Creative progress or mass theft? Why a major AI art auction is provoking wonder—and outrage
Thirty-four artworks created with artificial intelligence (AI) have gone up for sale at Christie's in New York, in the famed ...
Christie’s AI art auction sparks controversy amid artist protests
Bukom, situated in Ghana’s capital Accra, is a working class fishing town with a mythical status in the world of boxing. AI-generated tapestries on display at Christie's AI art auction, on February 20 ...
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Baldwin and Buckley’s 60-year-old debate speaks to today in TimeLine Theatre production
Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley” is a creative re-enactment of James Baldwin and William F. Buckley's 1965 battle about the ...
Smithsonian Magazine14h
The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including the Forum of Peace in Rome, dedicated by Emperor Vespasian; the Library of ...
The News-Times15h
Brazil coup charges could end Bolsonaro’s political career − but they won’t extinguish Bolsonarismo
Bolsonaro never formally conceded his narrow electoral defeat to Lula in October 2022, insinuating that instead the election had been stolen. In 2023, Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court ruled that he ...
The Sacramento Observer19h
The Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Passing
In the early 20th century — a time when men held most positions of authority — Greene was a celebrated book agent, a curator and the first director of the Morgan Library. She also earned US$10,000 a ...