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One Art Student Hung An AI-Generated Show As His Own, And Then Another Art Student Ate Some Of It

The student who ate some of the show was then arrested and charged. One Bluesky post about the event said, “Look for the helpers.” - Art News

Our Attention Is Being ‘Fracked’ By Big Tech

But there are ways to resist. - The Guardian (UK)

The Physics Of Plur1bus

For real: How does “The Joining” work? Science has thoughts. - Wired

Buildings Of The Past Are Underused Tools For Dealing With Climate Change

During Britain’s “little Ice Age,” builders used common-sense tricks that could still keep houses warmer - or cooler - today. - BBC

Trump Bought At Least One Million Dollars In Netflix And Warner Bros Bonds Following Their Deal Announcement

“Trump, speaking last month with reporters on the red carpet of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., said Netflix’s deal to acquire Warner Bros. studios and streaming business will require a review, and said, ‘I’ll be involved in that decision.”’ - Variety

Nazis Stole Fragments Of The Bayeux Tapestry

A textile specialist “is assumed to have stolen the fragments, each only a few centimetres long, when he was sent to Bayeux as part of a research team to study Germany's ‘ancestral heritage’ - a racist and antisemitic project run by Adolf Hitler's Nazi SS.” - BBC

Both The Pompidou And The Grand Palais Appear To Be In Financial Difficulties

"The Centre Pompidou gave up one of its two spaces at the Grand Palais due to what the Paris museum described as ‘financial constraints faced by both institutions,’ according to Le Monde.” - Art News

Sundance Picks Former Universal Chair As New CEO

“Linde will begin his tenure on Feb. 17, after Sundance’s final film festival in Park City and before it heads to its new home in Boulder, Colorado.” - The Hollywood Reporter

After The Big One In An Art City In Japan, Trying To Preserve An Ancient Craft

The massive earthquake on New Year’s Day 2024 washed away the homes and studios of “hundreds of Wajima artisans in this Holy Land of Lacquerware at the tip of the Noto Peninsula, about two hours north of Kanazawa.” - The New York Times

Time Didn’t Used To Be Linear

Seriously: We decided it was in the 18th century. “In 1765, the scientist-philosopher Joseph Priestley, best known for co-discovering oxygen, invented what was arguably the world’s first modern timeline.” - Aeon

Artists Killed By Iran In Crackdown On Protests As The Repression, And Internet Blackout, Continues

Though the number is undoubtedly higher, "among the thousands of civilians confirmed dead are sculptor Mehdi Salahshour, filmmaker Javad Ganji, fashion designer and student Rubina Aminian, and hip-hop artist Soroush Soleimani.” - Art News

Former Nickelodeon Child Star Kianna Underwood Killed In Hit And Run In Brooklyn

Underwood was “a cast member of the former Nickelodeon children’s sketch comedy series All That,” and she had other credits to her name as well. She was 33. - Los Angeles Times

Harry Blitzstein, The “Consummate L.A. Painter,” Is Dead At 87

“(He) often noted that the difficulties of getting gallery shows, and the disappointments that often followed, led him to open (the Blitzstein Museum of Art), which he stocked with an ever-growing hodge-podge of his surreal, imaginative, sometimes dark, often playful, paintings.” - Los Angeles Times

Wikipedia Makes Licensing Deal With Big AI Companies

Wikipedia’s human traffic dropped 8% year-over-year, according to data the Wikimedia Foundation published in October 2025. Research from Profound analyzing 680 million AI citations found that Wikipedia accounts for 47.9% of ChatGPT’s top-10 most-cited sources. - Shelly Palmer

A Post-Fiasco Reset At Dallas Black Dance Theatre

That fiasco, during 2024-25, featured the firing of the dancers, loss of municipal funding, and a government-ordered overhaul of governance and employment practices. Now, with a new board, restored funding, and the search for a new executive director, DBDT is trying to rebuild its artistic work and public trust. - D Magazine (Dallas)

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