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From the Editor March/April; Volume 18, issue 4

From the Editor
March/April; Volume 18, issue 4

by | Mar 5, 2024

Dear Reader, I admit to being a Luddite when it comes to preferring a paintbrush to the computer. So, when artists gained access to AI-generating tools, I wasn’t that impressed, nor alarmed. There seemed to be a lot of hoopla and fearmongering about the prospect of...

ART FOR DUMMIES Sophie Becker and the Ventriloquy Redux

ART FOR DUMMIES
Sophie Becker and the Ventriloquy Redux

by | Mar 5, 2024

Often seen as an eccentric art form, ventriloquism has resurfaced and gained popularity again in mainstream culture over the past few years, from televised talent competitions (three ventriloquists have won America’s Got Talent: Terry Fator, Paul Zerdin and Darci...

STAYING INSIDE THE LINES Painting AI's Possible Future

STAYING INSIDE THE LINES
Painting AI's Possible Future

by | Mar 5, 2024

Many consider the AARON project the earliest use of AI in artwork. If AI is the most recent and advanced example of humans using automated processes to make art, then its history goes back much further. So why all the fuss now? Is AI so different than John Cage...

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After The Price of Everything

Or, Why the Art Market Bubble Doesn’t Matter

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As we raked through ashes in California, reminded that we had already entered an anthro-obscene geological epoch, the most “important” of the Fall 2018 art… Read More
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Wild Ride: Richard Prince

Michael Govan’s Fascination with Rogue “Cowboy Artist Richard Prince

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Last year, even as LACMA Director Michael Govan was in the midst of storing the collection off site so that demolition of older buildings could… Read More
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The View From Jeffrey Deitch’s Hill

Something’s Happening Here

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“People I have great admiration for, people in my own circle, they just keep coming to Los Angeles. All the key people, and they just… Read More