Twenty-one-year-old Zélie Hallosserie has won the inaugural Saltzman-Leibovitz Photography Prize.
Zélie Hallosserie, a 21-year-old French photographer, has won the first Saltzman-Leibovitz Photography Prize for The Game, her ongoing project documenting the lives of migrants in Calais. Selected from Annie Leibovitz’s mentorship cohort, Hallosserie’s work stood out for its intimate, socially engaged approach—blending portraiture, archival material, and on-the-ground storytelling. Her images challenge media narratives, offering a more human view of displacement along one of Europe’s most fraught borders.
Lorde has announced her newest and fourth studio album, Virgin, slated for this summer.
Lorde has announced Virgin, her fourth studio album, which will be released on June 27. Produced with Jim-E Stack—and featuring contributions from Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) and Fabiana Palladino, both known for their emotionally layered, genre-blurring work, the album follows last week’s single release, “What Was That.” In an email to fans, Lorde described the record as her most exposed to date, built around clarity of sound and plainspoken language, with the aim of documenting femininity in its rawest, most open form.
A record-setting $32 million Gustav Klimt sale falls through due to provenance issues.
What could have been a record-setting, $32 million sale of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Fräulein Lieser has unraveled amid unresolved questions over its Nazi-era provenance. The painting, once known only through a 1925 photograph, became the subject of competing historical claims and a last-minute legal challenge from a newly identified heir. After attempts to settle with all claimants failed, the anonymous buyer withdrew, leaving the high-profile auction void.
An A.I.-ified Agatha Christie will teach crime writing on BBC’s Maestro platform.
BBC’s Maestro learning platform has launched a new course that uses A.I. to present writing lessons “taught” by Agatha Christie, drawing from her letters, interviews, and essays. Actor Vivien Keene and visual effects artists helped recreate Christie’s likeness and voice, guided by a team of scholars and with approval from her estate. The course, which teaches core elements of crime writing, has raised some questions around the use of A.I. in authorship and representation.
Google’s CEO has spoken out against the government’s recommendation to break up the company.
At a federal remedies hearing on Google’s search monopoly case, CEO Sundar Pichai pushed back against a government proposal to break up the company, arguing it would stifle innovation and undermine years of investment in search and browser technology. The Justice Department has called for Google to sell Chrome and share user data with rivals, while Pichai characterized such moves as a forced handover of intellectual property. The court’s decision could reshape not just Google’s future, but the broader competitive landscape of AI-powered search.
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