Swiss art museum appoints first-ever botanical curator, backed by Chanel Culture Fund

By Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN (CNN) — The Fondation Beyeler, home to one of western Europe’s leading modern and contemporary art collections, is turning its gaze toward a novel type of gallery — its own gardens. Located near Basel, Switzerland, the...

India Art Fair’s EDI+IONS brings a collection of galleries and artists from across India to Hyderabad

Beyond individual practices, EDI+IONS Hyderabad opens up a broader conversation between craft and contemporary art — a dialogue Karishma Swali, creative director of Chanakya International and the Chanakya School of Craft, has been shaping for...

Wilton Library Presents Art Exhibition Featuring Annual Show of Works by Weir Farm Artist Collective

Wilton Library will be presenting the diverse works of more than 30 area artists from Weir Farm National Historical Park’s Artist Collective program in its November-December art exhibition “Weir Inspired: The Annual Show of the Weir Farm Artist...

New AI Disclosure Rules Could Transform the Music Industry - Here's Why

Earlier this year, a band called The Velvet Sundown racked up hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify with retro-pop tracks, generating a million monthly listeners on Spotify. But the band wasn’t real. Every song, image, and even its back...

Shen Wei traverses cultural bridge

Reflecting Elements series from the exhibit Shen Wei: Still/Moving are displayed at the Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in New York on Oct 18. COURTESY OF SUSA DESIGNS Fifty years have passed since Chinese artist Shen Wei first...

Hugh Stephens: Canada must defend its creative sector from AI thievery

It is generally accepted that AI is here to stay and will continue to need vast amounts of content for training. In most cases, copyrighted content is the kind of curated, high value work that AI developers need but until now, have preferred to...

Michael Takeo Magruder s The Horse as Technology and Casper Zebrafish expanded A New Jerusalem Reconstructed Landscape s Green Oaks burn iteration 1

Michael Takeo Magruder’s, The Horse as Technology and Casper Zebrafish [expanded]; A New Jerusalem; Reconstructed Landscape{s}— Green Oaks .burn (iteration 1) New discoveries and technologies often outpace our ability to describe them accurately,...

Zadie Smith and Anne Enright: the art of paying attention

“When you review an exhibition of paintings, you don’t compose a painting about it. When you review a film you don’t make a film about it... But when you review a prose-narrative, then you write a prose-narrative about that prose-narrative,”...

Live demos and panel explore creative innovation at The History Museum

The History Museum presents “Rockne, Art & Technology” at 2 p.m. Nov. 9 at 897 Thomas St. It is presented by Kamish Studios and sculptor Paul Kamish, according to a press release. The event will highlight the innovative approaches of Knute Rockne...

Algorithmic Supremacists and AI Hype

When the creative minds of science fiction got us thinking about how AI might be introduced to the world, along with the impact it would have on unprepared societies, they didn’t imagine a tech industry dominated by algorithmic supremacists who...

Ministry of Culture, TUCO present cheque to Lady Gypsy

Features Yvonne Webb 2 Hrs Ago Michelle Benjamin, Minister of Culture and Community Development, right, with Ainsley King, president of the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation (TUCO), left, and veteran calypsonian Lynette “Lady Gypsy”...

G20 ministers adopt KwaDukuza Declaration on Culture

Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has described the KwaDukuza Declaration on Culture, adopted by the G20 ministers in Zimbali during a recent meeting, as reaffirmation that culture cuts across sectors. Speaking at the closure of the...

Onassis Foundation Opens a Space for Artistic Experiments in Suburban Athens

In a land of museums, cultural foundations and ancient ruins everywhere, Onassis Ready, which opened earlier this month with Juergen Teller’s show “you are invited,” wants to offer something different. Housed in a former plastic bottle factory in...

Canva unveils its Creative Operating System to rival Adobe

Canva launched its Creative Operating System (COS), a unified AI-powered ecosystem integrating the Visual Suite, AI capabilities, and platform infrastructure for its 260 million users worldwide. This initiative aims to provide an end-to-end...

Meet the 18-year-old founder behind three Top-100 AI powered Apps — and a 100-hour work week

At just 18 years old, Robert Mukhametov has already built a mini app empire from his base in Cyprus. He’s founded RM Company, built a team, and created three AI-powered apps that have each climbed into the Top 100 of the App Store — spanning...

AfCFTA Secretariat Invites Africa To Meet In Accra, Ghana For Creatives Connect Afrika 2025

The AfCFTA Secretariat, in partnership with the Black Star Experience (BSE) and Africa Tourism Partners (ATP), is proud to announce the inaugural Creatives Connect Afrika 2025: The AfCFTA Forum on Tourism, Creatives and Cultural Industries...

Chrome tests “Nano Banana” and “Deep Search” AI buttons

Google Chrome is testing new AI-powered search functions in its experimental Canary build, signaling a potential shift in how users begin browsing. The test, first spotted by Windows Report, introduces two new buttons, or “chips,” just below the...

Creepy Art History: 10 Bugs and Critters Hiding in Paintings

Creepy-crawlies: bugs, lizards, and insects. You either love them or hate them. But one place you may have thought they wouldn’t appear is in fine art, from some of the great artists of all time. But even there, a fly may find a way in. Begin...

Bustr builds Trinidad and Tobago’s creative economy

Features Janelle De Souza 2 Hrs Ago - AT just 24 years old, Arouca-born entrepreneur Seth Nurse has taken on the monumental task of helping to build what he calls a “creative economy” in TT and hopefully one day, the Caribbean. As CEO and founder...

India and South Africa deepen cultural ties during Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's visit

JOHANNESBURG: Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat held a meeting with South Africa's Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie on the sidelines of the 4th G20 Culture Working Group Meet in Zimbali, near Durban...