The Guardian Thursday December 15, 2022
The new film All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, from director Laura Poitras, follows the life of photographer Nan Goldin and her work to bring down the billionaire Sackler dynasty, whose company, Purdue Pharma, fueled the opioid epidemic in America. The film, which won the Golden Lion prize at this year’s Venice film festival, is the starting point for a new interview with Goldin at The Guardian. “At least they are shamed,” Goldin says of the Sacklers, who are prominent art philanthropists.. “That was my first goal: to shame them.”
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International Center of Photography Thursday December 15, 2022
Elisabeth Sherman has been named Senior Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the International Center of Photography. She joins ICP from the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she curated exhibitions including “Time Management Techniques,” which showcases photography that has examined the medium’s relationship to time, and “Dawoud Bey: An American Project.” Says Sherman, "As ICP’s vital legacy continues to evolve, I look forward to interpreting its significance in culture today."
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Pirelli Thursday December 15, 2022
The model muse is back in the newly unveiled 2023 Pirelli Calendar. In recent years, actors, athletes and activists have been feature by in the calendar, but this year’s edition, shot by Australia photographer Emma Summerton, features big fashion names including Bella Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Emily Ratajkowski and Karlie Kloss. Titled “Love Letters to the Muse,” the calendar features 14 models, each embodying a different muse. “I wanted to go back to the etymological root of the word ‘muse,’” says Summerton.
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TechCrunch Thursday December 15, 2022
Lensa AI’s popularity has had a notable impact on the App Store’s Top Charts, notes TechCrunch. The photo and video editing app recently went viral over its new “magic avatars” feature, powered by the open source Stable Diffusion model, which allows users to turn their selfies into styled portraits. As of Monday, the top three spots on the U.S. App Store are all held by AI photo editors, and even more AI art apps are newly ranking in the Top 100. Some artists have become suspicious of Lensa's AI, notes Art News. Read the full Story >>
