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The First YouTube Video Is Now Part Of Victoria & Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has acquired the first-ever video uploaded on Youtube, as well as an early home page, to its collection.
YouTube was founded in February 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim - all of…
Guido Rocca at Imagine Museum: A Landmark Exhibition Redefining Contemporary Visual Language
In the panorama of contemporary art, there are journeys that do not begin from a formal research, but from an existential necessity. Guido Rocca’s painting belongs to this rare space, where the artwork is not the goal, but the consequence…
Project To Digitally Render Lighthouse Of Alexandria In The Works
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, will soon come alive again - thanks to a digital rendering project.
Located on an island near Pharos, Alexandria, the lighthouse stood as a sight of awe for…
Art Basel Qatar Gets A Slow But Steady Start
The first edition of Art Basel Qatar at Doha opened with slow sales, but experts are still optimistic for its future.
Art Basel’s long-anticipated debut in Qatar opened this week with cautious commercial momentum, even as the fair was…
Smithsonian’s Asian Art Museum Returns Stolen Statues To India
The National Museum of Asian Art at the Smithsonian has repatriated three ancient bronze statues, once stolen, to India.
The three bronze statues, which are more than a millennium old, were "Somaskanda" (12th century), "Saint Sundarar…
Ai Weiwei Returns To China After A Decade Of Exile
Artist Ai Weiwei has returned to China for the first time since 2015, when he was forced into exile from the country.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei had frequently found himself as a target of China’s authoritarian policies – something he also…
Designer And Collector Valentino Garavani Dies At 93
Iconic fashion designer and art collector Valentino Garavani died on Monday at the age of 93.
Valentino Garavani was born in a small town near Milan, Italy, in 1932. He moved to France to learn the trade of fashion design. He returned to…
Art Student Eats AI Artwork “In Protest”
In a bizarre news, an art student in Alaska literally ate an AI artwork by another student to protest against it.
The incident happened last week at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, where the exhibition "This Is Not…
BRAFA Showcases a Newly Identified Work by Peter Paul Rubens
BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels will host the first public presentation of a previously unknown painting now attributed to Peter Paul Rubens on 25 January, attracting international attention for its remarkable dual imagery and its unexpected…
Fresh Strikes Force Louvre To Close Again
The Louvre in Paris was forced to close once again on Monday after the latest in a series of strikes demanding better working conditions.
On Monday morning, workers and staff at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, announced that they…