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Victor Solomon is ready for the Olympic Games. Known for blending the worlds of basketball with fine art, the Boston-born, Los Angeles-based artist has released a new limited edition vessel inspired by the US Dream Team of the early '90s.The US National Basketball Team are defending champs and will be eyeing to secure a record 17th gold medal when they hit the courts in Paris later this month. 2024 will be the last dance for a number of players, however, as LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant will likely make their last Olympics appearance, passing the torch to younger stars on the roster — from Anthony Edwards and NBA champion Jayson Tatum to Tyrese Haliburton and Bam Adebayo."The basketball is a vessel," wrote Solomon in a statement, " - a vessel for competition, a vessel for comm...

A group named "NullBulge" dropped a 1.1 TB data bomb last week, claiming it’s Disney's internal Slack archive. This stash reportedly includes every message and file from nearly 10,000 channels—unreleased projects, code, images, login credentials, and links to internal sites and APIs. They say an insider handed it over, even naming the alleged collaborator, as per a report by WIRED. Disney’s staying quiet, only telling the Wall Street Journal they’re “investigating.” The data hit BreachForums on Thursday, got taken down, but is still on mirror sites. Roei Sherman from Mitiga Security isn't shocked. Big companies get breached all the time, especially through cloud and SaaS platforms. Sherman reviewed the leak and says it looks legit—URLs, employee chats, credentials, the works.NullBulge, cla...

Frieze Sculpture 2024 returns to London's Regent's Park from September 18 to October 27, featuring an expanded lineup of 22 international artists from five continents. Curated by Fatoş Üstek for the second time, this year's exhibition showcases 27 works, including 18 new pieces, by artists such as Leonora Carrington, Theaster Gates, Zanele Muholi and Yoshitomo Nara.The 2024 edition emphasizes women artists and pushes the boundaries of sculpture by incorporating sound, light, performance, painting, video and augmented reality. Üstek's curatorial approach addresses themes of social and environmental consciousness, as well as conceptual and spiritual practices.Frieze Sculpture will be part of London Sculpture Week, running from September 21 to 29, which includes other public art initiatives l...

Samsonite dropped a new collection inspired by pop surrealist Kenny Scharf. His alien-like figures cover the C-Lite Carry-On Spinner and C-Lite Large Spinner. The carry-on is 21.6 x 15.8 x 7.9 inches and weighs 4.5 pounds empty. The larger suitcase is 30.7 x 21.5 x 12.6 inches, weighing 6.3 pounds empty.Kenny Scharf, born in 1958 in Los Angeles, is a painter and installation artist known for his vibrant, surrealist works blending pop culture and street art. He rose to prominence in the 1980s East Village art scene in New York, alongside Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Scharf's playful, cartoon-like imagery draws from 1960s TV shows, sci-fi, and everyday objects. His art challenges the boundaries between high and low culture, aiming to inject humor and positivity. Scharf's works have...

Fondation Louis Vuitton is the latest cultural institution joining in on Olympic fever with a new exhibition centered around the intersection of sports and culture. Each of the artworks on display are sourced from the museum's collection, spanning painting, photography and installations by pioneers of 20th century art, including Andy Warhol, Andreas Gursky, Omar Victor Diop, Abraham Poincheval, Roman Signer and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Entitled The Collection: A Sports Meeting, the exhibition offers a poetic reflection on sports. Appearing as a serene landscape of the Swiss Alps, Andreas Gursky's Engadin (1995) reveals a trail of cross-country skiers embarking across a frozen tundra like a stream of ants, determined to make their mark amidst the towering backdrop of nature.Senegalese photogra...

Photofairs is rolling the dice again, this time in Hong Kong. Just a month after pulling the plug on its New York show, the photography-focused fair is setting its sights on the bustling city during its high-octane art week. From March 26-30, against the backdrop of Art Basel, Photofairs Hong Kong will make its debut at the Central Harbourfront, the same turf as Art Central."Look, Hong Kong is a global art center uniquely positioned to welcome both regional and international art communities, making it the perfect location for Photofairs," says Scott Gray to Artnet.Fan Ni, the mastermind behind Photofairs Shanghai, will steer the ship for this new venture. Expect three distinct sectors: Main, showcasing the crème de la crème of modern and contemporary photography; Focus, a spotlight on solo...