Arts
“We have inherited the surfaces of decadence — luxury, excess, artifice, bodily display — but have surrendered the fin de siècle’s commitment to pleasure”
In 1914, scholars classified every known instrument by sound. One missing category has now been filled: instruments that don't exist
AI poses a moral hazard, but it may also render unintelligible cultural concepts like merit, authenticity, expertise, and deliberation
New York Socialite Tracey Amon Asks Court to Compel Advisor Sandy Heller to Turn Over Papers Connected to Late Ex-Husband’s Art Collection
All-Night Art Heist in Italy Suspected to Be ‘Some Sort of Revenge’
Appeals Court Says Trump Lacks Authority to Build White House Ballroom
20 Years After eBay, ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Costumes Are Back at Auction, This Time at Christie’s
A Picasso Etching Stolen 8 Years Ago Was Returned to Milwuakee Police
Oslo Museum Curator Attributes Forgotten Still Life to Flemish Old Master Clara Peeters
Sprawling Nuclear Bunker in Italy Will Soon Be a Cold War Museum
Aspen’s Ambitious AIR Festival Turns the Rocky Mountains into a Stage
The Rauschenberg Foundation Has Listed its New York HQ For Sale, Making Way for Possible ‘Luxury Rentals or Boutique Condos’
National Gallery’s £250 K. Citizens’ Assembly Sparks Art World Criticism and Conservative Backslash
Jacques Chirac Presidential Museum in France Was Robbed Again
UK Promises to Help Local Museums, The Masterminds Behind the Bayeux Tapestry Move, and More: Morning Links for August 7, 2026