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Surrealism in the Age of AI
via artnews.comIn 1924 the French poet and critic André Breton published the Surrealist Manifesto. The 4,000-word document marked both the birth of the eponymous movement and the moment when its dogmas were codified, effectively laying the groundwork for the countless derivations of the form that would follow—in the 15 years before World War II, certainly, but also after, up to, and including today. The Surrealist movement may have waned, but its ideas have not.Now, exactly one century removed fro -
Apple apologises for iPad ad criticised as ‘destruction of the human experience’
via theguardian.comAdvert featuring huge hydraulic press crushing cultural objects struck wrong note with manyApple has apologised after an online backlash to an advert for its new iPad that features an industrial-sized hydraulic press crushing a collection of creative objects including musical instruments and books.The ad, launched by Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, on Tuesday, shows the machine squashing various items – ranging from a piano and a metronome to tins of paint and an arcade game &ndas -
Cooper Union Students, Faculty Stage Pro-Palestine Walkout to Protest School’s Ties to Israel
via artnews.comStudents, faculty, and alumni of Cooper Union, one of the leading art and design schools in New York City, staged a walkout on Thursday. The school now joins the long list of US schools facing calls to sever ties with Israel amid the war in Gaza.The walkout participants joined a demonstration in Cooper Triangle, where a 15-foot-tall banner bearing the words “FREE PALESTINE DIVEST NOW” was posed facing the facade of the college’s historic Foundation Building. The banner was swif -
Fake ‘Monet’ and ‘Renoir’ on eBay Among 40 Supposedly Counterfeit Paintings Identified Using AI
via artnews.comAn artwork authentication expert recently said she identified 40 supposedly fake painting being offered for sale on eBay, including two attributed to Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Dr. Carina Popovici, CEO and co-founder of the Swiss firm Art Recognition, told The Guardian earlier this week that she applied “cutting edge artificial intelligence (AI)” technology to photos on the e-commerce platform and found “up to 40” paintings had a high probability of not being -
Two Activists Arrested After Sticking Posters Around “Liberty Leading The People” Painting at the Louvre
via artnews.comTwo activists from the group Riposte Alimentaire were arrested after staging a protest Wednesday at the 1830 painting Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Video and images from the group (also known as Food Response and Food Counterattack) posted on social media show the activists applied stickers that said “resisting is vital” around the recently restored painting. The two activists, wearing white t-shirts with the words Riposte Alimen -
Near the Giza Pyramids, Archaeologists Identify a Newly Discovered Ancient Egyptian Structure
via artnews.comA previously unknown L-shaped structure has been identified by researchers using ground-penetrating technology in an ancient Egyptian cemetery in Giza, according to a study published on Monday in the journal Archaeological Prospection.The researchers, a joint team of researchers from Higashi Nippon International University, Tohoku University, and Egypt’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, scanned below the sand’s surface in a “blank area” of Giz -
Turner: Art, Industry and Nostalgia review – Fighting Temeraire sets Tyneside ablaze
via theguardian.comLaing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
How do you make Turner’s most famous painting cool? Take it to Tyneside, where it’s end-of-an-era magnificence takes on a whole new ghostly meaningJMW Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire might be the most famous painting in London’s National Gallery and in 2005 was voted The Greatest Painting in Britain, but it’s hardly cool. Its heady atmosphere of patriotic pride and supercharged sentiment is the quintessence of the traditional i -
Keep Oxford University alumni out of politics please | Brief letters
via theguardian.comPlea to rescue Britain | Exhibition guides | Gallery selfie-takers | Garrick Club diversity | Renaming the Swiss army knifeThe five Tory faces featured in Labour’s new digital campaign with the heading “Chaos & decline” (Starmer may be bland – but that passes the taste test in a country sick of spicy politics, 8 May) have one thing in common – attendance at Oxford University. Could we ask this august institution, on humanitarian grounds, to call a ceasefire in i -
Bryan Illsley obituary
via theguardian.comArtist whose diverse and distinctive work included sculptures from found materials, jewellery, paintings and handmade booksBryan Illsley, who has died aged 86, challenged categorisation. A largely self-taught painter, sculptor, jeweller, printmaker, potter and poet, he was also the creator of informal and of limited-edition books, the latter in collaboration with the poet Christopher Reid. Illsley wanted above all to be seen as a painter, but to disregard his other activities would do him a grav -
‘Destruction of the human experience’: Apple iPad ad prompts online backlash
via theguardian.comAd featuring massive hydraulic press crushing cultural objects strikes wrong note with some – including Hugh GrantApple has faced an online backlash over an advert for its new iPad that features an industrial-sized hydraulic press crushing a collection of objects and gadgets including musical instruments and books.The ad, launched by Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, on Tuesday, shows the machine squashing an array of items – ranging from a piano and a metronome to tins of pai -
Blaise Mandefu Ayawo, Member of Congolese Collective Behind Venice Biennale’s Dutch Pavilion, Dies at 55
via artnews.comBlaise Mandefu Ayawo, a member of the acclaimed Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaiseartist collective, has died at 55. His death was announced on Thursday by KOW, the Berlin gallery that represents the collective.CATPC, as the collective is known for short, just opened their Dutch Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in Italy. KOW said that Mandefu Ayawo died not long after the group’s exhibition opened.“Blaise and eight other members of CATPC traveled to Venice to -
Ahead of its 30th Anniversary Show, David Zwirner Takes on One More Artist, Rising Painter Walter Price
via artnews.comDavid Zwirner, the mega-gallery with spaces in New York, London, Paris, and Hong Kong, has added one more artist to its roster before it opens a new Los Angeles outpost later this month. Rising painter Walter Price will present a new work in “David Zwirner: 30 Years,” a group show featuring the gallery’s entire roster that will inaugurate the LA location. His first solo show with the gallery is slated for November in LA.Price is best-known for his vibrant palette which he assid -
An Under-Recognized 72-Year-Old Painter Makes Waves at Auction
via artnews.comEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.Before 2023, Takako Yamaguchi’s work was little-known to market observers, selling mainly in smaller auction houses in the low five figures. But in the past year alone, the 72-year-old Los Angeles–based, Japanese-born artist has seen several of her paintings appear in high-profile sales at b -
Maurizio Cattelan Copyright Dispute, Louvre’s Delacroix Painting Targeted, Marilyn Monroe Mansion Risks Demolition, and More: Morning Links for May 8, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINES(ANOTHER) COPYRIGHT DISPUTE. Artist Anthony James has sent a legal letter to Maurizio Cattelan accusing the latter of making strikingly similar artwork to his own, reports Artnet News. Both artists opened shows in New York featuring panels of reflective metal sheets shot with bullet holes. The only physical difference between them is that Cattelan’s -
‘I did not know the life I have now was a possibility’: Gemma Rolls-Bentley on her history of queer art
via theguardian.comAfter two decades creating pioneering exhibitions, the curator decided to publish a ‘sexy coffee table book’ bringing together work made for clubs and protests as much as galleriesGemma Rolls-Bentley still remembers the first time she saw work by a queer artist. She was in her early 20s and had just moved to London when she came across an exhibition of Catherine Opie’s black and white photographs at the Stephen Friedman Gallery. By this point, she had two art history degrees un -
Bottoms up! The joyfully lewd art of Beryl Cook and Tom of Finland
via theguardian.comOnce dismissed as bawdy kitsch, the two artists’ work has found a new generation of fans. A new exhibition celebrates their embrace of sexual liberation – and some ‘amazing bums’The ways in which artists become accepted by the art world are many and complicated. Take the reputations of Beryl Cook (1926-2008) and Touko Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland (1920-1991). Both spent most of their careers having their work either ignored or actively disdained by the establ -
Documenta’s Next Edition Moves Forward—Without a Code of Conduct for Its Next Leader
via artnews.comEven as it faces renewed scrutiny, Documenta, the famed German art festival, will continue onward with its next edition—but it will crucially not adopt a code of conduct for its next artistic director, as was initially expected.A code of conduct for the next artistic director was among the recommendations laid out last year by a expert advisory panel appointed by Documenta’s supervisory board. At the time, Documenta, which occurs every five years in Kassel, was still reeling from an -
RISD Students Stage Sit-In for Gaza, Call for University Divestment from Israel
via artnews.comStudents at the Rhode Island School of Design have staged a sit-in at several buildings in downtown Providence, joining the wave of pro-Palestine protests sweeping American college campuses. The action is led by the RISD Students for Justice in Palestine (RSJP), who have called for the university to divest from Israel in response to its escalating military campaign in Gaza. Citing Columbia University’s Gaza solidarity encampment as inspiration, 22 students and one non-student mem -
Stone with Ancient Writing Discovered in England by Geography Teacher
via artnews.comA 1,600-year-old rock inscribed with early Irish writing was found by a teacher at his home in Coventry, England. The rare artifact offers insight into earlier forms of the Irish language.Geography teacher Graham Senior was gardening when he found the sandstone inscribed in ogham, an alphabet for writing in the Irish language that dates to the early Medieval period.The ogham writing system, comprised of groups of parallel lines typically found on such materials as stone, was used by the Irish be -
Website Posing as Van Gogh Museum Shut Down After Selling Fake Tickets
via artnews.comA website claiming to be affiliated with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam was found to be harvesting credit card information from people who were trying to buy tickets to the institution, according to the Art Newspaper.Around 50 people, the website, vangoghshop.pro, had offered tickets for dates that were unavailable on the museum’s official website. The museum issued a warning on its website: “Beware of scammers, buy your tickets at tickets.vangoghmuseum.com.” Moreov -
A cheaper way to join the National Trust if you’re over 60 | Brief letters
via theguardian.comNational Trust for Scotland | Voting ID | Gallery behaviour| True lies | Swiss army knifeI enjoyed your article on discounts for the over-60s (Money hacks, 7 May), but there’s an even better National Trust discount than the one included. Any UK resident can join the National Trust for Scotland and get the same benefits, but cheaper. It has a joint senior membership that comes in at £99.60 annually, and does not require being a member for the previous three years. It’s vali -
Hurrah for the Courbet vandals: defacing the vulva painting is basic feminism
via theguardian.comThe performer who wrote ‘MeToo’ on Gustave Courbet’s The Origin of the World is right to think the painting is misogynistic: the model doesn’t even have a face!On Monday afternoon, a group of feminist artist-activists tagged “MeToo” in red paint on Gustave Courbet’s L’Origine du Monde. Currently on loan to the Centre Pompidou-Metz for an exhibition dedicated to the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, the painting is a notoriously tight close-up of an unna -
Legacy Russell’s ‘Black Meme’ Critiques Representations of Black Culture—But Doesn’t Chart a Way Forward
via artnews.comWho gets to profit from the TikTok-famous Renegade Dance? Or the viral catchphrase “on fleek”? When memes are by their very nature hyper-transmitted and endlessly remixed, is there any opportunity to “own” one’s innovations in the online cultural field? The problem of how to compensate digital labor and goods has animated scholars and popular thinkers for more than two decades now. Meanwhile, questions of appropriation as they relate to Black creators and subjects h -
Insight! Sensitivity! Genius! Our critic picks the top five masterpieces in the National Gallery
via theguardian.comIt started from scratch – and became one of the world’s greatest collections. As the National Gallery celebrates its 200th birthday, we pick five sublime works – from a serene statesman to Van Gogh’s blazing bloomsThe National Gallery in London is 200 years old on Friday, but what makes it so special? Founded in 1824 when public museums of fine art were in their infancy, it was different from rivals such as the Louvre (founded 1793) and the Prado (1819) because they inher -
Scammers Target Van Gogh Museum, Artifacts Stolen from UK Museum, AI Identifies Fake Art Online, and More: Morning Links for May 8, 2024
via artnews.comTo receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESSNATCHED. Bronze Age gold artifacts were stolen from the UK’s Ely Museum on Tuesday. They include the museum’s most prized holding, a gold torc valued at about $275,000, acquired in 2017 thanks to grants and public donations, as well as a gold bracelet. Both ancient objects were found in East Cambridgeshire by metal detectorists, while the 3,00 -
Fake Monet and Renoir on eBay among 40 counterfeits identified using AI
via theguardian.comPaintings identified as fake using cutting-edge technology are ‘tip of the iceberg’ specialist Dr Carina Popovici saysA “Monet” and a “Renoir” are among up to 40 fake paintings that are being offered for sale on eBay, according to research by a leading expert.Dr Carina Popovici, a specialist in authenticating artwork, said she applied cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology to pictures advertised on the online platform and was shocked to discover -
Highlights from the Hammer Museum Gala
via artnews.comOn Saturday, the Hammer Museum hosted its annual Gala in the Garden. This year, however, honored director Ann Philbin who is set to retire after 25 years at the helm.
Under her direction, the university art museum affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has transformed into a contemporary art destination, with quadrupled attendance, an expanded collection and facilities, and a biennial, along with a stacked advisory board of collectors and artists alike. Philbin has crea -
Controversial Demolition of Mary Miss Installation Reaches ‘Unsatisfying Status Quo’ After Court Ruling
via artnews.comThe fate of an outdoor installation by artist Mary Miss installed at the Des Moines Art Center (DMAC) is still undecided, even after a preliminary injunction blocking its demolition was issued by an Iowa court on Friday.Judge Stephen Locher of the US District Court for the Southern District of Iowa concurred with the artist’s claim that, as outlined in her contract with the museum, her Land artwork Greenwood Pond: Double Site (1996) cannot be demolished without her permission. Locher, howe -
Artist and Protestors Tag Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’ with the Words ‘Me Too’
via artnews.comGustave Courbet’s infamous nude painting L’Origine du monde (The Origin of the World) was targeted over the weekend by protesters who tagged it with the words “Me Too.” The 1886 painting is on display at the Centre Pompidou-Metz in northern France in the show “Lacan, The Exhibition: When Art Meets Pscyhoanalysis” (through May 27), which examines theories of the unconscious proposed by the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, who once owned L -
Artist and Protesters Tag Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’ with the Words ‘Me Too’
via artnews.comGustave Courbet’s infamous nude painting L’Origine du monde (The Origin of the World) was targeted over the weekend by protesters who tagged it with the words “Me Too.” The 1886 painting is on display at the Centre Pompidou-Metz in northern France in the show “Lacan, the exhibition. When art meets psychoanalysis” (through May 27), which examines theories of the unconscious proposed by the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, who once owned L
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