A team of student researchers has successfully deciphered Greek writing inside a 2,000-year-old scroll, which was burned during the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius. This groundbreaking achievement not only promises the revelation of previously illegible text but also opens up new
A triptych by British artist Francis Bacon is set to make history as the first artwork to be quoted on a new exchange dedicated to trading works of art, which officially opened its doors on March 8. Artex, co-founded by Prince Wenceslas
Media artist Refik Anadol, has brought his captivating digital works, crafted with the aid of artificial intelligence, to London’s Serpentine North exhibition space. Titled “Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive,” the exhibition marks Anadol’s inaugural major solo showcase in the U.K., promising
Architect-designer Antoni Gaudí, a legend of Catalan Modernisme, is often quoted as having said, “Nothing is invented, for it’s written in nature first.” Whether or not that’s apocryphal, his legacy suggests something holier than human at work. This year, one of Barcelona’s
Turkey’s first international art fair focused on media art, Noise_Media Art, will bring together Istanbul with technology, art, and music from January 12 to January 21, 2024. With the support of German Legend, representing innovation, courage, and freedom, the event will kick
A database of artistic styles allegedly used to train Midjourney’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) program is garnering criticism on social media after it began circulating online at the end of last year. The “Midjourney Style List” spreadsheet contains more than 16,000 artists’
The MediaCat Felis Awards ceremony, which took place for the 18th time this year as part of Brand Week Istanbul, was held at the Haliç Congress Center to honor the winners. Out of the 4,272 applications made this year, the Istanbul Panorama
This year’s recipients of the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards were announced on Oct. 29 by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The 2023 Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Prize has given in different fields of the arts and science. The prize was
The Ephesus Experience Museum where visitors travel back in time in the mystical atmosphere of the ancient world, has been opened in the ancient city of Ephesus in İzmir. The museum offers an entirely mesmerizing experience of seeing the daily life of
A new research published on Oct. 11 has given up a new secret about Mona Lisa. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into Leonardo da Vinci’s techniques
