Damien Aubin Documents a Former Soviet Mining Settlement Suspended in Time — French photographer visits the Arctic region of Pyramiden to document the snow-covered remnants of a former mining town.
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Inside the Mind of an Antiquities Looter — "The Man Who Stole the Gods" author Matthew Campbell discusses Western collectors' rapacious hunger for ancient Cambodian art and the sheer violence it took to satiate it.
Penske Gobbles Up Vox Media — In better news: Frankenthaler Foundation climate grants, Meow Wolf on “The Simpsons,” Schomburg Center acquisitions, and more.
A New Richard Avedon Documentary Lets Him Down — Director Ron Howard is a gun for hire, and it shows in this conventional documentary about the famed photographer.
Child Punctures Magritte Painting With Pinecone at Israel Museum — René Magritte's “The Castle of the Pyrenees” (1959) was removed from view to undergo restoration.
Children's Imaginations Run Wild in Taekhan Yun's Collaborative Design Workshops — A series of hands-on workshops facilitated by designer Taekhan Yun invited children to conceive of whimsical chairs and birdhouses.
Inside Chicago’s Obama Center — Italian art workers announce a nationwide strike, New York’s Penn Station to feature Trump’s name, and have you heard about the “Obamalisk”?
US High-Grade Bond Market Sees the Most Issuers Since January — A record pace in US investment-grade bond issuance continued Monday, with 19 firms storming the market, the most in seven months.
Edward Church, Peter Hujar, Looted Art — Who is the antiquities dealer behind looted artifacts at dozens of museums across the United States?
Looking Up at Constable’s Sky — The British painter’s four seasons, the New Museum’s new director, and which Surrealist painter influenced a soccer jersey?
Visual Phenomena & Optical Illusions — This huge collection of non-scary optical illusions and fascinating visual phenomena emphasizes interactive exploration, beauty, and scientific explanation.
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GraffitiStreet Store - Buy Urban Art: Originals, Limited Edition Prints — GraffitiStreet is a leading UK urban art gallery, offering authentic Banksy prints and artworks with Pest Control certification, alongside works by pioneering street artists including Invader, STIK, Bordalo
Disclosed CVEs: 3.5× Spike After Claude Mythos — Notable organizations disclosed ~1,300 high- and critical-severity CVEs in June 2026, roughly 3.5× the pre-Mythos monthly record. Epoch AI's breakdown of vulnerability disclosures following Anthropic's Project Glasswing.
Watch It: Wilhelm Schmid And Ben Clymer Discuss A. Lange & Söhne's Watches & Wonders Novelties — On the new 36mm Saxonias, the Lange 1 Perpetual Tourbillon Lumen, and the discipline required to make a smaller watch.
Who Will Fight for Artists' Rights in Congress? — Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler has led the fight to bring resale royalties to artists in the US. With his retirement, it could all go away.
'Voices in the Mirror' Honors the Legacy of Pioneering Photographer Gordon Parks — A large-scale survey of Gordon Parks' most iconic photographs go on view in a celebration of his work and 20 years of The Gordon Parks Foundation.
Cool Infographics — Featuring great examples of infographics, data visualizations and visual communication including critique, commentary, best practices, tips, design tools, jobs board, posters, and the Cool Infographics book!
Art Movements: Larry Gagosian Heads to the Big Screen — The enigmatic art dealer gets the documentary treatment, Pace gets the Brancusi Estate, the Louvre's new architects, and other industry news.
Traditional African Baskets and Pottery Meet Pop Culture in Donté K. Hayes' Sculptures — "The head is more than the center of the brain and thought; it is the place where the soul lives and must be protected," the artist says.
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.