A decision to tear up an agreement between the National Gallery and Tate, which has prevented the National Gallery from collecting works created after 1900, could create “bad blood” and a situation in which the two galleries are “at each other’s throats”, according to senior sources. - The Guardian
Largely funded by the US embassy in Baghdad, the restoration of the temple and the north retaining wall are part of the Future of Babylon Project, initiated 15 years ago, which aims to document, waterproof and stabilise structures throughout the 2,500-acre site. - The Art Newspaper
Many more now have signed deals with the AI companies which commonly include the use of their content as reference points for user queries in tools like ChatGPT (with citation back to their websites currently promised) as well as giving them the use of the tech to build their own products. - Press Gazette
“By studying copper isotopes taken from samples of the statue, scientists were able to identify that the metal originated from the Yangtze River in eastern-central China. … Researchers argue that the figure closely mirrors tomb guardians from the Tang dynasty” and that Marco Polo’s father may have brought it to Venice. - NBC News
Rugoff is most famous internationally for his 2019 Biennale, which saw the 79 artists included—a relatively low number for the world’s biggest art festival—each show at least two works in two different locations. - ARTnews
For example, between April and July, The New Yorker published over a dozen such pieces: essays about generative AI and the dangers it poses to literacy, education, and human cognition. Each had a searching, plaintive headline; each asks what AI-generated writing can or can’t do and how human writers can or can’t respond. - N+1
“Stations were never intended to be completely dependent on federal funding. The more existential crisis is how we continue to be relevant.” - Texas Tribune
The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, also known as the frequency illusion, is a type of cognitive bias where, once you learn about something – such as a word, person or concept – you start to notice it more frequently. - Psyche
The number of tuition-free students will continue to increase on a rolling basis across all of Juilliard. “We’re looking at a multiyear campaign, and there are different ways that can happen." - Dance Magazine
Two years ago A24 bought the Cherry Lane Theatre in Manhattan’s West Village for $10 million; following a thorough remodeling, the house has reopened this week. A24 plans to keep programming theatrical productions in the 166-seat theater, alongside music and a film series with talkbacks hosted by Sofia Coppola. - The Hollywood Reporter
The researchers’ model allows for the generation of synthetic data to accurately model key degradation processes and overcome the scarcity of information contained in the cultural object. It also yields better results than traditional models, based on multispectral images, while enabling research with conventional digital images. - El Pais
A lawyer representing the artist Armand Vaillancourt has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the City of San Francisco in response to the controversial plan to demolish the 96-year-old artist’s namesake Brutalist fountain at Embarcadero Plaza. - The Art Newspaper
By preparing a play for the company before Warner’s planned split, Paramount Skydance is attempting to pre-empt a potential bidding war for the studio and streaming unit that could include deep-pocketed technology companies such as Amazon.com and Apple. - The Wall Street Journal
“Many from the Ballet Nacional are quietly choosing to leave behind difficult conditions: Blackouts that make rehearsal spaces and exercise rooms swelteringly hot. Scarce medical supplies. Pointe shoes stuck in customs for months.” - The New York Times
The Miami-Dade County School Board, owner of the broadcast license for WLRN, argues that South Florida Public Media Group, which manages the station, violated its contract when it moved to acquire a new radio station in West Palm Beach which it plans to convert into a public radio outlet. - Miami Herald (MSN)
