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Everyone Hates Elon staged a lenticular spoof ad near Meta's London headquarters that flips between Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign image and a skeletal warning reading, “We’re always watching.” The mock billboard targets growing fears over privacy, surveillance, and misuse of smart

In Memoriam honors notable figures recently lost in the art world, including sculptor Bruno Lucchesi, kinetic artist Yaacov Agam, and political cartoonist Pat Oliphant. The roundup also remembers Edward Lucie-Smith, Chua Mia Tee, Dion E. Clarke, and Rudolph “Rudy” Montanez.

Longaberger once built a billion-dollar basket-making empire and immortalized itself with a headquarters shaped like a giant basket in Newark, Ohio. But after bankruptcy in 2018 and years of decline, the iconic Basket Building is now empty and for sale.

Cape Town gallery SMAC is facing allegations from artist Kate Gottgens that it withheld artworks and delayed payments over a period of years. The gallery denies the accusations, saying it kept her informed and that delays were caused by shipping and administrative

More than 12,000 people lined up in 1859 to see Frederic Edwin Church’s “Heart of the Andes,” a testament to the painter’s extraordinary appeal. In a new biography, Benjamin Moser places Church’s legacy within America’s long effort to shape its identity, while

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s five-year prison sentence ended on July 9, but Cuban authorities have not revealed where he is being held. Human rights groups say his case amounts to a forced disappearance, while supporters and officials continue pressing for his release.

This week’s In Memoriam column pays tribute to several notable figures in art, media, and cultural life, including Yervant Gianikian, Valerie Brathwaite, and Jerry Moriarty. The roundup also recognizes Richard H. Glanton, Herbert Lust, Beth McKillop, Sharon Dede Padi, Angela Rosengart, and

The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has returned three antiquities to Mexico, including a ceramic Nayarit sculpture formerly held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Officials said the objects are worth more than $160,000 combined, bringing the total value of antiquities returned to

Pat Oleszko has received the 2026 Bucksbaum Award, a $100,000 Whitney Museum of American Art prize recognizing a Biennial artist with a singular blend of talent and imagination. The roundup also covers Murmurs’ planned Downtown LA closure, a new grant for artists

Zendaya faced backlash after wearing 3,000-year-old Iranian gold discs turned into earrings at a London photocall for Christopher Nolan's forthcoming The Odyssey. The controversy has drawn attention to the art market’s long-running practice of transforming archaeological and cultural objects into luxury goods