- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and his wife donated $75 million to create the Jen‑Hsun and Lori Huang College of Art, Architecture and Design in San Francisco, aiming to fuse advanced tech with art and design.
- Huang says “technology expands what we can build; art and design determine why we build it,” and the gift has already spurred another $25M+ in donations, pushing total investment past $100M.
- The new campus will take over the California College of the Arts site—helping preserve some CCA programs but raising concerns because current CCA faculty and students aren’t guaranteed positions or admission.
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- A striking portrait from Phan Quang’s "Re/cover" shows four generations of a family draped in a diaphanous white veil — a visual symbol of both marriage and the silence surrounding their mixed Japanese–Vietnamese heritage.
- Children born to Japanese soldiers and Vietnamese women during World War II often faced stigma, legal and social hardship, and forced separation (many soldiers left in 1955); the photographer highlights intimate stories like that of Lê Thị Xuân and Yoshiharu Shimizu, who lived together for nine years before being separated.
- Phan spent years locating and gaining the trust of these families; the series — blending staged and documentary shots — is being shown at Rencontres d’Arles and ties into wider, still-unfinished efforts at recognition (Emperor Akihito met some descendants in 2017).
- France returned 23 Syrian artifacts after about 15 years, timed with President Macron’s landmark visit to Damascus — the first major Western leader since Assad’s ouster.
- The items include Roman, Byzantine and Islamic-era pieces, notably a colorful mosaic from the Umayyad Mosque; the collection spans millennia of Syrian history.
- Officials called the return a symbolic restart of cultural cooperation that could encourage further repatriation of looted Syrian heritage.
- Masked thieves raided the Lalique museum near Strasbourg before dawn, smashing display cases and stealing about 20 crystal jewelry pieces worth nearly €4 million.
- An alarm did go off but police were only alerted after a cleaning lady arrived, prompting local anger over a security lapse as CCTV is reviewed.
- The theft is the latest in a string of high‑profile museum break‑ins in France, coming months after the dramatic $102 million jewel heist at the Louvre.
- Margaret Thomas, a pioneering news photographer and the first woman news photographer at The Washington Post, has died at 84.
- Over a 50-year career she photographed presidents, a visiting pope, athletes and everyday Americans, documenting major moments and local life.
- Her life and legacy were remembered by Willie Geist on Sunday TODAY.
- A mural of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel appeared on a building in Briton Ferry but was painted over after the owner said they hadn’t been asked for permission.
- Councillor Gareth Rice funded and unveiled the mural, said he believed permission had been obtained, but accepted the owner’s right and may look for a new site.
- The piece was by Steve Jenkins (Jenks Art), who’s done other local murals, and highlights Brunel’s historic link to the town (he built Briton Ferry Dock).
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