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Italy’s Commercial Posters Are Works of Fine Art
A new exhibition at Manhattan’s Center for Italian Modern Art looks at the cross-pollination between avant-garde art and commercial posters in post-WWII Italy.
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Melting Robots Are the Future, Accept It
A new study details the creation of a hyper-flexible material inspired by an unexpected source: the humble sea cucumber.
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Rijksmuseum’s Slavery Exhibition Is Coming to New York
The extensive exhibition confronts the Netherlands’s often-forgotten colonialist legacy.
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Hobbyist With Metal Detector Discovers Enigmatic Roman Artifact
The 1,600-year-old fragment was part of a dodecahedron, a mysterious object that experts believe may have been linked to the occult.
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Met Acquires Rare Portrait of Medici Nemesis Bindo Altoviti
The Renaissance work by Francesco Salviati is the museum’s first painting on marble.
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Is This the End of Twitter’s Beloved “Art Bots”?
Twitter’s curbing of free API access could affect accounts posting from museum collections or the archives of long-gone artists.
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Where's the Art in the AP African American Studies Curriculum?
Critical race theory, which has been attacked by conservative lawmakers, is conspicuously absent, as are many contemporary and living Black artists.
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Art by Guantánamo Detainees Can Now Be Released
The US government has lifted a Trump-era ban that kept formerly imprisoned people from accessing their works.
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Philadelphia and Kansas City Museums Face Off in Super Bowl Wager
A work of art will be on the line when the Philadelphia Eagles play the Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday.
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And the Winner Is … AI Art?
Refik Anadol’s AI-generated art made a guest appearance at the Grammys.
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Tokyo Public Toilet Puts On a Mesmerizing Light Show
Tomohito Ushiro's design features billions of shifting lighting patterns and encourages people to use the restroom without "feeling stress."
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Deadly Earthquake Damages Cultural Sites in Turkey and Syria
The 7.8-magnitude quake has killed at least 2,600 people and destroyed a 2nd-century castle, among other landmarks.