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The Turner Prize shortlist has been announced, and the list includes Bonnie Camplin, Janice Kerbel, Nicole Wermers and the collective Assemble. [The Art Newspaper]
A “machine vision algorithm,” has surpassed art historians at identifying artists and their unique styles of painting. [MIT Technology Review]
Contemporary Russian artist Artyom Loskutov, declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International after he was arrested on May 1 in Novosibirsk, was released this past Sunday. Loskutov was originally arrested for organizing a counter-May Day absurdist parade. [The Art Newspaper]
The artist and dealer Dorothee Fischer has died. [Artforum]
Ana Gallardo’s contribution to “All the World’s Futures,” on view at the Arsenale at the Venice Biennale. [Contemporary Art Daily]
The French Ministry of Culture and Communication secretly organized a restitution to China for a collection of 2,000-year-old solid gold objects, once looted from Gansu province. This restitution has backfired, however. [The Art Newspaper]
Russia’s National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale is occupied by protestors calling themselves On Vacation. [Artforum]
Artist community YARAT has opened their first permanent space in Azerbaijan. Their first show on view is “The Home of My Eyes,” a series of portraits by Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat. [Forbes]