Archaeology & History Scores of Extraordinary 2,700-Year-Old Rock Carvings Have Been Discovered in Sweden The farmer on whose land the carvings were found is looking forward to pleasant views from his balcony. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 16, 2023
NFTs A Crypto Spring? Sotheby’s $11 Million NFT Sale Renews Hope for the Battered Market—But There Are Caveats A single work from Dmitri Cherniak made up half the sale's total. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 16, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Banksy’s First ‘Official’ Exhibition in 14 Years Opens in Glasgow, With Never-Before-Shown Stencils—and the Artist’s Toilet 'Cut and Run' opens at the Gallery of Modern Art this weekend and will run through August. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 15, 2023
Art & Tech Scientific Journal ‘Nature’ Says No to Publishing A.I.-Generated Images and Videos, Calling Out Their Lack of ‘Integrity’ The journal, however, will allow text created using large language models, provided their use is documented. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 14, 2023
Pop Culture The U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival Will Inaugurate a Broad-Based Arts Program With DJs, Fungi, and a Turner Prize-Winning Artist The 2023 edition of the festival will introduce new pavilions featuring talks and sound art. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 14, 2023
Art & Exhibitions A Portuguese Biennial Staged an Exhibition About the Country’s Legacy of Slavery. Then Its Host Venue Dismantled It The show by Brazilian artists Dori Nigro and Paulo Pinto was presented across 10 rooms of a psychiatric hospital. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 13, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in China Have Unearthed Shang Dynasty Tombs Containing More Than 200 Precious Burial Objects. See Them Here The artifacts include jades, golds, and carved bone. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 12, 2023
NFTs How This NFT Collection of Anthropomorphic Deer Made Its Welsh Creator $600,000 in Mere Hours Ashley Crossland picked the wild animal to reflect the 'unpredictable nature of the NFT space.' By Richard Whiddington, Jun 12, 2023
Art History A Bejeweled Prayer Book in a Cambridge Library Has Been Identified as Belonging to Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s Chief Minister Historians say it's the only object from a 16th-century portrait remaining today. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 12, 2023
Museums & Institutions London’s National Portrait Gallery Responds to Rumors That Kate Middleton Pressured It to Remove a Portrait of Princes William and Harry The cozy, brotherly portrait depicts a long-ago era for Harry and William. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 9, 2023
NFTs Generative Artist Emily Xie Has Created a Series of 100 NFTs Based on a 100-Year-Old Quilt in LACMA’s Collection The project is the latest to emerge from the museum's blockchain initiative. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 8, 2023
Archaeology & History Egypt Has Expelled a Dutch Museum’s Team of Archaeolgists From Saqqara in Revenge Over a Controversial ‘Afrocentric’ Exhibition Egyptian authorities have accused the show, which explores the influences of ancient Egypt on Black musicians, of “falsifying history." By Richard Whiddington, Jun 8, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Peru Used A.I. to Discover Ancient Geoglyphs of Killer Whales, Two-Headed Snakes, and Other Creatures Carved Into Land Researchers say the new method identifies geoglyph candidates 21 times faster. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 7, 2023
Archaeology & History British Archaeologists Uncover More Than 50 Pairs of Tweezers at an Ancient Site, Reflecting the Romans’ Obsession With Hairlessness Researchers at Wroxeter connect the ancient practice to modern grooming habits. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 7, 2023
On View The Noguchi Museum Paid Its Employees to Contribute to Its Summer Staff Art Show. See the Works Here 'A Living Mechanism' is on view through June 15. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 7, 2023