Man sentenced for death of fiancée, an Ohio art student who went missing in 2011
John Carter was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in the August 2011 disappearance of Ohio art student Caitlin Markham. Carter was charged with two counts of murder when he was arrested in March 2023. He pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter as part of a plea agreement. Butler County prosecutors said […]
Christie’s is all in on holograms ahead of Art & Tech Summit
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla will convene in New York City this week for a technology-focused summit hosted not by an Internet giant but by Christie’s, the 258-year-old auction house. Bonnie Brennan, Christie’s president of the Americas, told the Post that having some of the biggest […]
Bill Viola made video art ask the biggest, most universal questions | Art and design
MaThe most memorable piece by Bill Viola was a video of a man submerged and slowly resurfacing with the cold North Sea below. I travelled from London to Orkney to see a small retrospective of his work, including Ascension, at a pier gallery. StromnessThe trip was well worth it, especially “Ascension,” an uncompromising embrace of […]
Inside the biggest art fraud in US history – podcast | News
Orlando WhitfieldAuthor All that glitters,tell Michael Safi He spoke about his former friendship with Inigo Philbrick, who was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2022 for wire fraud and ordered to forfeit $86 million (£68 million). Whitfield and Philbrick, who were students at Goldsmiths College in London, decided to go into the art trade […]
ALFREDO ORTIZ: Democrats Have Mastered The Art Of Inflation
Inflation has eased, but the damage is already done. Government data released Thursday showed the Consumer Price Index rose 3% from last year, while the core CPI rose 3.3%, still high levels and 50% above the Federal Reserve’s target rate. Even more problematic is that today’s inflation A historic 20% increase Prices have been rising […]
Nicolas Cage says he’s terrified of what AI will do to art
Legendary actor Nicolas Cage has said he doesn’t want his likeness to be used after his death, and questions how artificial intelligence will affect artists. Cage, speaking in an interview ahead of his latest project, described as a Spider-Man Noir show for Amazon Prime, said he was afraid to undergo a digital body scan for […]