Harrison Jacobs

1 week ago | artnews.com | Harrison Jacobs

Moscow’s Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, one of the biggest museums of its kind in Russia, named Daria Kotova as its new director, effective immediately, on Thursday. Kotova is a longtime staffer at Garage, having started at the museum in 2010 when she graduated from Moscow State University’s Journalism Faculty. She started in the museum’s public relations department and served for many years as the head of development, marketing, and advertising.

1 week ago | artnews.com | Harrison Jacobs

Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient Egyptian town dating back 3,400 years near the city of Alexandria, according to a recent study published in Antiquity. The researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Research have theorized that the mud-brick settlement was likely founded during Egypt‘s 18th Dynasty (ca. 1550 BCE–1292 BCE), due to the presence of items bearing an amphora stamp with the name Merytaton.

1 week ago | artnews.com | Harrison Jacobs

In December, India and France quietly reached an agreement for France Muséums Développement (FMD) to help develop the Yuga Yugeen Bharat National Museum in Delhi, which would replace the current National Museum of India. The museum will span 1.67 million square feet across several current government buildings which will be redeveloped for the new purpose.

1 week ago | artnews.com | Harrison Jacobs

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, generally considered the top art museum in that city, named its new director and CEO on Thursday, the museum announced in a press statement. Pierre Terjanian, 56, the museum’s current chief of curatorial affairs and conservation, will take up the role starting in July. Terjanian was picked after a seven-month search and succeeds Matthew Teitelbaum, who has been the director since 2015.

2 weeks ago | artnews.com | Harrison Jacobs

In December, Google announced that it would soon launch a new version of its generative video model, Veo 2. Among the promised features were a better understanding of real-world physics, more “nuances of human movement and expression,” and less unintentional “hallucinations” like extra fingers. The surreality now, however, is intentional.