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How a new online database is bringing an African focus to restitution cases

Open Restitution Africa’s digital resource based on pan-continental research counters elevation of Western narratives

Did AI just authenticate a version of one of Rubens’s most famous works?

A Swiss company has examined a version of Rubens’s ‘The Bath of Diana’, which was long thought to be a copy, and believes it could be authentic—the leading authority on the artist takes a different view

How technologies applied in Florence are revolutionising fresco conservation

Traditionally, checking for damage was a manual job, but a combination of diagnostic technologies used in the restoration of the Brancacci Chapel offers much greater precision

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Here's how the EU is aiding artists in tackling social media moderation issues

Out-of-court dispute settlement bodies are an important development in supporting creative expression

UK government AI drive spreads optimism—but copyright thorn remains

Investment in public data libraries and technology skills is welcomed, but the human creativity at the heart of art needs protection from unconstrained generative AI

An architect’s dream: Refik Anadol launches AI tribute to Frank Gehry at Guggenheim Bilbao

The media artist presents “Living Architecture: Gehry”, generated from a new large architecture model containing visual data from the LA-based architect’s 65 years in practice

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Comment | The UK is attempting to pry open a notorious data ‘backdoor’—here's why that's alarming for artists

Emma Shapiro on the UK government's secret order to break end-to-end encryption and allow access to all citizens’ Apple iCloud data

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Electroshock conversion survivor’s experience made visceral in new VR project

Cameron Kostopoulos’s new immersive project, debuting at the SXSW festival, is especially timely in light of the Trump Administration’s policies and rhetoric vilifying trans people

Christie's AI art auction outpaces expectations, bringing in more than $728,000

In all, 28 of the Augmented Intelligence sale's 34 lots found buyers, including pieces by Refik Anadol, Charles Csuri and Harold Cohen

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Semi-autonomous artists can offer society new means of working with AI

Artists have a history of giving cultural and social relevance to new technology. Recent exhibitions of artificial intelligence art and a sale at Christie's New York highlight new approaches to collective ownership and governance that are applicable to the wider community

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By ‘giving space’ to generative AI, Hollywood director Bennett Miller is creating mysterious and surreal images

Miller’s images, produced with a “primordial” version of OpenAI’s Dall-E text-to-image model, arose from his work on a yet-to-be released documentary where leading thinkers address existential questions around artificial intelligence

Ayoung Kim, builder of vivid digital worlds, wins $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award

The artist is known for creating futuristic, interactive environments that reflect on contemporary geopolitical and socioeconomic issues

A quantum era is coming. What does this mean for art?

New technology will support artists as they produce enquiring new work

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Generative artists unite to back research into degenerative disease

For the Cure3 exhibition at Bonhams, to raise money for research into Parkinson’s disease, contributing artists Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn talk about the cause

South by Southwest London aims to deliver ‘sensible optimism’ at a time of global uncertainty

The Shoreditch-based festival's chief executive looks forward to presenting the cross-disciplinary work of “good, clever people with open minds”, including the actor Idris Elba and the artist and film-maker Jenn Nkiru

Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s The Gates revived, in exhibition and augmented reality, 20 years later

An AR experience in Central Park and a show at The Shed bring the sprawling Land art installation in Central Park back to life

New heritage body will use AI tools to help protect key sites from war and environmental crises

HeritageWatch.AI aims to provide real-time data, based on analysis of satellite imagery, to plan and deploy effective disaster management

Thousands call on Christie’s to cancel AI art auction in open letter

The sale has sparked backlash from critics who say AI programmes exploit human artists

Christie’s staging auction made up entirely of AI art

The Augmented Intelligence sale is the first of its kind to be held at a major auction house

Technology reveals ancient text inside burnt Herculaneum scroll

Scientists used artificial intelligence and X-ray imaging to decipher the Roman object's contents

Artists can copyright works made using AI as an ‘assistive tool’, US Copyright Office concludes

The Copyright Office’s new report also concluded that “the incorporation of AI-generated content into a larger copyrightable work” is acceptable

British Museum ‘running as normal’ after alleged IT attack by former employee

Both permanent galleries and temporary exhibitions were closed at the weekend following the suspected sabotage

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The second wave of immersive institutions has arrived—how can traditional museums and galleries harness their power?

Museums and galleries have a fresh opportunity to work with a new type of digital art venue that is spreading around the world, with the power to tell interactive stories of cultural heritage to multiple users using free-roam VR headsets

Comment | How technology can help the art world take a big step towards sustainability

A new report published by the virtual reality platform Vortic makes clear the environmental benefits of going digital—and a hybrid approach could a way forward in the short term

Sougwen Chung: meet the boundary-pushing pioneer of robot art

The Chinese Canadian artist is presenting a new kinetic work as part of the arts and culture programme at the 2025 World Economic Forum

How the World Economic Forum is offering a global stage for collaboration between art and technology

With a focus on melting ice caps, Joseph Fowler, the World Economic Forum’s head of arts and culture, completes an environmental trilogy of opening concerts at the forum's annual meeting in Davos

Refik Anadol: the AI artist sounding the alarm on glacial destruction

For his third artwork presented at Davos 2025, the artist uses artificial intelligence to highlight the devastating impact of climate change

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Immersive inspirations: three key developments from 2024

It was a big year for immersive art, with major institutions getting involved, new virtual reality kit, and a groundbreaking event in Venice

Palestine Museum US launches NFT collection in support of Gaza artists

The museum released a non-fungible token of a work by the Gazan artist Mohammed Alhaj to kick off the new initiative