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The Netherlands is currently hosting the largest retrospective exhibition on Johannes Vermeer to date. Housed at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, the Dutch master's Girl with a Pearl Earring is one of the many paintings on view, as institution's around the globe have loaned out works for the show. To fill the gap, The Hague's Mauritshuis museum has, rather controversially, briefly replaced Girl with a Pearl Earring with a series of AI counterparts. Created by Berlin-based digital artist, Julian van Dieken, the portraits were made using the Midjourney AI tool, which translates text prompts into artwork through a machine-learning algorithm. From a child to a senior to several unusual interpretations, the Mauritshuis selected five artworks out of a pool of 3,482. Dieken was naturally elated to be cho...

The Magic Show is an eclectic art exhibition that brings together the work of 18 talented New York City-based artists, including FANTACIA (comprised of Isaiah Barr and Gogy Esparza), Luke Barber-Smith, Joseph Cochran II, Armando Nin, Camille Rouzaud, Radimir, Melanie Luna, Eva Nelson, Maxwell Deter, Stephanie Perez (Vvutura), Ronald Baker, Phillip Leeds, Shawn Powers, Chris Lloyd, and Weirdo Dave. Each artist has contributed their unique perspectives and styles to the show, resulting in a diverse range of works that include paintings, sculptures, photographs, and mixed media installations.The exhibition's curator, Gogy Esparza, has brought together these works in a way that creates an immersive and sensory experience for the viewer. The exhibition space is designed to transport visitors in...

The reconstruction of Paris' Notre Dame cathedral is ahead of schedule, with organizers estimating that visitors will once again be able to traverse its halls in December 2024. The 860-year-old monument caught fire nearly three years ago, shocking onlookers and global broadcasts, as the building's spire and wooden roof were largely destroyed. After several years of funding efforts and careful planning, the actual rebuilding phase began in 2022 and will be made to mimic the exact look and specifications of the cathedral prior to the fire. “The return of the spire in Paris’ sky will in my opinion be the symbol that we are winning the battle of Notre Dame,” said General Jean-Louis Georgelin, who leads the project, in an interview with the Associated Press.While the interior has been closed of...