A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends to socio-political issues to everything that affects the great aesthetic global consciousness. Or, let’s just travel the world and have some fun!
Denver Science Museum to Close Indigenous Cultures Exhibition that Promotes “Racist Stereotypes”
The Indigenous Cultures Gallery at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science will be shut down because, in its words, it fostered “harmful stereotypes.” The museum announced last week that it would close the area, officially known as the North American Indian Cultures Hall, this summer in a tweet. “We’re committed to re-examining our practises for exhibiting, curating, collecting, programming, and conserving in a manner that respects the Indigenous cultural histories, heritage, and belongings,” the museum stated. When the hall was shut down, it was explained in more graphic detail that it “harms Indigenous people of North America.” Read more on ARTnews.
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The Andy Warhol Copyright Case Decision by the Supreme Court Illustrates the Perils of a Sympathetic Vote
The Supreme Court issued an odd ruling on May 18. On the one hand, it claimed that the photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright in her shot of the rock artist Prince—the image on which Andy Warhol had based his silkscreened image—was breached by the Andy Warhol Foundation’s licencing of a silk screened image to the magazine chain Condé Nast. On the other hand, the Court stated that Warhol’s original silkscreen production may have been “fair use” and so not a violation of copyright. How is this possible? An artwork might be considered fair use one second, but not the next if you license it to a magazine. What was actually happening resulting in this strange outcome? Read more on Artnet news.
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AI Replacing Artist? The First Artificial Intelligence-Generated Statue Arrived in Swedish Museum.
The Science and Technology Museum in Stockholm has a brand-new statue on show. A stainless steel swirl in the form of a human holding an orb from a distance doesn’t seem very noteworthy. It resembles an almost gigantic trophy for winning anything. Investigation reveals the five-foot work’s singularity: it was created using a combination of precision manufacturing and generative artificial intelligence. Its name, The Impossible Statue, doesn’t seem overly dramatic given the work-intensive design process and underlying premise. The metal-cutting engineering company Sandvik and the consultancy The A.I. Framework collaborated to create the piece, with Sandvik pushing the idea as a way to highlight their computer-programmed manufacturing. Read more on Artnet news
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