Art & Tech Another Instagram-Famous Photographer Has Owned Up to Using A.I. to Generate Some of His Oddly Ravishing Images Emanuele Boffa admits to using A.I. art generation, in addition to a host of post-production technologies. By Min Chen, Mar 1, 2023
Auctions Props From the Hit Oscar Nominee ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’—Including a $90,000 Raccoon Puppet—Are Up for Auction The auction will benefit charities including the Asian Mental Health Project and Laundry Workers Center. By Min Chen, Feb 27, 2023
Pop Culture See Photographs That Capture the Thrill of Skateboarding in New York City, Shot by Spike Jonze, Atiba Jefferson, and Others The images are compiled in the 10th-anniversary edition of ‘Full Bleed: New York City Skateboard Photography.' By Min Chen, Feb 22, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Revisit the Dawn of the Digital Age Through These 9 Key Works From LACMA’s Exhibition on Early Computer Art "Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age" traces the how technological progress has shaped artistic practice. By Min Chen, Feb 16, 2023
Pop Culture Hip-Hop Chronicler Sacha Jenkins on Curating a New Show to Celebrate the Movement’s Visual Language on Its 50th Anniversary Jenkins co-curated Fotografiska's "Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious" exhibition, on view through May 21. By Min Chen, Feb 16, 2023
Archaeology & History Thousands of Citizen Scientists Studying LiDAR Maps Have Found 1,000 Prehistoric Burial Mounds Across the Netherlands They also detected Celtic fields, charcoal kilns, and cart tracks. By Min Chen, Feb 9, 2023
People ‘An Addiction I Could Never Shake’: Street Art Pioneer Risk on How He Brought Graffiti From the Street to the Gallery The artist will receive a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award at Art Wynwood. By Min Chen, Feb 9, 2023
Art & Tech Netflix Japan Is Drawing Ire for Using A.I. to Generate the Background Art of Its New Anime Short The streamer says its use of A.I. technology is due to a "labor shortage" in the anime industry. By Min Chen, Feb 6, 2023
Pop Culture Explained: What Is Corecore, the Dada-esque ‘Artistic Movement’ Now Trending on TikTok? Creators are capturing the post-2020 condition in chaotic video edits—might Duchamp have approved? By Min Chen, Feb 6, 2023
On View See a Collection of Heartwarming Letters That Young Fans Sent to Spider-Man, Now on View at a Brooklyn Museum “I like how you swing,” wrote a young fan to the web-slinger. By Min Chen, Feb 1, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in the U.K. Have Turned Up 34 Semi-Precious Stones in the Drain of an Ancient Roman Bathhouse The gems were dropped by Roman bathers in the 3rd century. By Min Chen, Jan 31, 2023
NFTs Ariel Pink Used an Artist’s Image on an Album Cover Without Her Consent. She Responded With a Series of Blistering NFTs Jill Miller has released 50 digital works intended to replace—and parody—the original cover. By Min Chen, Jan 30, 2023
Crime U.S. Authorities Return Antiquities Worth $19 Million to Italy, Including 27 Objects Seized From the Met The transfer also includes objects seized from the collection of billionaire Michael Steinhardt. By Min Chen, Jan 25, 2023
Law & Politics Artists and Illustrators Are Suing Three A.I. Art Generators for Scraping and ‘Collaging’ Their Work Without Consent The plaintiffs claim the A.I. tools have unlawfully scraped and used their artwork in training datasets. By Min Chen, Jan 24, 2023
NFTs Gagosian’s Former Digital Lead Is Spearheading a ‘Safe and Welcoming’ NFT Marketplace With a Focus on Generative Art Tonic will drop its genesis collection by artist Jaime Derringer on January 31. By Min Chen, Jan 24, 2023