Ancient Egyptians Altered Book of the Dead with “Wite-Out,” Scholars Say

By News DeskMarch 9, 20264 min read

Cambridge scholars found Ancient Egyptian scribes used a calcite-based white pigment to correct mistakes in a 3,000-year-old Book of the Dead papyrus.

Read article

Comments

No comments yet.

“The Art of the Game” Brings Work by 23 Artists To New York and New Jersey for the World Cup

A new public art project is set to liven up the streets of New York City’s five boroughs as well as nearby parts of New Jersey with soccer ball-themed sculptures created in honor of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The project, titled “The Art of the Game,” was conceived by New Jersey-based arts accessibility initiative […]

Theo BelciJun 12, 2026

Artforum

Photographer-Provocateur Duane Michals Dies at 94

Self-taught photographer Duane Michals, known for unconventional and deeply personal narrative image sequences incorporating handwritten text, died in Manhattan on June 9 of pneumonia. He was ninety-four. His death was announced by New York’s DC Moore Gallery, which represented him. Mystical, metaphysical, and frequently touched by whimsy, his boundary-breaking work reflected his abiding interest in […]

Polly WatsonJun 12, 2026

Artforum

Charleston’s International African American Museum To Furlough Staff Amid Funding Shortages

A series of 20-day furloughs are set to hit all staff at the International African American Museum (IAAM) in Charleston, South Carolina. In a statement to The Post and Courier, the museum cited “financial pressure” and “a shift in the political and funding environment,” as the rationale for the measure. The museum intends to carry […]

Theo BelciJun 12, 2026

Artforum

David Hockney, Master Painter of Modern Life, Dead at 88

British painter David Hockney, known for his bright, pleasure-suffused paintings of 1960s and ’70s Los Angeles, died in London on June 11. He was eighty-eight. His death was announced by his publicist, Erica Bolton. Hockney in the 1960s recuperated figurative painting and, more specifically, the human form, both of which had been previously rejected by the […]

Polly WatsonJun 12, 2026

Artforum

Phoenix Art Museum Receives 185 Indigenous Artworks in Major Gift

Arizona’s Phoenix Art Museum, the largest art museum in the American Southwest, has received a gift of 185 works made by Indigenous artists from the William P. Healey Collection of Native American Art, the institution announced on June 2nd. Artists featured in the Healey trove include Cara Romero (Chemehuevi), Allan Houser (Apache) and Jaune-Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai). In celebration of the acquisition, […]

Theo BelciJun 11, 2026

Artforum

Independent 20th Century Announces Details of 2026 Fair at the Breuer Building

Independent 20th Century, a fair dedicated to shaking up the public’s established understanding of 20th century art, has just announced the specifics of its fifth edition, which will take place in the Breuer building—the home of Sotheby’s global headquarters in New York—and run from September 24–27 of this year. The fair, Independent said, will host fifty-six exhibitors and welcome […]

Mika LeeJun 11, 2026

Ancient Egyptians Altered Book of the Dead with “Wite-Out,” Scholars Say

Related

“The Art of the Game” Brings Work by 23 Artists To New York and New Jersey for the World Cup

Photographer-Provocateur Duane Michals Dies at 94

Charleston’s International African American Museum To Furlough Staff Amid Funding Shortages

David Hockney, Master Painter of Modern Life, Dead at 88

Phoenix Art Museum Receives 185 Indigenous Artworks in Major Gift

Independent 20th Century Announces Details of 2026 Fair at the Breuer Building