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Category: Culture & Arts
For Freedoms Showcases Art Near Democratic National Convention
Six artist billboards will be installed near this year’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago with the hope of increasing civic engagement ahead of the […]
The U.K. Bars Export of Alan Turing’s Wartime Notebooks
The British government is hoping a national institution will snap up two notebooks belonging to groundbreaking mathematician Alan Turing, so that the documents can remain […]
Huge! The Sacred Prehistoric Site That Is Older Than the Pyramids
“Brought to a brumal standstill, here I lie / Obliquely floored, mouth curbed by stones that speak / In pick-dressed spirals, egghead sucked bone dry, […]
Firefighters tackle fire on Somerset House’s Roof
More than 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines are tackling a blaze at Somerset House in central London. The Georgian-era complex, which was built on […]
Did the Egyptians Use a Hydraulic System to Build the Pyramids?
The Step Pyramid of King Djoser, on the Saqqara plateau in northern Egypt, is an awesome feat of engineering, and experts still do not understand […]
Protesters demand Slovakia’s culture minister step down
Thousands of people took to the streets of the Slovakian capital on Monday and Tuesday to protest against the country’s culture ministry, which axed the […]
Bronx Museum Director Quits, And More
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES JUMPING SHIP? Smack bang in the middle of the Bronx Museum’s […]
Guerrilla Art! Animals Escape From London Zoo in New Banksy Mural
Banksy has unveiled his ninth animal mural in London in as many days. At the entrance of London Zoo in Regent’s Park, a gorilla furtively […]
Banksy unveils rhino as eighth artwork in animal-themed London series | Banksy
Banksy has unveiled the eighth artwork in his animal-themed collection in London, a mural of a rhinoceros that looks as though it is climbing on […]
Seventh Banksy animal mural sighted in London
Banksy’s spokesperson wasn’t lying yesterday after telling Londoners to keep their eyes peeled for yet another animal mural. A seventh artwork has been confirmed on […]
The Technique Max Ernst Invented to Harness His Inner Eye
In the mid-1920s, German artist Max Ernst spent a lot of time staring at the floorboards of his Montmartre studio. The grains, deep and irregular […]
Protestors Set Cultural Institutions on Fire in Bangladesh
Cultural institutions in Dhaka, Bangladesh were targeted by protestors on Monday. Several locations across the capital, including Bangabandhu Memorial Museum and the Indira Gandhi Cultural […]
Russian Artist Released in Prisoner Swap, And More
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES TIME TO WOKE UP? Are repatriation efforts turning British museums into […]
Photographer Files $300,000 Copyright Infringement Suit Against ‘Zillow Gone Wild’
A real estate photographer has sued the creator of a wildly popular media site that posts about distinctive properties, saying the creator used two of […]
The Five Composers Who Defined The Sound Of Horror Movie Music
“The history of horror scores is a long, winding path (that leads to an old abandoned shed stocked with rusty hatchets), with legends of the […]
Steve Martin Organizes a Love Letter to LA for Hauser & Wirth
L.A. Story is the name of a 1991 movie written by Steve Martin that the Los Angeles Times once voted the greatest Los Angeles–set film […]
Why Was Monet Obsessed With Water Lilies?
In 1914, Claude Monet was having a bad year. His beloved wife had died, cataracts clouded his vision, toothache dogged him, and Europe had plunged […]