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• What London’s Olympic Quarter Could Have Been

  22-08-2016 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “It could convert the giddy Olympian optimism of 2012 into wonders that will unfold over decades. It could be, to use the favourite adjective of eternally amazed sports broadcasters, incredible. But according to three venerable architects – Royal Academicians, still with fire in their bellies from their 1960s youths – it will not.”
  
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• The Frida Kahlo Effect: Why the Mexican Artist Is Still a Pop-Cultural Icon Today

  06-07-2026 22:29 via artnews.com
  
  Updated July 6, 2026Our fascination with all things Frida Kahlo seemingly knows no end. Fridamania, the global obsession with this painter whose life was as artful as her canvases, has been rising for decades but is now at a fever pitch.A major exhibition of her work that opened in late June at London’s Tate Modern pre-sold 41,000 tickets, a record for the museum (outperforming shows for beloved artists such as David Hockney). That exhibition opened earlier this year at the Museum of Fine
  
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• Amid Its Own Copyright Controversy, Midjourney Asks Court to Reveal How Disney Uses AI

  06-07-2026 22:19 via artnews.com
  
  Midjourney has asked a federal US court to force Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to disclose how they use artificial intelligence, returning a legal volley first fired by the entertainment giants.The studios sued Midjourney, accusing it of facilitating widespread infringement of their copyrighted characters—a potentially devastating legal challenge for the popular AI image generator. Per Variety, Midjourney has claimed “fair use” and now argues that the studios are employin
  
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• 2,000-Year-Old Gold Rings Found in Thailand by Human Bones

  06-07-2026 21:54 via artnews.com
  
  An archaeological dig in western Thailand turned up a pair of gold rings in the vicinity of human bones.As reported by the Associated Press, one of the rings bears script that reads “pusarakhitasa,” which means “the one protected by Pushya.” Written in Bhrami, an ancient Indian system of writing, the allusion to Pushya refers to “one of the most auspicious zodiac signs in Indian astronomy,” according to the Thai government’s Fine Arts Department. The oth
  
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• Portrait of Spanish Count-Duke Is Newly Attributed to Velázquez by Detroit Institute of Arts Director

  06-07-2026 20:51 via artnews.com
  
  Salvador Salort-Pons, the director of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), recently revealed the discovery of a portrait by Diego Velázquez made during the artist’s earliest years as a court painter to King Philip IV. Salort-Pons, a specialist on Velázquez, published his findings in the current issue of ARS Magazine, which is run by the Museo Prado in Madrid.Titled The Count-Duke of Olivares in Armor (1626), the rediscovered painting depicts Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental
  
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• Archaeologists Uncover a Well-Preserved Byzantine-Era City in Egypt’s Western Desert

  06-07-2026 20:45 via artnews.com
  
  Archaeologists working in Egypt’s Western Desert have uncovered a well-preserved Byzantine-era city at the Dakhla Oasis, reports Heritage Daily. According to the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the discovery provides important insights into daily life when Egypt was part of the Byzantine Empire.  Excavation of the fourth-century settlement, conducted at the Ain Al-Sabil archaeological site by a mission from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), revea
  
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• Yemen Identifies 28 Looted Artifacts at British Museum, London Auction Houses

  06-07-2026 20:08 via artnews.com
  
  Yemen’s Antiquities Authority said it had identified 28 allegedly looted Yemeni artifacts in overseas collections, including eight pieces recently offered for sale at auction houses in London and 20 held by the British Museum.According to Yemen’s General Authority for Antiquities and Museums, the first group of objects appeared in antiquities sales held around July 2 at Bonhams in London and at Apollo Art Auctions. The group comprises statue heads, a statue, an inscription, and funer
  
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• Yervant Gianikian, Artist Who Helped Win Armenia the Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion, Dies at 84

  06-07-2026 18:44 via artnews.com
  
  Yervant Gianikian, an Italian filmmaker whose work helped Armenia win the Venice Biennale’s top honors in 2015, has died, according to reports in the Italian press. He was 84.Frequently working with his partner Angela Ricci Lucchi, who died in 2018, Gianikian produced experimental films that considered forms of dispossession and the lingering pain that often accompanies it. He sometimes appropriated archival footage and then repurposed it, to mull how “history ends up liberating us f
  
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• Oregon Estate Sale’s $45 Chinese Paintings Could Be Worth Millions, Lawsuit Claims

  06-07-2026 18:42 via artnews.com
  
  Google Image Search can identify a lot of things. But according to a new lawsuit filed in Oregon, multimillion-dollar Chinese paintings aren’t one of them.An estate sale company is accused of selling dozens of Chinese scrolls and rubbings for as little as $45 apiece after allegedly relying on Google Image Search to value them. Now the family that owned the works wants the sale unwound, arguing that several pieces could be worth hundreds of thousands—or even millions—of dollars.
  
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• Flagman casino Review: Quick Spin Slots & High‑Intensity Play

  06-07-2026 18:12 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  When you’re looking for a burst of excitement without the marathon grind, Flagman casino delivers a sharp, adrenaline‑filled experience. From the moment you hit “Play” the action is relentless – a brief window where each spin can shift your fortune in seconds.
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• Jewelry Heist at French Decorative Arts Museum Is Latest in Spate of Thefts

  06-07-2026 17:52 via artnews.com
  
  Jewelry worth an estimated €4 million ($4.57 million) was stolen from a decorative arts museum in northeastern France’s Alsace region early on Sunday morning, less than a week after another heist at an archaeological museum on the other side of the country.According to French reports, soon after 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, masked thieves smashed through a door to the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder, which is dedicated to Art Deco and Art Nouveau designer René Lalique. Next, they br
  
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• Artist Sues Downtown New York Gallery, Alleging That He Wasn’t Paid for Sold Artworks

  06-07-2026 17:41 via artnews.com
  
  Artist Jonathan Bruce Williams sued New York’s Kai Matsumiya last month, alleging that the gallery still owes him more than $16,000 for two artworks that sold from his 2025 show there.Located near Tribeca, one of the city’s most densely populated gallery districts, Kai Matsumiya was founded in 2014 and has shown artists such as Steffani Jemison, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, and Hadi Fallapisheh. The gallery’s exhibitions have earned acclaim from critics, with a 2020 Surface profil
  
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• Meet the Founders of Black Crown, the Only Active Black-Owned Fine Art Auction House in the US

  06-07-2026 17:36 via artnews.com
  
  In February, Walter and Cathy Shannon launched Black Crown Art Auctions, the only active Black-owned and Black-operated fine art auction house in the United States. They created the platform to ensure equity, visibility, and legacy for African American artists, gallerists, and collectors.The Shannons, who launched Black Crown Art Auctions at the 18th Annual Harlem Fine Art Show, are no strangers to the art world. The couple own E&S Gallery, a gallery based in Louisville in operation since 19
  
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• In New Report, White House Accuses Smithsonian Museum of Abandoning Scholarship for Extreme ‘Political Activism’

  06-07-2026 17:32 via artnews.com
  
  While most of the country was celebrating United States’s 250th birthday, the Trump White House launched its latest broadside against the Smithsonian Institution: a 162-page report from the Domestic Policy Council detailing supposed “ideological capture” at the National Museum of American History.The report, released on July 4, alleges the museum “purposely presents America as a problematic country irredeemably conceived, founded by deeply flawed men, and still operating
  
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• Najboljša Mobilna Gambling Enterprise: Pregled do Top Mobilnih Gamings in Platform

  06-07-2026 16:55 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  V današnji digitalni dobi so pametni telefoni dejansko postale pomemben sestavni del našega življenja. Z vzrastom pametnih telefonov in tablic se je sredstvo naše interakcije z online igralnicami dodatno razvijal. Mobilne igralnice zagotavljajo udobje, prilagodljivost, in verjetnost igrati naše priljubljene gambler igre kadarkoli in kjerkoli. V tem zapisu bomo odkrivali najbolj izjemne mobilne gambler igre in platforme, ponudili vam vse informacije ki jih potrebu
  
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• Najboljše Mobilne Igralnice: Vaš Ultimativni Pregled za Igranje na Potovanje

  06-07-2026 16:54 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Mobilne igralniške podjetja so revolucionirale sektor iger, omogočajo igralcem da uživajo v svojih najljubših igralniških videih kjerkoli in kadarkoli. Ali ste v dolgi vožnji ali pripravljate bližnjega prijatelja, ali samo sproščate, mobilne igralniške ustanove nudijo ugodnost in užitek igralnice na potovanju. V tem vodiču bomo odkrili najboljše mobilne igralniška mesta na voljo, njihove atribute in kaj upo&scaro
  
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• Idealna Spletna Igralnica Izplačila: Vaš Pregled za Zmago Široko

  06-07-2026 16:54 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  V današnji digitalni dobi so on-line igralni podjetja so postale postopoma ugledne, ponujajo nekonflikten in vznemirljiv pomen za doživljanje vznemirjenja stav tsars iz udobja vašega svojega doma. Toda z ogromnim številom izbir, je odkrivanje spletne igralnice z najbolj učinkovitimi plačili lahko neobvladljiva naloga. Ta kratki članek cilja na pomoč skozi proces, ponuja vam pomembne vpoglede in predloge za povečanje možnosti za zmago ogromn
  
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• White House Report Claims Smithsonian Museum ‘Erases’ Heritage, Another Jewelry Heist at a French Museum, and More: Morning Links for July 6, 2026

  06-07-2026 16:46 via artnews.com
  
  The HeadlinesHISTORY WILL TELL? On July 4, as Americans celebrated the nation’s 250th anniversary, the White House published a scathing attack on the Smithsonian Institution, in particular its National Museum of American History, reports the New York Times. Titled “Saving America’s Story: How Ideological Capture at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History Erases Our Heritage,” the 162-page report by th
  
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• Najfinest Spletna Mesta z Igralnimi Avtomati: Sproščujoč Navdušenja Spletnih Iger na Srečo

  06-07-2026 16:36 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Svet spletnih stav je transformiral način, kako doživljamo pustolovščino iger na srečo. Med množico možnosti, ki so dosegljive, je spletna stran z igralnimi avtomati postala prednostna med ljubitelji iger po vsem svetu. Z vpadljivo grafiko, osupljivo igro in možnostjo za velike zmage, ni čudno, da so spletni igralni avtomati postali tako najljubši.
  V tem članku bomo preučili najučinkovitejša spletna mesta z igralnimi por
  
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• Idealni Mastercard Igralni Podjetji: Vaš Pregled za Varno in Zanesljivo Spletno Igranje na Srečo

  06-07-2026 16:36 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Na spletu igralnice so postali vse bolj prepoznavni v zadnjih letih, dobavljajoč priročen in dostopen sredstvo za uživanje velikega obsega igralniških video iger iz prijetnosti igralnica bizzo lastnega doma. Vendar, je vitalno, da poskrbite, da izberete zaupanja vreden in varen spletni kazino, ki bo zaščitil vaše osebne in ekonomske podrobnosti. Med {najboljnajbolj zanesljivih in pogosto sprejetih settlement pristopov na na spletu kazinojskih mestih je Ma
  
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• Povečanje kripto Gambling ustanov: Najbolj učinkovite Platforme za Igranje na srečo s Kriptovaluto

  06-07-2026 16:35 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Z rastočo privlačnostjo kriptovalute, vse več na spletu igralniških podjetij začenjajo sprejemati Bitcoin kot metoda poravnave. Bitcoin igralniška podjetja uporabljajo številne prednosti pred tradicionalnimi spletnimi igralniškimi podjetji, vključno z hitrejši posli, zmanjšanimi stroški, in izboljšano osebno zasebnostjo. V tem prispevku bomo raziskali zelo najboljše Bitcoin igralniška podjetja na voljo
  
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• Najboljše Spletna Mesta z Igralnimi Avtomati: Sproščujoč Vese Spletnih Stavami

  06-07-2026 16:35 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Svet spletnih iger na srečo je transformiral sredstvo, kako doživljamo navdušenje igralnic. Med množico možnosti, ki so dosegljive, so spletna mesta z igralnimi napravami postala priljubljena med igralci po celem svetu. Z vpadljivo grafiko, zanimivo igro in možnostjo za velike dobitke, ni presenetljivo, da so spletni igralni avtomati postali tako prednostni.
  V tem prispevku bomo odkrili najučinkovitejša spletna mesta z igralnimi avtomati, ki ponujajo n
  
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• Why We Can’t Get Enough Juicy Art Heist Stories

  05-07-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  I didn’t take much convincing. In movies, there is always that scene where the criminal, having said no, changes his mind and growls, “I’m in,” but I was feeling more agreeable. When an old friend approached me about one more job with a big payday, I decided to say yes before I’d finished the email. And so, for weeks, I read and watched nothing but stories about stealing art.In time, they began to blend together, until I felt I was investigating a single elaborate c
  
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• Tens of Thousands Try for Tickets to See Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum

  03-07-2026 22:51 via artnews.com
  
  Tickets to see the Bayeux Tapestry when it goes on view at the British Museum this fall sold out in just over 24 hours this week, reports the Telegraph. The museum said it was the biggest day of ticket sales in its history.Depicting the Norman conquest of England 1066 and made there in the 1070s, the Bayeux Tapestry (technically an embroidery) is an astonishing 230 feet long and, according to the British Museum, features 58 detailed scenes, each rendered in colored wool on flax. On loan from the
  
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• America At 250: Still Under Construction

  03-07-2026 21:12 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,Happy 250th. Fitting that today’s stories keep circling the question the country has never settled: what is American culture, and who gets to say? There’s a case for George Bristow’s “Niagara” — a choral finale that outscales Beethoven’s Ninth — as the first great American symphony (Early Music America). Stephen Foster, born on the nation’s 50th birthday, turns 200 today still singing to America’s contradictions (The Conver
  
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• The First Great American Symphony? George F. Bristow’s “Niagara”

  03-07-2026 20:50 via earlymusicamerica.org
  
  Doug Shadle: “As I listened to the symphony — a strange yet monumental work with a choral finale eclipsing Beethoven’s Ninth in scope — the sonic confluences that have given shape and vibrancy to our national culture for 250 years rushed at me for over an hour.” – Early Music America
  
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• Cleared Commonwealth Prize-winner Explains His Writing Process

  03-07-2026 20:31 via theatlantic.com
  
  In a phone interview on Tuesday afternoon, Jamir Nazir told me that he feels vindicated—and relieved. “Look, I didn’t use it!” he said about AI. Now that he has won the prize, Nazir said, he is free at last to explain his process and clear his name. – The Atlantic
  
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• How Noah Webster Pushed (And Pushed Some More) To Americanize The English Language

  03-07-2026 20:01 via lithub.com
  
  “Though it was much maligned during its initial years, The American Spelling Book had a profound pedagogical effect throughout the young nation. … ‘There iz no alternativ,’ implored Webster in 1790, … ‘Every possible reezon that could ever be offered for altering the spelling of wurds, stil exists in full force.’” – Literary Hub
  
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• The Movies Smartphones Make That Hollywood Can’t

  03-07-2026 19:45 via theconversation.com
  
  Over the last 15 years, as a filmmaker and professor of digital arts, I have seen extraordinary shorts and features made on smartphones. Many were created by early career filmmakers who would have struggled to access industry funding without a smartphone and a minimal crew. – The Conversation
  
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• Spotify Removes Half-Million Streams After Suspicious Kalshi Activity

  03-07-2026 19:35 via musicbusinessworldwide.com
  
  Spotify has removed more than 500,000 registered streams from Malcolm Todd‘s Earrings, after the song’s rise to No. 1 on the platform’s daily US chart was tied to bets placed on the prediction market Kalshi. – MusicBusinessWorldwide
  
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