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July/August 2019

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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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APOCALYPSE NOW: Venice Biennale 

Venice Biennale Reckons with Troubled Times

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The malaise of our times is encapsulated and iterated over and over in this year’s Venice Biennale—whether racial conflict, gender redefinition, women’s rights, immigration, environmental… Read More 
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Mexico City: Bursting with Vitality 

Mexico City’s sprawling and dizzying art scene

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On a narrow one-way street in San Miguel Chapultepec, it’s impossible to miss the disparate wood-paneled exterior of Kurimanzutto. Surrounded by modernist apartment buildings in… Read More 
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David Hammons 

Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles

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David Hammons, an infamously reclusive yet pervasive figure, is undoubtedly a pioneer and solidified staple of the art world. His thought-provoking work permeates the visual… Read More