collections, but blacklists marketplaces with optional royalties. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 8, 2022
NFTs Instagram Is Trying Out a New Feature Allowing Users to Mint and Sell NFTs. Here’s How One OG Creator Is Using It "This is a step in the right direction," says Olive Allen, one of the crypto creators testing Instagram's new NFT function. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 4, 2022
Museums & Institutions Already Pin-Worthy, the Louvre Ups Its Social Media Appeal in a New Video Series With Pinterest The Louvre and Pinterest have collaborated on on a quirky series of videos offering "a new experience" of the world's most popular museum. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 4, 2022
Art & Tech Make Way, DALL-E: Google Has Beta-Launched Its Text-to-Image A.I. Model The tech giant has cautiously released Imagen, a model it deems best-in-class. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 3, 2022
Market What Recession? Wealthy Art Collectors Are Spending More Than Ever—and 3 More Takeaways From the New Art Basel and UBS Report Art trading is rebounding strongly across the world, so too are the prices wealthy collectors are willing to pay. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 3, 2022
Archaeology & History In a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Discovery, Swedish Archaeologists Have Unearthed a Cache of Viking Silver That Still Looks Brand New Discovered outside of Stockholm, the hoard includes a Norman coin whose only previous documentation was in an 18th-century book. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 2, 2022
Art & Exhibitions JR Is One of 10 Artists Installing Large-Scale Art in Giza For a Contemporary Art Festival, With Meta Providing an AR Bent Forever is Now returns for a second year with new installations. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 1, 2022
Galleries The French Collective Obvious Has Become One of the First A.I. Artists to Receive Gallery Representation The trio has signed with Danysz, with a solo show planned for the gallery's Marais location in December. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 1, 2022