Our machines have crossed a threshold. All our lives, we have been reassured that computers were incapable of being truly creative. Yet, suddenly, millions of people are using a new breed of AIs to generate stunning pictures. Most of these users are not professional artists, and that’s the point. - Wired
The historic Rio de Janeiro building had, alongside its natural history materials, large holdings of Indigenous artifacts — collected in another era, usually plundered and presented without context. "The destruction was also a chance to start over and try something radical: asking Indigenous peoples what they wanted." - The New York Times Magazine
"Do these attacks not reveal the fragility of what we hold dear? Do they not make us think about what we want to save for the next generation? Yet the answer to these questions is mostly no. Instead, these attacks feel part of a helpless careering towards climate chaos." - The Guardian
It was the most consequential monument of the 20th century, and it reinvigorated the making of monuments and memorials in Washington. And yet, despite its groundbreaking power and enormous popularity, it has had a faltering influence on memorials ever since. - Washington Post
Tourists have often registered their experience by posting reviews, photographs, and comments on social media. Such data offer an unprecedented, though particular, view of the visitor experience at these sites. - Cultural Analytics
Since winning the bid to host the World Cup in 2010, the Gulf state has focused on transforming itself into "a beacon of art and culture", according to the tournament's organisers. - Dezeen
Last month, shortly after the 12th edition of the annual art competition in Grand Rapids ended, the board announced that "we know the time is right to conclude the original ArtPrize experiment and open up space for new energy and creativity." They say that an "ArtPrize 2.0" is coming. - Artnet
Art Basel Miami is the annual neon orgy of high-octane contemporary art, endless wealth, and celebrity bacchanalia where the art world’s most prominent high rollers are as carefully guarded as the astronomically priced artwork on display at Miami Beach Convention Center. - The Daily Beast
Curator and art historian Mark Hallett has been named as the next director of London’s Courtauld of Institute Art. He will succeed Deborah Swallow, who announced in April that she would be departing at the end of the 2022–23 academic year after nearly twenty years in the role. - ArtForum
Russian soldiers looted nearly 15,000 objects from the Oleksiy Shovkunenko Kherson Art Museum and other cultural venues in the region two weeks ago. - Artnet
"The NFTs come from af Klint's series Paintings for the Temple, created between 1906 and 1915. The series contains 193 paintings, none of which can be sold, as they are in the hands of the Hilma af Klint Foundation, (which gave) permission to create and sell NFTs of the works." - ARTnews
"Letzte Generation activists targeted Death and Life (1910/11), one of a number of Klimt masterpieces that regularly draw tourists to the Leopold Museum. In video documenting the event, one activist appears to spill the black oil out from a sac while another glues himself to the piece." - ARTnews
