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Jason Arday and new plagiarism politics

The controversy over Arday’s work reflects an ongoing trend of ideological opponents levying plagiarism accusations

Salon · Aug 23

Jason Arday and the new politics of plagiarism

After a meteoric rise to the top ranks of British academia, scholar Jason Arday was found dead at his London home on Aug. 14, 2026.

The Conversation · Aug 21

Lucianne Tonti’s deeply personal history of witch hunts overstates the role of misogyny

The witch hunts of the Early Modern period (1500–1789) are among the darkest periods of women’s history. Tens of thousands were accused of, and executed for, practising magic and worshipping the Devil.

The Conversation · Aug 14

Cats and dogs shaped our world – and art: the NGV gives us the definitive exhibition

After a new relationship with pets was forged during COVID lockdown and the phenomenon of Bluey, we now have the definitive cats and dogs show presented by the National Gallery of Victoria.

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2024

Every dog has its day at the gallery (and cats too)

Which side are you on? An art exhibition devoted to the love of humanity's furry friends has cats on one side of the gallery, and dogs on the other.

AAP · Oct 31, 2024

Dressing up as a witch at Halloween? The sickening origins of this caricature may make you think again

How did the idea of a grotesque, green-skinned, broomstick-riding hag come about? It was a lethal combination of church zealots, the invention of the printing press – and male doctors contemptuous of female healers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2024

German Renaissance Engraving Found In Rubbish Dump By Boy Could Fetch £20,000‌ ‌

Rare discovery of Albrecht Dürer's masterpiece, 'Knight, Death, and the Devil,' astounds experts and collectors alike.‌

Zenger · Sep 12, 2024

Tour-guide sleuth puzzles over identity of painter of reassembled Lamentation Altarpiece

After 14 years of research, Christine Cluley sheds light on the work by a ‘Franconian Master’ now on show at Compton Verney

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

Eek! Yikes! Love the tidying mouse video? Here are the greatest mice in art

Photographer Rodney Holbrook isn’t the first artist to capture a rodent in his studio. From Keith Haring to Paul Klee, painters have long been fascinated – and tormented – by the creatures

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2024

How a parchment of ideas evolved into the RPG work of art that is Pentiment

Holiday Long Read | Edge magazine explores the making of Obsidian's uniquely eye-catching hit

GamesRadar · Dec 27, 2023