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Takashi Murakami. Artwork © 2024 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
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How Takashi Murakami Is Using A.I. to Reimagine Japanese Art History

Artnet

The artist's new work at Gagosian enters a dialogue with art history that spans centuries.

The special edition Nokia 7373, designed by Giambattista Valli and released 2006.
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Hello? The Nokia Design Archive Will Call Up Memories of a Long-Lost Cellphone Era

Artnet

Remember when "Snake" was the greatest threat your daily productivity faced?

A crowd gathers outside the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris to watch its reopening ceremony on Saturday on a giant screen on the banks of the River Seine.
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Notre-Dame de Paris Rises Like a Phoenix from the Ashes

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In April 2019, Parisians saw Notre-Dame de Paris, one of their most emblematic monuments and one of the world’s most elaborate examples of Gothic architecture, go up in flames.

Jesus Christ displayed on a Palestinian Keffiyeh scarf gifted by the Palestinian Higher Committee of Churches Affairs, as part of the "Nativity of Bethlehem 2024" during its inauguration in the Paul VI Hall.
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Palestinian Artists Create Nativity Scene for the Vatican

Artnet

Pope Francis unveiled the work, which features traditional olive wood carving and a Palestinian keffiyeh.

Josephine Bowes was a French actress turned aristocrat
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Anniversary exhibition celebrates museum founder

BBC

An exhibition celebrating the 200th birthday of a "visionary" woman will open at a County Durham Museum.

Site of defunct Roosevelt High in Palm Beach County.
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West Palm Beach Black History Museum Project Receives $500,000 Grant

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A $500,000 investment from the Quantum Foundation, a Florida-based non-profit, is boosting plans for Palm Beach County to build a Black history museum and research center at a former high school that has historic links to segregation.

Free light festival to illuminate waterfront. No booking is needed for the event and it is free for everyone to enjoy
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Free light festival to illuminate waterfront

BBC

A free light festival set to shine in Greater Manchester is said to be the "best yet".

Pantone Color of the year 2025
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Why Mocha Mousse Is Pantone’s 2025 Color of the Year

Time

For its evocative nature and warmth, Pantone 17-1230 mocha mousse was selected as Pantone’s 2025 color of the year.

Auseklis Bauskenieks, Celebration at the Robot Factory (1988).
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From a ‘Last Supper’ Cowboy Boot to Magically Floating Sculptures—6 Highlights at Untitled Art Miami

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There's always plenty for art lovers at this beachside fair.

The Elgin Marbles are once again stoking heated debate.
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UK PM Tells Greece That Return of Elgin Marbles is British Museum’s Decision, Koyo Kouoh to Curate 2026 Venice Biennale, and More: Morning Links for December 4, 2024

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KOYO KOUOH LANDS VENICE BIENNALE TOP JOB.

Simose Art Museum in Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture.
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Japan museum named 'world's most beautiful' at French award ceremony

Japan Today

Simose Art Museum in western Japan said Tuesday it has received this year's Prix Versailles award naming it the world's most beautiful museum.

This year’s overall winning photo, "The hunt from above," was taken by researcher Angela Albi, who captured a school of fish as they faced off against four blacktip reef sharks in the Maldives. It also won the top prize in the competition's behavior category.
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Striking drone image of young sharks hunting fish wins photo competition

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The dynamics between predator and prey are laid bare in a striking image of fish being attacked by sharks in the shallow waters of the Maldives, which has claimed the top prize in this year’s Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition.

Ruth Patir, Intake (2024).
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Jewish Museum Acquires Israeli Artist’s Work That Was Barred From View at Venice Biennale

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The display of Ruth Patir’s work was a casualty of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The symbolic ceremony took place at the National Museum of Ethiopia in the capital of Addis Ababa.
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France Returns Prehistoric Artifacts to Ethiopia in Diplomatic ‘Handover’

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A French government official recently said the return of three artifacts to Ethiopia was a diplomatic handover rather than a restitution.

Amanda Williams has repainted two buildings in New Orleans for the Prospect.6 triennial — but the blue paint she used is years in the making.
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By reviving a century-old patent for blue paint, this architect reflects on a powerful, lesser-told history

CNN

A century ago, the scientist and inventor George Washington Carver filed two patents related to his new method for making paints and stains from Alabama’s clay.

Artist Jean Charles Blais with the newly unearthed Roman funerary stone in his studio in Vence, France.
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A Painter’s Studio in France Needed Maintenance. The Contractor Found Ancient Art Behind its Walls.

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As the painter tells it, a contractor removed a bit of the wall’s plaster coating in search of water, only to find a ghost of ancient Rome.

Commonwealth and Council's Mexico City space.
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American Art Galleries Closing in Mexico City: ‘Nobody Likes a Tourist’

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Over the course of just three months this year, three mid-sized US galleries have shuttered their outposts in Mexico City: Morán Morán (Los Angeles), Deli (formerly based in New York and now permanently shuttered), and Commonwealth and Council (Los Angeles).

Banksy painted "Well Hung Lover" on a Bristol building back in 2006.
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Buy a building, get a Banksy. ‘Well Hung Lover’ Bristol property goes on sale

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A Banksy mural in Bristol, southwestern England, is set to be sold at auction next year, along with the building it was created on.

The MAXXI museum's "Memorabile.Ipermoda" (2024–25) fashion exhibition in Rome.
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Gucci, Valentino, Versace, and Balenciaga Are Among Fashion Brands On View in Rome Exhibition

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“What has fashion become today?”

The painting last sold in 1972 for £30,000 ($37,700).
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George Stubbs dog painting expected to sell for up to $2.5 million at auction

CNN

A painting by British artist George Stubbs is expected to sell for up to £2 million ($2.5 million) in London next week, as it comes to auction for the first time in more than 50 years.

An advertisment flaunting the central gem of Bottega Veneta's new capsule collection.
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Bottega Veneta Translates Iconic Children’s Literature Into Woven Luxury

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A new capsule collection by the Italian fashion house honors the immeasurable impact of children's book author Richard Scarry.

American photographer Nan Goldin condemns war in Gaza at Berlin exhibition opening
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American photographer Nan Goldin condemns war in Gaza at Berlin exhibition opening

Euro News

“Are you afraid to hear this, Germany?” the photographer asked in her fiery speech, which drew support from the crowd but criticism from some German cultural leaders.

The 2024 edition of Frieze Los Angeles.
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Frieze Los Angeles Names Exhibitors for 2025 Edition

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Frieze Los Angeles has named the more than 100 galleries that will participate in its 2025 edition, scheduled to run February 20–23 at the Santa Monica Airport.

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was a Florentine diplomat, writer and political theorist whose most famous written work is "The Prince."
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Rare first edition of Machiavelli’s famous leadership treatise, ‘The Prince,’ goes up for auction

CNN

The Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli has become synonymous with subtle scheming.

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