Art or technical prowess: AI designs a sculpture marrying Michelangelo, Rodin and Takamura
It is inspired by the works of five masters including Michelangelo, Rodin and Takamura: a Swedish museum exhibits a statue created exclusively thanks to artificial intelligence, called Statue impossible. "It's a real statue created...
Scythian treasures must be returned by the Netherlands to Ukraine, not Russia
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled on Friday that a collection of archaeological treasures lent by Crimea to a museum in Amsterdam, shortly before Moscow's annexation of this peninsula, should be returned to...
Record auction for a giant ruby sold for $34.8 million in New York
A giant ruby of 55.22 carats, dubbed Estrela de Fura, the largest ever at auction, was sold Thursday in New York for 34.8 million dollars, a record for this stone, announced the company Sotheby's....
H-Burns, America larger than life
What if American music's best kept secret was French? Originally from Romans-sur-Isère, a small town in the Drôme, Renaud Brustlein started music out of idleness at the age of 14. “Rugby was never my...
A star in Hollywood for rapper Tupac, killed in 1996
American rapper Tupac Shakur, killed nearly thirty years ago after a brief and dazzling career, was finally awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday June 7. Legend of hip-hop, Tupac...
50 meters above the ground, Nathan Paulin practices tightrope walking above the port of...
The tightrope walker and artist Nathan Paulin crossed the entrance to the port of La Rochelle on Wednesday evening on a rope about fifty meters high. Nathan Paulin, French "highliner" holder of several world...
At 36, Yuja Wang switches to conducting without abandoning the piano
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) announced on Monday a collaboration with pianist Yuja Wang, the ensemble's new artistic partner. The 36-year-old Chinese artist will make her MCO debut by leading the orchestra on an...
“Pass the message to Elon Musk”: Björk wants electric tour buses
Icelandic singer Björk, ever-conscious about the environment, hopes "Elon Musk and his tech friends would make electric tour buses" for her Cornucopia show. “Could you pass the message to Elon Musk? she told AFP....
Singer Dua Lipa wins plagiarism lawsuit on Levitating
After Ed Sheeran in early May, it's British-Albanian singer Dua Lipa's turn to win a lawsuit for plagiarism. She was being sued by reggae band Artikal Sound System, who claimed her song had been...
Jean-Marie Rouart becomes president of the Interallié Prize
The writer and academician, Jean-Marie Rouart has just been appointed president of the Interallié Prize jury. He succeeds Philippe Tesson, who died in February 2023. At the same time, we learn that Jean-René Van...