On the reopening of the Frick, modern wealth's bland aesthetics, and the meaning behind our Gilded Age nostalgia.
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There’s a new AI model that can render photorealistic people and products, including text and logos. Geisha With Walkman is something I tried to draw 40 years ago, but my rendering skills were simply too poor. The Reve Image 1.0 preview allowed me to do it instantly this morning with a single, basic prompt. P.S. […]
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The real price of admission for Julie Mehretu’s Subprime Mortgage Mural.
by Donni Wang* ———–* Donni Wang holds a PhD in Classics from Stanford University. Her research on non-capitalist modes of economics in ancient Greece is featured in her book Before the Market: The Political Economy of Olympianism. Now an independent scholar and historian, she is dedicated to paradigm change through both academic and creative approaches. *****While […]
When art sparks outrage.
On gentrification's canary in the coal mine, and the cultural cost when affordable cities cease to exist.