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Tourist Damages Medici Portrait at Uffizi Galleries for Social Media Selfie

View of the Uffizi Museum courtyard, 2024, Florence, Italy. Photo Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images A 17th-century portrait of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici was damaged when a tourist tried to take a picture with the work for social media on Saturday at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Italy. On a visit to the museum, the young …

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Ancient Roman Settlement Discovered in France

Archaeologists cleaning the mosaic outside Alès, France. ©F. Giraud, Inrap The remains of a Gallo-Roman site overlooking the French city of Alès have been identified by archaeologists, the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) announced on Tuesday. Excavations conducted between February and June this year revealed the remains of dwellings, hydraulic systems, a domus …

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A Supergroup of Art Market Veterans Have Formed a Consultancy to Solve High-Level Art World Problems

(L to R): Brett Gorvy, Philip Hoffman, Ed Dolman, Patti Wong, Alex Dolman Courtesy Emilio Madrid The art market isn’t broken, exactly, but in the eyes of art market veterans Ed Dolman, Alex Dolman, Brett Gorvy, Philip Hoffman, and Patti Wong, it doesn’t function the way it used to. The group aims to change that …

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Rijksmuseum’s Condom Featuring Erotic Nun Etching Draws Backlash from Christian Group

The 1830 condom at the Rijskmuseum. Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum’s latest acquisition—a nearly 200-year-old condom made from sheep intestine—has prompted outrage from a conservative Christian group in the Netherlands, which has called its display “a grotesque insult to God, the Catholic Church and the entire Dutch nation,” according to the Art Newspaper. On view in the museum’s print …

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‘28 Years Later’ Features Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the North’ Alongside Flesh-Eating Zombies

Antony Gormley, Angel of the North, 1998. Universal Images Group via Getty Images In addition to a host of ravenous zombies and a fractured Scottish family, 28 Years Later features one of the most famous public artworks in the UK: Antony Gormley‘s Angel of the North, a 1998 sculpture that towers above the A1 roadway …

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Rosalind Fox Solomon, Photographer Who Pictured Alienation and Racism, Dies at 95

Rosalind Fox Solomon, 2019. Getty Images for International Center of Photography Rosalind Fox Solomon, a photographer who crafted piercing images of alienation, racism, and marginalization in the United States and far beyond it, died in New York on Monday at 95. Stephen Bulger Gallery, her representative, confirmed her passing, but did not state a cause …

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A New Video Game Allows You to Repatriate African Artifacts by Looting Western Museums

A screenshot from “Relooted,” a new game from South African video game developer Nyamakop. Courtesy Nyamakop/Epic Games Have you ever imagined yourself, on a visit to a major museum, busting through a wall, arms full of ill-begotten African artifacts and ready to return them to their rightful homes? No? Well, you may soon have the …

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