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Meta Launched an AI Video Generator, and It’s Creepy
The technology isn’t available for public use, but Meta (formerly Facebook) released a series of eerie sample clips based on prompts like “cat watching TV” and “spaceship landing.”
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UK’s New PM Says No to Returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece
But Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who says the UK is "cornered," plans to insist on the marbles’ return during a visit this year.
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Christie’s Tasteless “Art Handler” Shirts Removed After Criticism
The auction house partnered with Highsnobiety to sell "Art Handler" shirts for up to $125, drawing ire from workers in the field who say they’re overworked and underpaid.
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Chicago Museum Renovations Drive Away Endangered Birds
Black-crowned night herons have not returned after abandoning their nests during a building project at the Chicago History Museum.
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$100M Stolen de Kooning Painting Returns to Museum After 37 Years
Willem de Kooning's “Woman-Ochre” was sliced out of its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art in a notoriously brazen theft.
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He’s Bigger Than Picasso on AI Platforms, and He Hates It
The advent of AI generators has led to an avalanche of rip-off artworks that have used Grzegorz Rutkowski’s name as a prompt.
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Touring San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum in Sign Language
The museum enlisted the help of Linda Bove, the first Deaf actor to be part of Sesame Street’s recurring cast, to help bring artworks from the collection to a Deaf audience.
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New Emmett Till Film Moves and Rouses NYC Students
The student screening of Till emphasized an important aim of the film: to educate young people about the fierce love and activism of Mamie Till-Mobley, which played no small part in igniting the Civil Rights Movement.
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2,000-Year-Old Hercules Statue Unearthed in Greece
The statue was found in a town square in Philippi and adorned a building that may have been a public fountain in the Byzantine period.
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John Oliver Roasts Museums in Episode on Looted Art
The episode focused on Western museums' hesitant repatriation efforts and auction houses’ questionable consignment practices.
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Biden Reestablishes Arts and Humanities Committee Gutted by Trump
The committee’s main responsibilities will be to shape policy goals, stimulate arts philanthropy, and advocate for the expansion of federal backing of the cultural sector.
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Art Institute of Chicago Erased AIDS From a Label, Then Quietly Added It Back
Some museumgoers pointed out that the museum’s label omitted discussions of HIV/AIDS, which are at the heart of the work.