artnet Monday April 15, 2024
This year's art fair from AIPAD (Association of International Photography Art Dealers) returns to form by relocating to the Park Avenue Armory for the first time since 2016. The Photography Show (April 25 to 28) will include 76 international exhibitors, among them “a remarkable selection of newcomer galleries,” notes Artnet, which recently talked with the fair’s executive director, Lydia Melamed Johnson. What artist is she particular excited about? David Alekhuogie, a Nigerian-American who juxtaposes African traditional textiles with canonical elements (Yancey Richardson Gallery).
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The New York Times Monday April 15, 2024
Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, an art historian and Harvard professor who believes that images can be powerful in “pushing back against entrenched injustice,” guest edited an issue of Aperture magazine on that theme in 2016. It was later reprinted multiple times and incorporated into many university syllabuses. Now, notes they New York Times, Aperture has announced plans to publish a series of Vision & Justice monographs. The mission “is to build a more racially inclusive history of photography,” says Aperture magazine editor Michael Famighetti.
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TechCrunch Monday April 15, 2024
Google Photos is getting an AI upgrade, notes TechCrunch: The tech giant has announced that enhanced editing features previously limited to Pixel devices and paid subscribers — including its AI-powered Magic Editor — will now make their way to all Google Photos users, for free. The features will roll out to non-subscribers starting May 15. On desktop, they will be available only if you have a Chromebook Plus that has ChromeOS version 118+. To access on mobile, you'll need at least Android 8.0 or iOS 15 and 3GB of RAM, adds Engadget.
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David Schonauer Monday April 15, 2024
As we noted recently, the US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of violating antitrust laws by using its dominance in the smartphone market to undermine its
competitors' apps, devices and services. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia joined the lawsuit. The 88-page complaint argues that Apple engages in anticompetitive behavior by restricting how
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