01 Jun A Danish Artist Has Debuted an A.I. 'Camera' That Generates Images Using Your Geolocation Data | Artnet News

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Bjørn Karmann’s camera, named the Paragraphica, uses censors and geolocation data—including weather conditions—to create a stream of text that is then converted into a “photo,” according to his website. The camera looks like a typical point-and-shoot, but replaces the lens with a red device, described by...

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01 Jun A Florence Museum Won Its Lawsuit Against a Publisher That Used a 'Mortifying and Humiliating' Image of Michelangelo’s ‘David’ | Artnet News

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An Italian court has ruled in favor of Florence’s Gallerie dell’Accademia in its lawsuit against the publishing house Edizioni Conde Nast, which used an image of Michelangelo’s David without permission.  The publisher reportedly projected David’s face onto the head of a model for a picture that appeared...

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01 Jun The Sackler Family of Art Patrons Must Pay $6 Billion to Combat the Opioid Crisis—In Exchange for Immunity From Civil Lawsuits | Artnet News

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The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has approved a new deal in the Purdue Pharma settlement, ordering the Sackler family to pay $6 billion—about half of their estimated wealth—to combat the opioid crisis. In exchange, the family will receive immunity in...

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01 Jun The Late Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto's Final Concert Will Air at The Shed—in a World-First Mixed Reality Installation | Artnet News

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“There is, in reality, a virtual me,” is how the late Ryuichi Sakamoto characterized his final project. However enigmatic sounding, it’s a description that, if not resonant in our metaversal age, nails the nature of the celebrated composer’s swan song. How better to describe a...

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01 Jun Is TikTok Trying to Cancel Salvador Dalí? Why Art Historians on the Platform Are Denouncing the 'Problematic' Surrealist Icon | Artnet News

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Art historians are taking to TikTok in a bid to cancel Surrealist icon Salvador Dalí, more than three decades after his death. Dalí, a Spanish artist known for making bizarre images such as The Persistence of Memory (1931), has long been revered for his contributions to...

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01 Jun Argentinian Soccer Fans Decry a New Bronze Statue of a Former Club Coach for Its Comically Large Cojones | Artnet News

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The Argentinian soccer club River Plate is facing backlash from fans for exaggerating the genitals on a new sculpture of former coach Marcelo Gallardo. The 47-year-old Gallardo, who left the team at the end of 2022, had won 14 trophies as a player for River before...

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01 Jun Sotheby’s Has Inked a Deal to Buy the Whitney Museum’s Iconic Breuer Building for Approximately $100 Million | Artnet News

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The Whitney Museum of American Art has agreed to sell its iconic Breuer Building on Madison Avenue to Sotheby’s, marking a tectonic change of guard in the art world, the two institutions announced today. The price wasn’t disclosed, but people familiar with the deal said...

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01 Jun An Ancient Rock Art Site in Australia, Home to a Million Petroglyphs, Has Been Damaged by Petrochemical Emissions, Scientists Say | Artnet News

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‘The Act of Opening a House Is So Beautiful’: Berlin’s Historic House of World Cultures Relaunches With an Ambitious Multisensory Weekend Newly helmed by the visionary director Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, the building will be pulsing with new rhythms, views and tastes....

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01 Jun Italian Police Recover a Long-Lost Roman Marble Head Nearly 50 Years After Its Theft | Artnet News

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‘The Act of Opening a House Is So Beautiful’: Berlin’s Historic House of World Cultures Relaunches With an Ambitious Multisensory Weekend Newly helmed by the visionary director Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, the building will be pulsing with new rhythms, views and tastes....

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01 Jun Art Industry News: Last-Minute Visitors to the Rijksmuseum's Vermeer Blockbuster Miss Out on 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' + Other Stories | Artnet News

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Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Thursday, June 1. NEED-TO-READ Artist Draws Inspiration From Climate Protesters – The Brooklyn-based artist Jacqueline Humphries initially found...

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