Syria abolishes al-Assad-era ‘terrorism’ court as Kurdish tensions flare — Discontent is testing President Ahmed al-Sharaa's ability to unify a country emerging from 14 years of conflict.
Delacroix’s Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople Restored to Its Original Glory — Following a meticulous course of conservation treatment, Eugène Delacroix’s Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople is returning to the Red Rooms, joining a number of other famous work
Lucian Freud’s Dozing Nude Could Fetch $47M at Auction — "Sleeping By the Lion Carpet" (1995–96) is the last in a series of monumental portraits of Sue Tilley in resting postures.
Widline Cadet’s Doubled Diaspora — The Haitian-born photographer explores how various media, from dusty analog photo albums to cell phone videos, store and shape personal histories of migration.
"Pam the Bird" Graffiti Stirs Controversy in Melbourne — Days after police arrested the graffiti artist who tagged a prominent bridge tower with a giant bird, some are calling on the city to preserve the work.
Tavares Strachan's First Monograph Surveys an Encyclopedic Practice — Tavares Strachan is one of the leading conceptual artists working today, and his first monograph is out this month from Phaidon.
The Best Part of “Moss and Freud” Is When It’s Over — In the film, Kate Moss is looking for the right man to get her sober, and Lucian Freud is a Great Man who magically sees the “truth” in young women.
Sakuga Blog — The Art of Japanese Animation
Sarah Schulman’s Four Decades of Lesbian Fiction — “Nothing stops me except the publishing industry,” quipped the novelist and AIDS historian, who cut her teeth as an East Village journalist writing for queer and feminist papers.
Google's AI shakeup: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart — Google's AI brain drain continues.
Wet on wet, two pigments.
Wet on wet, two pigments.