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The mysteries of Roman inscriptions are being solved with a new AI tool

The Art Newspaper

A new AI tool, named Aeneas after a hero from Greek and Roman mythology, analyses thousands of Latin inscriptions to predict lost text—and can even suggest when and where an inscription was written.

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Why artificial intelligence artists can be seen as ‘builders’, ‘breakers’—or both at once

The Art Newspaper

Take Sougwen Chung, the Chinese Canadian artist and researcher into human-machine collaboration. “I In Mutations of Presence (2021), Chung collaborated with D.O.U.G._4, Builders leverage AI to embrace the artistry of system creation, novel aesthetics and human-machine collaboration.

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‘Our biggest heritage crisis’: why Britain’s churches are in danger

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Newsletter sign-up Information About Contact Cookie policy Data protection Privacy policy Frequently Asked Questions Subscription T&Cs Terms and conditions Advertise Sister Papers Sponsorship policy Follow us Instagram Bluesky LinkedIn Facebook TikTok YouTube © The Art Newspaper Related content Heritage news 15 January 2021 Pew!

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Reputed Donatello bust taken into hiding by Slovak government

The Art Newspaper

Herucová, an art historian at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, first came across the bust in a depository while researching the Spiš Museum’s 19th century collection. An authentic Donatello? Not everyone, however, is convinced of the bust’s authenticity.

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‘Research powerhouse’: Abu Dhabi's Zayed National Museum confirms 2025 opening

The Art Newspaper

Researchers have found Qur’anic verses concealed beneath an intricate decorative layer of gold leaf on one of its pages. Magee stresses the museum’s aim to become a research powerhouse. The Zayed National Museum Research Fund aims to enrich understanding of the UAE’s cultural and historical legacy.

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A sale as old as time: Natural History Museum to display £450,000 dinosaur fossil after London gallery helps secure buyer

The Art Newspaper

When David Aaron gallery first acquired the fossil, which was excavated in 2021-22 on the Skull Creek site in Moffat County, Colorado, it was thought the specimen was a Nanosaurus, considered one of the smallest dinosaurs of the Jurassic period. The donation is permanent and the skeleton is now on long-term view.

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Hoard of stolen documents—including logbook of the ‘saviour of the Netherlands’—recovered by art detective

The Art Newspaper

His suspicions were confirmed upon seeing the objects in person, and he agreed to take the box on the condition that if the contents were stolen he would return them to their rightful owner. Despite being gone for a decade, he says the documents were in “perfect condition.”