ARTnews Thursday March 23, 2023
Beware of swifties: Art News reports that photographer and multimedia artist Anna Marie Tendler is facing backlash from fans of Taylor Swift after posting a TikTok in which she said that a particular set design in Swift’s new Eras tour looked strikingly like her own work. Tendler, the ex-wife of comedian John Mulaney, later clarified that the video had been meant as a joke. ”Most of my videos are jokes or satire!,” she noted. “When I realized it wasn’t landing as a joke I deleted it. Didn’t mean offense.”
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KQED Thursday March 23, 2023
Herb Greene is primarily remembered for his photographs of the Grateful Dead, but, notes KQED, you’ll find much more than the Dead at “The Haight-Ashbury Experience and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Photography of Herb Greene,” an exhibition at the Haight Street Art Center in San Francisco. The show, which runs through May 29, features Greene’s images of Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, The Jeff Beck Group, The Charlatans and other groups and street life in the Haight during the Summer of Love.
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The Washington Post Thursday March 23, 2023
Communication technologies from websites and chat rooms to social media apps and video sharing services have been shielded from legal liability for content posted on their platforms, explains the Lawfare blog. But a Supreme Court case last month examining tech companies’ liability shield kicked off an unexpected debate: Will the protections apply to tools powered by artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT? The two lawmakers behind the legal shield say the answer is already clear, notes The Washington Post: No, they won’t be protected.
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BBC Thursday March 23, 2023
With exhibitions such as Africa Fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in New York, London and Marrakech, African art and the works of the continent's diaspora have gained global recognition, notes the BBC, which spotlights a exciting new cohort of Gen-Z and young Millennial image-makers. Among them: Ghanaian photographer Prince Gyasi, Moroccan photographers Fatima Zohra Serri and Ismail Zaidy, and Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu.
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