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Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Damaged in Beirut Blast Undergoes Restoration at Getty Museum
The previously unknown work was salvaged by a Lebanese artist and art historian, who first made the case for the painting's authenticity.
Elaine Velie
Elaine Velie is a writer from New Hampshire living in Brooklyn. She studied Art History and Russian at Middlebury College and is interested in art's role in history, culture, and politics.
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Rubens Painting, Lost for Centuries, Heads to the Auction Block
The work, whose whereabouts were unknown until a French family discovered it in their collection, could sell for up to $35 million.
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11-Million-Year-Old Fossil Leads to Discovery of New Bird Species
The fossil sat in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, unidentified, for nearly 100 years.
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Philadelphia Museum Strikers Open Up on "Tense" Return to Work
The museum welcomed the workers back with an ice cream social, and many of them didn’t appreciate it.
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Artists Stage Mahsa Amini Protest at New York’s Guggenheim Museum
An anonymous group of Iranian artists dropped 12 banners with the words “Woman, Life, Freedom” and portraits of Amini.
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Michigan Art Dealer Swindled Seniors in $1.6M Fraud Scheme
Wendy Halsted Beard defrauded her clients of over 100 photographs, including works by Ansel Adams, and targeted elderly collectors.
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Climate Protester Who Souped Van Gogh Artwork Speaks Out
In a viral clip, 21-year-old activist Phoebe Plummer defended the protest and slammed the British government's inaction on climate change.
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This Wacky AI Tool Will Finish Your Artwork for You
In the latest twist in the saga of AI image generation, Stable Diffusion’s “Diffuse the Rest” will turn any sketch into a finished work.
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Prepare Yourself for LA's First Keith Haring Museum Show
Art is for Everybody at the Broad Museum will focus on the artist's life and activism.
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Six Artists I Discovered at Gowanus Open Studios
Amid an endless visual feast of colorful wall art, some of this year’s artists showed up with personal ruminations of intimacy and dark reflections on societal norms.
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Stunning Roman Mosaic Unearthed in Syria
The discovery marks the first major archaeological discovery since the beginning of Syria’s civil war.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Celebrate Victory After 19-Day Strike
After nearly three weeks on the picket line, the union says management compromised on all five of their demands in a hard-fought agreement.