Art World Steve McQueen Will Unveil a New Video Installation, His First Major Work in Four Years, at Rotterdam’s Depot Museum 'Sunshine State' is the Turner Prize-winning artist's reflection on time and cinema. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 21, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Denmark Have Unearthed a 5,000-Year-Old ‘Bog Body,’ a Neolithic Skeleton Bearing Traces of Ritual Sacrifice “It doesn’t happen very often that you find a bog body,” said the lead archaeologist. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 20, 2022
Pop Culture How Lizzo’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Performance Paid Visual Homage to Artist Annie Lee’s Iconic Painting, ‘Blue Monday’ The artist's grandson deemed the tribute "awe-inspiring." By Richard Whiddington, Dec 20, 2022
Art World Did the National Gallery’s Restoration Team Mangle This Famous Renaissance Nativity Just Before Christmas? Judge for Yourself Piero Della Francesca’s 'Nativity' has returned to public viewing following a three-year restoration. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 19, 2022
Museums & Institutions The Pope Has Ordered the Vatican to Return Three Parthenon Marble Fragments to Greece The artifacts have been in the Holy See’s possession for two centuries. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 19, 2022
Art & Tech Independent Artists Are Fighting Back Against A.I. Image Generators With Innovative Online Protests The image-sharing site ArtStation has become the latest flashpoint in the debate over A.I.-generated art. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 16, 2022
Museums & Institutions Two University of Kansas Students Who Stole an Edgar Heap of Birds Artwork to Hang in Their Apartment Publicly Apologize for the Theft "There is truthfully not a second that goes by that I don’t unconditionally regret our actions and the damage they caused,” one thief said. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 16, 2022
Art & Exhibitions Brazilian Curator Adriano Pedrosa Will Helm the 2024 Venice Biennale, Making Him the First Latin American to Organize the Event He is the current artistic director of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 15, 2022
Archaeology & History The U.S. Has Returned Seven Very Ancient Seals That Were Looted From the Baghdad Museum After One Appeared in an Online Auction The Manhattan District Attorney's Office opened an investigation when one of the seals was offered in an online auction in 2021. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 15, 2022
Art & Tech Why Meitu, China’s Adorable A.I. Anime Filter, Just Skyrocketed to the Top of International App Charts Meitu's "A.I. Art" tool turns selfies into anime avatars. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 14, 2022
Law & Politics NFT Buyers Are Suing Justin Bieber, Madonna, and Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Founders Over an Alleged ‘Scheme’ to Bilk Investors The lawsuit claims A-list celebrities promoted products without disclosing the compensation they received. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 12, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Auction of a T. Rex Skull, Expected to Fetch $20 Million, Sold for a Not-So-Kingly $6.1 Million After a marquee year for dinosaur auction sales, enthusiasm may be ebbing. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 9, 2022
Pop Culture Here Are the Most Popular Art and Culture Searches on Google in 2022—From Burden and Basquiat to Delvey and Doubtfire We pick through the noteworthy entries in Google's 2022 Year in Search. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 9, 2022
NFTs Electronic Musicians Steve Aoki and 3LAU Will Integrate Their CryptoPunks NFTs Into a New ‘Conceptual’ Supergroup The NFT enthusiasts are collaborating on 'conceptual' project inspired by their digital assets. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 9, 2022
Auctions One Year After a DAO Tried and Failed to Buy a Copy of the Constitution, a Second One Will Try Its Luck at Sotheby’s UnumDAO has formed to acquire another first-edition copy of the U.S. Constitution at auction. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 8, 2022