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Astronomers analyzed the positions and arrangement of celestial objects in Vincent van Gogh's painting The Starry Night and concluded they correspond to an actual sky configuration visible on a particular date. The researchers point to the painting as evidence of the artist's deep, recurring engagement with real astronomical observations rather than purely imagined scenes.
Organizers of the inaugural ICON Festival of Comic & Narrative Art have released the event's full programming schedule for this November. The lineup includes appearances by comics industry veterans, panel discussions, and an exhibit dedicated to artist Alex Ross's work.
Samsung's 2026 Frame Pro (55-inch) has dropped $100 to its lowest price yet, around $1,098, down from its $1,498 retail price in August. The standard 2026 Frame is also discounted to $898, matching the price of last year's model and marking its cheapest price so far.
Amazon is selling the 55-inch 2026 Samsung Frame TV for $897.99, a $402 discount and its lowest price to date. The 98-inch model is also discounted, now $3,749.99, a $1,252 reduction. This size now includes built-in ports rather than relying on Samsung's separate One Connect Box, while retaining the matte display, motion sensor, and Art Store features of earlier models.
Concept art has surfaced showing alternative directions once considered for the Power Rangers franchise, including redesigned suits and a different arrangement of the Rangers' traditional color scheme. The designs were not used in the final production.
Sega's October 13 remaster of Shogun 2, developed with Mataboo, drew overwhelmingly negative Steam reviews over apparently AI-upscaled 2D art, unresolved and new bugs, and a mod system switch that broke 15 years of unofficial patches. Sega had also delisted the original game, leaving Complete Edition as the only purchase option for new buyers. About 48 hours after launch, Sega apologized, pulled the remaster, and restored the original version for sale.
French prosecutors said two Renoir paintings stolen in September from a museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer have been found hidden behind a sealed cinder block wall in a home in Clermont-l'Herault. A 29-year-old suspect was charged after DNA evidence linked him to the theft, following the arrest of six people including a woman. Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said the paintings sustained minor damage, including a torn canvas and a slightly damaged frame.
Kelly Clarkson publicly accused Brooklyn curiosity shop Art of Play of treating her as if she couldn't afford a $15,000 singing bird automaton, saying staff offered her a 'comparable' item instead. Art of Play disputes her account, saying the bird named Molly is a fixed mascot, that it offered her an identical model for $15,000 plus a $2,000 alternative, and that her visit lasted about five minutes. Clarkson has rejected the shop's version, calling it 'rude' and a 'liar' and sharing a photo of the item's price tag.
Digital art institution Le Random has released an interactive project called The Living Timeline, which maps the history of generative art from prehistoric markings to contemporary AI diffusion models. The timeline includes crosshatched ocher engravings found in Blombos Cave in South Africa, dated to roughly 71,000 BCE, as an early example of rule-based or systems-driven creative output.
Jaeger-LeCoultre's archives show its Ados and Indos travel clocks appeared in the same 1931 catalogue as the Reverso watch and were created simultaneously. Both share design traits including rectangular railroad-track dials, art-deco indices and protective mechanisms, though the clocks use a foldable case rather than the Reverso's swivelling one. The clocks also featured lume-filled cathedral hands and numerals, plus varied dial colours such as salmon, linen, black and silver.
A developer demonstrated animated ASCII art rendered for web pages, using examples such as a scrolling AlmaLinux logo and a ring of five colored figures that intermittently scan. The art is built from text characters and designed to display in browsers, echoing the style of terminal boot-time distro logos.
A developer has released a browser-based project that renders art history as a walkable 3D museum, pulling artist and artwork data from Wikipedia. The project, shared on Hacker News, lets users navigate gallery walls and a 'star map' view to browse works by multiple artists in one virtual space.