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Researchers reveal how AI can be used to turn paintings into visual "maps" that show the detailed traces of an artist"s gesture
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (639+ words) Art lovers often say that a painting by Claude Monet feels calm and flowing, or that Edvard Munch's The Scream seems chaotic and anxious, but they can't easily explain why. A new study has developed a way to "map' the…...
Vast Manchester warehouse shapes Ai Weiwei's largest site-specific show
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (319+ words) Alistair Hardaker | Image: Installation view of Ai Weiwei Button Up at Aviva Studios (Hugo Glendinning) Ai Weiwei: Button Up! at Aviva Studios features works scaled to the Warehouse space, including two new commissions and a 24-hour performance. Factory International is…...
History, power and buttons in pictures as artist Ai Weiwei comes to Manchester
18+ hour, 24+ min ago (614+ words) When Aviva Studios opened in 2023 it represented the largest cultural project in the UK since the Tate Modern. Built for a record cost of "242 million, the building, which is home to Factory International, was designed to host multiple, world-leading events....
Anti-AI show-and-tell is all about generate interest in 'real artists"
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (147+ words) Anti-AI show-and-tell is all about generating interest in "real artists" Daily Memphian "It just doesn"t make sense for people in a city where our water is being used up by the data center " to contribute to that," said one…...
Bury College students explore AI and identity in art exhibition
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (338+ words) Bold ideas and creative talent were centre stage at this year's Bury College Art and Design Exhibition. The exhibition not only celebrated technical skill and artistic vision but also highlighted personal development and emerging voices in contemporary art. Pieces explored…...
Meet the Calgary Public Library's first creative in residence AI collaborative artist
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (600+ words) It's Tuesday afternoon and Paul Freeman is already on his second day as the'Calgary Public Library's creative in residence collaborating in AI. Every Tuesday and Wednesday until Labour Day, Freeman's office will be open to the public to learn more…...
Trevor Paglen's How to See Like a Machine: Images After AI
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (659+ words) The Brooklyn Rail How to See Like a Machine aptly traces a true paradigm shift in visual culture. The methods and models that have served the field so well for so many years (semiotics, for example) fall down in the…...
Herndon and Dryhurst Reimagine Art with AI
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (575+ words) Industry context: For AI and creative-technology practitioners, the Atlantic profile of Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst illustrates how generative systems are being embedded into physical art practice, forcing attention to provenance, material constraints, and curation. According to The Atlantic, the…...
What AI Will Do to Art
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (435+ words) The art was way too heavy. [Read: We're witnessing the birth of a new artistic medium] In 2018, before most people knew what generative AI was, Herndon and Dryhurst got a machine to sing. Kind of. [Read: AI can't make music]…...
Dataland, the First AI Museum, Converts Info Into a Multisensory Kaleidoscope
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1018+ words) Its first exhibit translates rainforest data into a sumptuous audiovisual experience, but without a strong thesis about data as art. Dataland is open now in downtown Los Angeles, California. Whatever I was expecting from the world's first AI museum isn't…...