NFTs Yuga Labs Is Inviting Owners of CryptoPunks to Purchase Physical Versions of Their NFTs at a 48-Hour Print Party Prices start at $500. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 5, 2023
Archaeology & History Egyptologists Have Revealed Eight New Chambers in the Pyramid of Sahura, Putting a Years-Long Dispute to Rest The discovery will change how Fifth Dynasty architecture is understood. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 5, 2023
Crime A Rogue Curator at the Palace of Versailles Was Found Guilty of Conducting Private Tours of the Estate That Earned Him $26,000 The curator was suspended, until a regional court recently overturned the palace's disciplinary action. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 4, 2023
Art World A Top Antiquities Sleuth Has Called Out the Manhattan D.A. For Continually Passing His Work Off As Its Own Christos Tsirogiannis has been providing insight to the antiquities trafficking unit for the past five years. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 2, 2023
Pop Culture Bob Ross’s First-Ever TV Painting Has Been Listed at $9.8 Million, But Is It All a Gallery’s Ploy to Boost the Painter’s Market? Minnesota gallery Modern Artifact has sold more than 46 paintings by the beloved TV painter. By Richard Whiddington, Sep 30, 2023
Art & Tech Marine Scientists Are Baffled By a Mysterious Golden Orb Found in the Unexplored Depths of the Gulf of Alaska “I don’t know what I am looking at,” one scientist said. By Richard Whiddington, Sep 22, 2023
Art & Exhibitions 20 Japanese Artists Have Reinterpreted Fans’ Favorite Pokémon Characters as Artisanal Objects, Now on View in Los Angeles See Venusaur and Pikachu reimagined in pottery, metalwork, and textiles. By Richard Whiddington, Aug 3, 2023
Art & Exhibitions The Biggest Show on Artist Tove Jansson, Who Created the Beloved Fairy-Tale Character Moomin, Is Opening in Paris The show stages never-before-seen artworks and objects from Jansson. By Richard Whiddington, Jul 7, 2023
Art & Exhibitions An Immersive Tour of Tim Burton’s Spine-Tinglingly Surreal Cinematic Universe Just Opened in Paris. Peek Inside His ‘Weird Funhouse’ Here "Labyrinth" presents around 150 artworks from Burton. By Richard Whiddington, Jul 6, 2023
Archaeology & History Henry VIII Left Markings in the Margins of His Prayer Book That Betray His ‘Anxiety and Uncertainty,’ New Research Reveals The book was produced by his sixth and final wife Katherine Parr. By Richard Whiddington, Jul 6, 2023
Archaeology & History Patterns Carved on Cave Walls in France 57,000 Years Ago Are the Oldest Neanderthal Engravings Ever Found, Researchers Say The meaning of the marks will likely remain a mystery. By Richard Whiddington, Jul 6, 2023
Art & Tech A Gnarly Old Tooth Found in a Museum Cabinet Could Provide the Key to Understanding an Ancient Relative of the Hippo Desmostylus fossils have been found on the West Coast and in Japan. By Richard Whiddington, Jul 5, 2023
Archaeology & History A Norwegian Dad Hiking With His Family Discovered a Rock Face Covered With Bronze Age Paintings It's the first time this type of painting has been found regionally. By Richard Whiddington, Jul 5, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Dozens of Neapolitan Masterpieces From the Capodimonte Museum Are Now on View at the Louvre in Paris. See Them Here The museums say 'Naples in Paris,' now on view through January 24, 2024, is the largest-ever exhibition of Italian Renaissance art. By Richard Whiddington, Jul 4, 2023
Art & Tech Can Impressionism’s Lack of Queer Representation Be Fixed… With A.I.? See How One Artist Uses the Tool to Offer an Alternate Art History ClownVamp presents 23 works at Canvas 3.0 By Richard Whiddington, Jun 30, 2023