DeviantArt’s New A.I. Generator Angers Artists for Promising—But Failing—to Protect Creator’s Rights
artnet news - Hours after rolling out DreamUp, DeviantArt was forced to change its terms of use following backlash from artists.- read more ...
Microsoft’s open-source design for Pride flag incorporates 40 communities
de zeen - Microsoft has created a kaleidoscopic new version of the Pride flag that represents 40 different LGBTQIA+ communities and can evolve to include even more. - read more ...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s last work will be funded through NFTs
DOMUS - The Mastaba, the last great work by the two artists – carried out by Christo’s nephew, Vladimir Yavachev – unlike all their other projects, is set to be permanent. - read more ...
Eleven Burning Man 2022 installations that showcase deep-desert design
de zeen - A bulbous sculpture by architects Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange, an ornate temple and a walkway made of recycled ocean plastic were featured at the annual Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Deser...
the first carbon-positive hotel in the U.S.
domus - In Denver, construction works have begun on the Populus hotel, which is inspired by the aspen trees of Colorado and will filter the atmosphere from carbon dioxide. - read more ...
Would you buy a work of art created by artificial intelligence?
domus - Are computers capable of creating art, will they ever be? In the meantime, examples of artificial art have increased considerably since the last Biennale. We talked about this with Luca Gambardella, who...
AI Can Help Reconstruct Ancient Texts — With Stunning Accuracy
Hyperallergic - A new deep neural network could help historians restore ancient inscriptions, identify their original location, and date them with impressive accuracy. Named Ithaca and developed by DeepMind, a ...
Gainsborough’s Blue Boy: The private life of a masterpiece
BBC - Record number of visitors queued outside the National Gallery in January 1922, despite the drizzly conditions, to see a single painting: Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy (c 1770). The artwork was bought by ...
How a Network of Fake Art Collectors Used Instagram to Boost a Fictional Artist’s Career—and Make Money in the Process
artnet - Recently, when sorting through emails with offers from galleries, Alex D., an art collector with an interest in emerging artists, came across some images of work by Moritz Kraus, a minimalist painter, ...
Scientists “Digitally Unwrap” Amenhotep I’s Mummy
Hyperallergic - A new CT scan of the mummy of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I, who ruled from 1514 to 1493 BCE during the height of ancient Egyptian civilization, gives us an unusual look at his physical trait...