Vittoria Benzine

Vittoria Benzine is a Brooklyn-based journalist covering contemporary art with a focus on storytelling, counterculture, and magic. She also contributes to Maxim, the Brooklyn Rail, and many more.

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Pop Culture

A Sand Artist Has Given the ‘Dune: Part Two’ Trailer a Fine-Grained Overhaul

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Art World

Ambera Wellmann’s Paintings Added Flair to Mugler’s Paris Fashion Week Show

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Art World

A Virtual Tarot Platform With Artist-Designed Decks Is Now Offering Readings

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Events and Parties

Here’s What to See at Upstate Art Weekend, From An Artist’s Installation of ‘Truck Nuts’ to Mendes Wood DM’s Upstate Debut

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On View

See Celebrated Works by Richard Avedon, Martial Raysse, and More in an Expansive Paris Museum Show on the Cultural Impact of the 1960s

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Art History

Who Reigned Supreme, Persia or Greece? Judge for Yourself From These 5 Ancient Symbols of Luxury and Power, Now on View at the British Museum

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Archaeology & History

New Excavations at Egypt’s Saqqara Necropolis Have Unearthed Mummification Workshops, Including One for Pets

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On View

See Inside Keith Haring’s First L.A. Museum Show, Complete With a Pop Shop and a Pink Leather Suit Once Worn by Madonna

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Auctions

Disco Queen Donna Summer’s Personal Possessions—Gold Records, Handwritten Lyrics, and Her Own Abstract Paintings—Are Heading to Auction This June

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Art & Exhibitions

See Jaw-Dropping Portraits of Audrey Hepburn, David Bowie, and Other Icons in Fotografiska’s Starry Terry O’Neill Retrospective

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People

Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s New $200 Million Home by Famed Architect Tadao Ando Is the Most Expensive in California—Maybe Even America

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On View

The First Museum Show on the Sari Unravels the Garment’s Evolution and Staying Power in 60 Spectacular Designs. See Them Here

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Art World

A British Couple Actually Paid Nearly $250,000 to Remove a Banksy Mural From Their Building Due to the ‘Extremely Stressful’ Upkeep

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Art History

Danish Golden Age Artists Primed Their Canvases With Danish Golden Ale, New Research Shows

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Archaeology & History

Archaeologists in Hungary Have Uncovered the Remains of an Ancient Roman Doctor Alongside His Surgical Toolkit

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