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Anonymous image makers, New York nights and confronting the colonial: three photography shows to see at Les Rencontres d'Arles

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Presented across several sections— Counter-voices , Families Stories , Rereadings , Archive Tales , Variable Geometry , Nomad Chronicles and Emergences —and accompanied by satellite shows at venues big and small, the sprawling event presents thousands of images by hundreds of image makers.

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The magic of Troy Hill—a series of unique whole house art installations in Pittsburgh

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There is one more house that I’ve been trying to get for 15 years All four houses were commissioned by Evan Mirapaul, an art collector and former concert violinist who was inspired to start the project after visiting Naoshima, a Japanese island that features a number of site-specific artist installations.

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Strategic or speculative? Once again, art investment funds are on the rise

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The first fund in 2022 raised €20m from Swedish investors, which was spent on 46 primarily post-war and contemporary works by artists such as Carmen Herrera, María Berrío, Sheila Hicks, Omar Ba and Stanley Whitney (one work has already been sold, for a profit). ‘A So, the appeal of Arte Collectum was threefold for him.

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How Gretchen Andrew’s AI art is revealing the societal scars of ‘facetuning’

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Once a Silicon Valley software engineer and now an artist with a focus on the digital, Gretchen Andrew creates works that make the invisible impacts of technology visible. The artist is not only criticising contemporary beauty standards, but also AI at large. “AI We’re often told to be different—by society, family or even algorithms.

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With the help of conservators, one of Van Gogh’s finest Arles landscapes will be heading to Japan

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Published on Fridays, stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist, to scholarly pieces based on meticulous investigations and discoveries. It was spotted by one of readers, Yuri Pikul, a Ukrainian artist based in Kyiv. Explore all of Martin’s adventures with Van Gogh here.

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Cleveland Museum of Art acquires rare Giambologna marble sculpture

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The team is especially pleased with the condition of the piece. Noelle, who had seen the work at the Strozzi show, says that he and his fellow European art curator in Cleveland, Cory Korkow, “were floored” when they found out. Since arriving at the museum, says Noelle, it has only needed minor in-house conservation treatment.

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Uovo planning second, larger art storage facility in Brooklyn

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A representative for Uovo counters that the project is “fully aligned with [the community board’s] desire to ensure our project benefits the local community” and that its presence in the neighbourhood will come with “direct support for art programmes at a local school and continued support for local artists”. renovation project.