A Roman mosaic in the archaeological site of Sabratha, picturing ancient sandals ‘flip flops’ similar to the ones seen at Villa Romana del Casale. March 19, 2007. (Photo by Edoardo Fornaciari/Getty Images) Getty Images For seven decades, archaeologists at the Villa Romana del Casale in south-central Sicily have been uncovering mosaics that blur the line …
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Martin Beck, equilibrium: Dawn/Dusk in the Okefenokee Swamp (detail), 2023. Photo Manuel Carreon Lopez If you like the idea of zoning out and luxuriating in the sounds of a “Psychologically Ultimate Seashore” or an “Optimum Aviary,” you are not alone—and in fact are part of a lineage that traces back to a series of mind-altering …
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The tomb of an ancient Thracian warrior found in Bulgaria Courtesy Topolovgrad Municipality Archaeologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) have uncovered a 2nd century BCE tomb near the Bulgarian village Kapitan Petko Voivoda in the Topolovgrad region, which they are calling the richest-known Hellenistic-era burial found in the country, according to Heritage Daily. …
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A general view of Harvard Art Museums. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ENTIENDO. Despite growing challenges facing US museums—declining attendance, dwindling federal funding, rising self-censorship, and stalled progress on equity—one area shows meaningful advancement: language access. While not a flashy topic, it’s a crucial step toward inclusion. The …
Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun seems to be enjoying the publicity that comes with buying a $6.2 million banana. AFP via Getty Images Justin Sun, the billionaire buyer of Maurizio Cattelan‘s Comedian, recently filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Inc. to prevent the company from “recklessly and improperly disclosing his highly confidential, sensitive, …
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David Wojnarowicz’s ‘The Missing Children Show’ Mural (1985) as seen after its rediscovery in 2023. Photo Mindy Best/©Estate of David Wojnarowicz/Courtesy the Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P·P·O·W, New York In 1985, David Wojnarowicz and a group of other New York artists made a trip to Louisville, Kentucky, to create site-specific murals as part of …
The entrance to the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. Photo by: Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Several changes have been made to an art exhibition on authoritarian regimes at the Bangkok Arts and Cultural Centre after repeated visits by Chinese embassy representatives, BBC News reports. The show, titled “Constellation of Complicity: Visualising the …
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Ancient bath complex found submerged in Baiae in the Gulf of Naples, Italy. Courtesy Italian Ministry of Culture, Campi Flegrei Archaeological Park Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved Roman bathhouse in the underwater ruins of Baiae, a resort getaway that was once part of the Roman Empire. Those ruins may be host to the first-known physical …
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Matthew Barney, TACTICAL parallax, 2025. Photo: Maria Baranova/©Matthew Barney/Courtesy the Artist and Aspen Art Museum The sound of dogs panting—a pack of winded huskies menacingly, mesmerizingly trying to catch their breath—was the highlight of the inaugural AIR festival in Aspen. But so too was a talk about psychoanalysis and death in a psychedelic chapel, a …
The NEH building in Washington, D.C. Photo Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the government’s elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants was unlawful. When the grants were canceled in April, following extreme cuts made by DOGE, many organizations and humanities councils said they could no longer effectively fulfill their duties to …
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