If the alpine backdrops and empty suits of “New Pastorals” seem skewed, vaguer and flatter even than the oblique combinations Salle usually stitches together, it is because they are the work of artificial intelligence, programmed to Salle’s specifications with the help of two technologists. - The New York Times
The nightmare: “The blaze made quick work of the art stored in Ayres’s flat: paintbrushes burned like dry straw, oil paintings melted to the walls. The results are shocking, like accidental works of Francis Bacon or details from Goya’s black paintings.” - The Guardian (UK)
“The human sense of smell, which has powerful connections to memory and emotion, has been deployed in art and historical displays and museums around the world.” - The New York Times
Is this effigy, with a plaque that reads, “In honor of a lifetime of sexual assault,” by the same artist who commemorated the dump one January 6 attempted coup member left on Nancy Pelosi’s desk? - Hyperallergic
More than 200 Russian curators and art historians, both in the country and in exile, have written an open letter claiming that Moscow’s State Tretyakov Gallery has “liquidated” its contemporary art department, following a restructure. - The Art Newspaper
"Prosecutors in Manhattan obtained an arrest warrant on Thursday for a high-profile, Princeton-educated antiquities dealer now based in Italy, … Edoardo Almagià, (who) has been charged with conspiracy, taking part in a scheme to defraud and possessing stolen property owned by Italy." - The New York Times
They often won’t just write about the work in question, but also about what’s going on in their lives. Digressions are frequent, sometimes even critical; talk about art leads to talk about books or gigs or other things. It’s not so much gonzo as an attempt to break down false, disembodied objectivity. - Artnet
Mid-century modern design is hard to pin down. As soon as you think you've grasped it, it re-invents itself. And while the revival of earlier movements such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau tends to come and go, mid-century modern's rebirth began in the 1990s and is still going strong. - Dezeen
A package of articles considering some of the most important examples (including forgotten ones) of the style, from Eero Saarinen's Tulip table (the man detested table legs) to Isamu Noguchi's Akari lamps to the Eames Shell chair to Charlotte Perriand's modular shelving units to the city of Columbus, Indiana. - Dezeen
The renovation — designed by Selldorf Architects with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners as executive architect — has reinstalled masterworks in new and restored spaces on the first floor and a new suite of galleries on the mansion’s previously private second floor, which will open to the public for the first time. - The New York Times
The development would include up to 300 affordable housing units, a public open space, and 45,000 square feet set aside for a possible Whitney and High Line office expansion, according to the mayor’s office. - Hyperallergic
A two-part essay by Ben Davis in which he considers (Part One) what exactly it is about a work that can give someone the physical response he calls "aesthetic chills" and (Part Two) why visual art doesn't seem to induce those chills as often as other art forms do. - Artnet
While the exact terms of the deal—or the company’s new valuation—were not disclosed, a Sotheby’s spokesperson said that $800 million of the cash injection has been earmarked for paying down the auction house’s $1.65 billion long-term debt. - ARTnews
Most scholars believe that the enormous embroidery, which depicts the Norman Conquest, is missing a key scene: the coronation of William the Conqueror as King of England on Christmas Day 1066. Hélène Delprat has been selected to create what she describes as "neither a restoration nor a reconstruction." - Artnet
