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Signed, Sealed, Forged: Inside the Warhol Scam That Fooled Collectors

October 6, 2025October 5, 2025 Molly Skinner

The allure of owning an Andy Warhol is hard to resist. For many collectors, the pop artist’s name carries not only cultural cachet but also the promise of long-term value. That promise, however, became a trap in Palm Beach, where art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz built a business on counterfeit

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“This Gas Is Awesome, Dude!”: Art, Humor, and Protest in Gezi Park

October 5, 2025October 4, 2025 Ilise Ziebarth

In May of 2013, what began as a protest to save a few trees in Istanbul’s Gezi Park erupted into one of the most creative, sarcastic, and art-driven resistance movements of the decade. In 2013, Turkey was under the long rule of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his AKP party, but

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Jumping into Racism: The Artistic Origins of Jim Crow

October 5, 2025October 4, 2025 Emma Maloney

Have you ever seen someone impersonate a Black person using blackface? The image above is a poster featuring a white man who purposely covered himself in burnt cork and other products in order to make himself appear black. Nowadays, wearing blackface is widely looked down upon, and is considered a

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Accessibility or Exploitation? The Disabled Identity, Art, and AI

October 4, 2025October 4, 2025 Ellah Fessenden

  Plenty of artists have spoken out about AI “art” and the use of artists’ works—written and visual—to train AI models without the creators’ permission. It’s a tired topic at this point, and it is quite often met with the same counterargument: “What about disabled people? AI makes art accessible.“

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Help or Harm? The Ethics of Mark Laita and Soft White Underbelly

October 4, 2025 Andrew Esteverena

65 year old Mark Laita operates a documentary and interview style Youtube channel known as “Soft White Underbelly” where he has been producing videos for the past decade. His channel features people who are in extremely bad situations. Laita interviews drug addicts, gang members, prostitutes, convicts, and homeless people among

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When Machines Make Art: AI, Creativity, and the Exploitation of Artists

October 4, 2025 Aidan Owen

  AI-generated art has become one of the biggest debates in creative fields today. Platforms like DALLE, MidJourney, and Stable Diffusion allow anyone to type a few words and instantly create images that look like paintings, digital illustrations, or even movie storyboards. Now of course, this seems super exciting at

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Here comes the bride? More like here comes the debt.

October 3, 2025October 2, 2025 Molly Grocki

For most, the day of their wedding is among one of the happiest days of their lives. In a sea of roses, tulle, and champagne, surrounded by their closest friends and family, they profess their love for another individual, until death do they part. This day (hopefully) marks the beginning

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Lines of Justice: Can Courtroom Sketching Ever Be Neutral?

October 3, 2025October 1, 2025 Christina Oftedal

A recent courtroom sketch captures two 19-year-old defendants accused of playing central roles in the “Scattered Spider” cybercrime group, allegedly responsible for $115 million in ransoms. Against a bleak yellow background, the young men sit with downcast expressions, their posture reinforcing the gravity of the charges. It raises an important

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Lights, Camera, Controversy: The Art Crimes of America’s Next Top Model

October 2, 2025October 1, 2025 Claire Williams

When America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) first hit the screens in 2003, it wasn’t just any reality TV show; it was a cultural phenomenon. Famous fashion model Tyra Banks promised viewers a front-row seat to the making of the next supermodel, a mix of fashion shoots, emotional meltdowns, and runway

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Peaceful Protest to Property Crime: Where Does Portland Draw The Line?

October 2, 2025October 1, 2025 Penny Robertson

In the summer of 2020, amidst the pandemic lockdown, a man named George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police. The video of his killing led to outrage across the country, with protests spread from coast to coast. Nestled in the Pacific Northwest, Portland, Oregon made headlines for the more than

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