’20 Days in Mariupol’ director: Fight in Ukraine goes on
DW - Pulitzer Prize-winning Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov knows global attention is shifting to Israel, but his film on Russian atrocities remains essential. - read more ...
Gaza Artist Killed With Her Children in Israeli Airstrik
Hyperallergic - Palestinian artist Heba Zagout was killed with her two young children in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on Friday, October 13, her sister confirmed on Facebook. The 39-year-old artist’s death was ...
An A.I. Has Created Interactive Portraits Showing Uncannily Humanlike Emotions
artnent news - A team of A.I. researchers, choreographers, and VFX artists have united to create an interactive portrait that can mimic eerily humanlike emotional states and movements. Behind the interactive po...
Auguste Rodin sculpture bought by Glasgow Museum is missing
The Guardian - A statue by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, part of his famous Les Bourgeois de Calais group, is currently “unlocated” in Glasgow’s art collections, museum officials h...
With Renovated Galleries, the Smithsonian Expands Its Approach to Contemporary American Art
Smithsonian Magazine - After two and a half years of renovation, the newly reopened galleries for modern and contemporary art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum seem appreciatively larger—with cleaner sight...
A Surprising Mix of Rare Chemical Compounds Found on ‘Mona Lisa’ Shed Light on Leonardo da Vinci’s Innovative Process
artnet news - A rare chemical compound called plumbonacrite has been found on the underpainting of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, which sheds light on his processes, according to new research. - read more ...
After a 5-year hiatus, construction of the world’s tallest skyscraper can resume
domus - The tallest building on the planet, located on the waterfront of the Saudi metropolis, could resume thanks to a new contractor. - read more ...
Exploring the ‘Epicenter’ of Pablo Picasso in His Drawings
The New York Times - The first word that Pablo Picasso ever pronounced was “pencil.”
At least that was how his mother remembered the young prodigy: that he drew before he could speak, and that the word “piz” —...
Frieze London art fair review – a graveyard of creativity for tasteless one percenters
The Guardian - This corporate gathering full of artists’ drab, desperate attempts to get bought by clueless rich collectors has domesticated contemporary art and thus killed it. - read more
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Two paintings with the same title, The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem
Domus - War. Death. Destruction. Once again terror. Gaza under attack. Hamas’ rockets on Ashkelon, sirens in Tel Aviv, rockets between Israel and Lebanon. The horror returns. - read more
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