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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>CODART: New Online Forum for Discussion and Identification of Drawings in Public Collections. “The new Trois Crayons Museum Forum aims to facilitate the discussion and identification of premodern drawings in public collections. The forum is free-to-use and designed to foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas among museum curators, scholars, art dealers and the wider public.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/codart-new-online-forum-for-discussion-and-identification-of-drawings-in-public-collections/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/codart-new-online-forum-for-discussion-and-identification-of-drawings-in-public-collections/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Conversation: AI and art collide in this engineering course that puts human creativity first. “I see many students viewing artificial intelligence as humanlike simply because it can write essays, do complex math or answer questions. AI can mimic human behavior but lacks meaningful engagement with the world. This disconnect inspired my course ‘Art and Generative AI,’ which was shaped by […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/18/the-conversation-ai-and-art-collide-in-this-engineering-course-that-puts-human-creativity-first/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/18/the-conversation-ai-and-art-collide-in-this-engineering-course-that-puts-human-creativity-first/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Reuters: Erotic ancient Roman mosaic looted by Nazi officer returned to Pompeii. “An ancient Roman erotic mosaic depicting a half-naked couple has returned to Pompeii more than 80 years after it was stolen by a Nazi officer during World War II, Italy’s cultural heritage police said on Tuesday.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/18/reuters-erotic-ancient-roman-mosaic-looted-by-nazi-officer-returned-to-pompeii/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/18/reuters-erotic-ancient-roman-mosaic-looted-by-nazi-officer-returned-to-pompeii/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Scientific Data: BaliMask3D dataset for 3D completion and reconstruction of traditional Balinese masks. “The BaliMask3D dataset provides high-quality 3D models of traditional Balinese masks to support 3D completion and reconstruction tasks, addressing the need for cultural heritage preservation. Digitized using 360-degree photogrammetry, the dataset comprises 27 classes of masks selected from […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/16/scientific-data-balimask3d-dataset-for-3d-completion-and-reconstruction-of-traditional-balinese-masks/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/16/scientific-data-balimask3d-dataset-for-3d-completion-and-reconstruction-of-traditional-balinese-masks/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Hyperallergic: Can an Artist’s DNA Help Detect Forgeries?. “Scientists working with the nonprofit Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project, for which I provide legal advice as an intellectual property attorney, have been collaborating for a decade on developing methods to do non-invasive testing of the works of Leonardo and other artists to assemble a ‘biome profile’ that would identify the artist.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/16/hyperallergic-can-an-artists-dna-help-detect-forgeries/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/16/hyperallergic-can-an-artists-dna-help-detect-forgeries/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Google Blog: Uncover the National Gallery of Art in Washington with Google Arts &amp; Culture. “… this hub features more than 60,000 works. The pieces span the history of Western art from the Middle Ages to today. You can explore 16,000 newly accessible images, more than 13 curated stories, an interactive game and new Street View captures with guided tours of East and West Buildings and the […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/google-blog-uncover-the-national-gallery-of-art-in-washington-with-google-arts-culture/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/google-blog-uncover-the-national-gallery-of-art-in-washington-with-google-arts-culture/</a></p>
JumblePublishing<p>This painting by Laura Knight (1877-1970) is our writing prompt today. Where are the two girls and why are they looking into the water so thoughtfully? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingprompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingprompts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writinglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writinglife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingtips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingtips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lauraknight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lauraknight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artworks</span></a></p>
Michael Schuh<p>It’s been a while, but it’s time to share another one of my <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Artworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artworks</span></a>. Maybe not my best piece — but the movie is all the better for it. 🖖 <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/LLAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLAP</span></a></p>
stevenwick7<p>Two artworks that were stolen from the Harwood Museum of Art at the University of New Mexico in 1985 have been found and returned, 40 years after they went missing. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artworks</span></a><br><a href="https://newsmeapp.com/stolen-paintings-recovered-after-40-years-returned-to-harwood-museum-of-art/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsmeapp.com/stolen-paintings</span><span class="invisible">-recovered-after-40-years-returned-to-harwood-museum-of-art/</span></a></p>
stevenwick7<p>Two artworks that were stolen from the Harwood Museum of Art at the University of New Mexico in 1985 have been found and returned, 40 years after they went missing. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artworks</span></a><br><a href="https://newsmeapp.com/stolen-paintings-recovered-after-40-years-returned-to-harwood-museum-of-art/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsmeapp.com/stolen-paintings</span><span class="invisible">-recovered-after-40-years-returned-to-harwood-museum-of-art/</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Cambridge: AI art protection tools still leave creators at risk, researchers say. “Artists urgently need stronger defences to protect their work from being used to train AI models without their consent. So say a team of researchers who have uncovered significant weaknesses in two of the art protection tools most used by artists to safeguard their work.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/27/university-of-cambridge-ai-art-protection-tools-still-leave-creators-at-risk-researchers-say/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/27/university-of-cambridge-ai-art-protection-tools-still-leave-creators-at-risk-researchers-say/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>AFP: France’s Versailles unveils AI-powered talking statues. “Versailles late Monday announced a partnership with US-based OpenAI and French start-up Ask Mona to bring a modern AI touch to the iconic 17th-century palace. Curious visitors can delve into Versailles’ rich history by scanning a QR code next to one of some 20 garden statues—triggering interactive conversations in French, […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/26/afp-frances-versailles-unveils-ai-powered-talking-statues/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/26/afp-frances-versailles-unveils-ai-powered-talking-statues/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Art Newspaper: Uffizi director to ‘limit’ selfies after posing visitor damages 18th-century painting . “Restrictions will be placed on visitors taking selfies at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence after a tourist damaged an 18th-century portrait while posing for a photograph, the gallery’s director confirmed today.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/24/the-art-newspaper-uffizi-director-to-limit-selfies-after-posing-visitor-damages-18th-century-painting/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/24/the-art-newspaper-uffizi-director-to-limit-selfies-after-posing-visitor-damages-18th-century-painting/</a></p>
Zorz Studios<p>📰 Today's top stories, curated for you by Zorz Studios: <a href="http://zorz.it/newspaper" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">zorz.it/newspaper</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZonerStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZonerStudio</span></a>: a new name for a new era of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ContentCreators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentCreators</span></a>;<br>- <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> unveils <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passkeys</span></a>: simplifying sign-ins for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallBusinesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallBusinesses</span></a>;<br>- A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SummerWedding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SummerWedding</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> at Chateau De La Napoule;<br>- Jess Cartner-Morley on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fashion</span></a>: finding the perfect <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SummerJacket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SummerJacket</span></a>;<br>- 5 outstanding <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artworks</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ListeArtFairBasel2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ListeArtFairBasel2025</span></a>, and more</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZoracleDaily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZoracleDaily</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newspaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newspaper</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Google Blog: The Wallace Collection launches on Google Arts &amp; Culture. “Today, the Wallace Collection, home to one of the world’s most significant collections of fine and decorative arts and arms &amp; armour in the heart of London, celebrates its 125th anniversary with its first collaboration with Google Arts &amp; Culture.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/22/google-blog-the-wallace-collection-launches-on-google-arts-culture/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/22/google-blog-the-wallace-collection-launches-on-google-arts-culture/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>CODART: Fifty French Collections of Dutch and Flemish Art Added to the CODART Website. “Over the past few months, the CODART website has been expanded with a large number of collection summaries of Dutch and Flemish art in French museums. More than 50 public institutions in France are involved, all of which hold significant collections of objects made in the Low Countries before 1750.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/20/codart-fifty-french-collections-of-dutch-and-flemish-art-added-to-the-codart-website/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/20/codart-fifty-french-collections-of-dutch-and-flemish-art-added-to-the-codart-website/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Baltic Times: Online Museum of Traditional Art of Ukraine – KROVETS has resumed its work at krovets.ua. “The platform KROVETS offers users unique access to over 3,800 digitized exhibits of Ukrainian traditional art. These relate to numerous samples of clothing, ceramics, embroidery and other household items that reflect the richness of Ukrainian culture. The online museum provides an […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/20/the-baltic-times-online-museum-of-traditional-art-of-ukraine-krovets-has-resumed-its-work-at-krovets-ua/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/20/the-baltic-times-online-museum-of-traditional-art-of-ukraine-krovets-has-resumed-its-work-at-krovets-ua/</a></p>
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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Google Blog: Explore the modern and contemporary art of Greece. “Greek Art Now, a collaboration between seven prestigious Greek national museums and Google Arts &amp; Culture, unveils a stunning collection of over 60 immersive stories. This digital exhibition offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore masterpieces from renowned institutions, presenting the best of Hellenic art from the last […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/google-blog-explore-the-modern-and-contemporary-art-of-greece/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/google-blog-explore-the-modern-and-contemporary-art-of-greece/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Wales Trinity Saint David: Swansea Stained Glass Archive Available to the Public for the First Time. “The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) is delighted to announce the launch of the Swansea Stained Glass Online Archive, a newly digitised and searchable collection of hundreds of stained glass panels created by students at Swansea College of Art over the past five […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/university-of-wales-trinity-saint-david-swansea-stained-glass-archive-available-to-the-public-for-the-first-time/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/university-of-wales-trinity-saint-david-swansea-stained-glass-archive-available-to-the-public-for-the-first-time/</a></p>