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Outrage Over Airbnb’s “Gladiator Experience” in Rome’s Colosseum
Some Italian officials say the private event risks turning the ancient amphitheater into a “Disneyland.”
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Berlin Court Convicts Curator Over Instagram Posts About Hamas Attack
Edwin Nasr must pay a fine for posts made the day after Hamas’s October 7 attack, which he said he removed.
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Man Behind “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” Put on Sex Offender Registry
William Coull admitted to repeatedly sending unsolicited explicit messages to a woman between March and July.
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UK Judge Sides With Fish Giant in Lawsuit Against Satirical Artist
The Icelandic company Samherji accused Odee Friðriksson of intellectual property violations over his 2023 work “We’re Sorry.”
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Director Reportedly Removed Over Staff Complaints
Stephanie Stebich was replaced by the board after several staff members sent a letter alleging toxic leadership in July 2023, according to the Washington Post.
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Turkey’s Queer Art Community Walks a Thin Line
Amid the country’s ongoing crackdown on LGBTQ+ people, queer artists and curators are caught between creative resistance and self-censorship.
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Van Gogh's “Irises” Were Never Supposed to Be Blue
A new exhibition chronicles how a paintings conservator and chemist solved a color mystery in one of the painter’s most beloved works.
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Sistine Chapel May Depict Woman With Breast Cancer, Study Says
The bare chest of a female figure in Michelangelo’s rendition of The Flood “shows features consistent with breast carcinoma,” according to new research.
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“Subway Therapy” Displays New Yorkers’ Post-Election Thoughts
Matthew Chavez launched his participatory art project in 2016, creating a space for the city’s private sentiments in the wake of Trump’s first win.
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Scabby the Rat, Icon of Labor Strikes, Gets His Own NYC Show
The larger-than-life inflatable rodent is the centerpiece of artist Marlene Hausegger’s exhibition at Open Source Gallery in Brooklyn.
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Jordan Withdraws Artsakh Film From Oscars, Citing “Diplomatic Pressures”
My Sweet Land by Jordanian-Armenian director Sareen Hairabedian follows an 11-year-old boy during the Second Artsakh War.
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Oldest Known Inscription of Ten Commandments Heads to Auction
The approximately 1,500-year-old tablet could fetch $2 million at Sotheby’s.