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Refik Anadol’s Guggenheim Bilbao Show Is an Architectural AI Overload

Installation view of “Living Architecture: Gehry” at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. © Refik Anadol, Bilbao 2025 Refik Anadol had Mark Rothko on his mind last week as he unveiled “Living Architecture: Gehry,” an AI-powered reimagining of Frank Gehry’s architectural legacy at the Guggenheim Bilbao.  “I’m hoping that this artwork not only talks about technology but …

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Patti Smith’s Poetic Voice Mixes the Sounds of the Amazon’s Destruction for an Ongoing Collaboration

Installation view of “Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith: CORRESPONDENCES,” 2025, at Kurimanzutto, New York. Photo Zach Hyman/Courtesy Kurimanzutto Crickets in Ibiza, traditional Georgian music, sounds of the Amazon River recently filled the cavernous Chelsea outpost of Kurimanzutto. Across sound pieces, eight two-channel films, mixed-media collages, drawings, and sculpture, Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective contemplated our …

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Archaeologists Discover Cache of Ancient Gold Jewelry in One of Egypt’s Most Famous Temples 

The Temple of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt, 2012. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Archaeologists have discovered a collection of jewelry dating back to the early 26th Dynasty during excavation work in the northwestern part of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. The Temple of Karnak is one of Egypt’s most significant complexes, boasting as many as 20 …

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The Black Lives Matter Mural is Being Dismantled in Washington, D.C.

Black Lives Matter Plaza on 16th Street, Washington, D.C., 2021. Photo Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images On Monday, construction crews began dismantling the Black Lives Matter (BLM) mural in Washington, D.C., just down the street from President Donald Trump‘s official residence. The large, yellow mural, which was part of a larger plaza, was painted by the city …

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Chinese Architect Liu Jiakun Wins Pritzker Prize for Thoughtful, Human-Centered Design

Pritzker Prize winner Liu Jiakun’s West Village complex. photo courtesy of Chen Chen Liu Jiakun, a Chengdu-based architect known for his sensitive, place-driven approach to design, has been awarded the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the most prestigious honor in architecture. Liu, who has spent decades crafting a body of work rooted in the traditions and materials of …

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Mexican Artist Duo ASMA Follow Their Materials into the Unconscious 

ASMA, “Nude and the Staircase, (A Doll),” 2024. Doll (Found objects, wood, metal, epoxy resin, silicone, fabric, synthetic hair, cardboard, acrylic, elastic, plastic, polyurethane, adhesive tape), vintage miniature playing cards, artist-made lamps. Doll: 40 ½ x 11 ¾ x 4 inches (103 x 30 x 10 cm); installation dimensions variable. Commissioned SculptureCenter, New York. Courtesy …

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Gene Hackman’s Paintings, Canceled Exhibition in DC, and More: Morning Links for February 28, 2025

Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa pose for a portrait in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images Good Morning! Amid an ongoing investigation into the mysterious death of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, the actor’s less-famous art practice comes to light.  Artist Andil Gosine’s exhibition based on his book about queer theory …

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