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‘It is not good or bad’: in a frantic age, Beeple seeks a more nuanced take on technology

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The media artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) increasingly sees his interactive video sculpturesone of which goes on show this month at the SXSW London festival and another at The Shed in New Yorkand social media posts as public art

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Artur Snitkus, Ukrainian artist and musician, killed in combat near Donetsk, aged 36

The Art Newspaper

In tributes, friends and colleagues described him as “icon of the Ukrainian queer underground” and “a holy man”

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Miami’s Vizcaya Museum will save century-old pool-grotto mural with National Park Service grant

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The rare work by the Gilded Age artist Robert Winthrop Chanler is endangered by the surrounding water and Miami's humid conditions

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How Gothic Art From the Middle Ages Inspired Modern Artists

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An exhibition in Oslo considers how artists like Edvard Munch and Kthe Kollwitz embraced the expressive potential of medieval art. The post How Gothic Art From the Middle Ages Inspired Modern Artists appeared first on Artnet News.

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Ice Age Artists Captured the Earliest Known Fishing Scene 15,800 Years Ago, New Research Shows

Artnet News

The post Ice Age Artists Captured the Earliest Known Fishing Scene 15,800 Years Ago, New Research Shows appeared first on Artnet News. The surprisingly "abstract" and "minimalist" representation may hold specific symbolic significance.

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To help preserve her works, Cindy Sherman is offering to destroy and reprint old photographs

The Art Newspaper

Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth The US photographer Cindy Sherman has launched a new initiative to preserve the physical and conceptual integrity of her work. It is the first initiative of its kind in photography and could set a new benchmark for legacy care among artists working in lens-based media.

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Rijksmuseum gives place of honour to newly acquired still life by Golden Age artist Maria van Oosterwijck

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Painting by 17th-century Dutch painter has been researched and restored as part of the Women of the Rijksmuseum project supported by Chanel

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