The home design industry has long had a complicated relationship with photography. Much of the challenge is simple physics, noted Business of Design recently: While fashion brands can fit their entire season into a U-Haul and shoot their campaign on a street corner, furniture makers need shipping containers and houses, making photo shoots expensive and time-consuming. Over the past two decades, many companies have attempted to fill the gap with computer-generated renderings. But now, AI image generation is being seen by many as a tantalizing solution to a perennial challenge.

  Thursday, October 29, until 8pm: Thucydides Fever Dream at Hill Art This exhibition curated by Xin Wang arrives at a moment when the cultural landscape between the U.S. and China feels both deeply interconnected and increasingly fraught. Stepping into this sun-lit Chelsea space, viewers are challenged to look past the superficial headlines of geopolitical rivalry and instead engage with a complex, multi-layered dialogue of mutual influence. Wang masterfully orchestrates a conversat...