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Siena Cathedral Uncovers Breathtaking 14th-Century Mosaic Floors
The large-scale floor is an artistic feat, covered in incredibly detailed philosophical and Biblical imagery inlaid over 56 marble panels.
Maya Pontone
Art
Artists Accuse Fashion Brand Shein of Using AI to Steal Their Designs
Three artists filed suit against the fast-fashion company, claiming Shein employs a “byzantine shell game of corporate structure” in order to skirt legal consequences.
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NYC Allocates $241M for Arts and Culture
The 2024 adopted budget is the highest-ever for the Department of Cultural Affairs, but arts advocates are calling for increased transparency.
Film
A New Film Captures the Majesty of Blue Whales
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants (2023) is screening daily in 2D at the American Museum of Natural History.
Art
The Brooklyn Artist Revitalizing New York, One Flyer At a Time
Max Kolomatsky has amassed a TikTok following for his redesigns of street posters and signs for local residents and small businesses.
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Row Over “Anti-Monument” in Mexico Ends in Victory for Feminist Activists
Local government has agreed to let a guerrilla artwork honoring Mexico's femicide victims stand in the place of a dismantled Christopher Columbus statue.
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London's V&A Museum Criticized for Removing LGBTQ+ Materials
Advocates are asking the museum to reinstate two books aimed at LGBTQ+ youth and a poster that reads “Some people are Trans. Get over it!”
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Activists and Scholars Decry Museum's Decision to Host Far-Right Group
Protesters gathered at the Museum of the American Revolution, the first venue of a Moms For Liberty summit featuring Trump and DeSantis among its speakers.
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Fire Engulfs Beloved Church-Turned-Skatepark in St. Louis
Locals say they’re “devastated” about the four-alarm fire at Sk8 Liborius, a Gothic Revival church that served as a skatepark and community center.
Art
The Darkest Memes of the Barbie-Oppenheimer Double Feature
The internet is at its best and its worst after it was announced that a film about the making of the atomic bomb would debut on the same day as Barbie.
News
Poignant Public Artwork Honors New Yorkers Lost to AIDS
Jim Hodges’s sculpture “Craig’s closet” sits in the heart of Greenwich Village, a neighborhood whose gay male residents were disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS.
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Researchers Plan to Lift 3,000-Year-Old Shipwreck From Sea Floor
The team embarking on the underwater mission next month says it is the oldest known hand-sewn shipwreck in the Mediterranean.