ARTnews Monday September 22, 2025
Over its 100-year history, almost all of The New Yorker magazine's covers have featured illustrations. (Only two issues broke that mold: a William Wegman portrait of a Weimaraner in 2000 and, more recently, a Cindy Sherman self-portrait.) Now, notes Art News, the magazine is marking its centennial by commissioning six contemporary photographers—Marilyn Minter, Awol Erizku, Ryan McGinley, Collier Schorr, Camila Falquez, and Alex Prager—to reimagine historical illustrated covers via celebrity portraits.
Read the full Story >>
By
David Schonauer Monday September 22, 2025
Is there a financial AI bubble? Sam Altman thinks there may be, and he should know, since he's the CEO of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. "When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a
kernel of truth," he told a small group of reporters recently. "If you look at most of the bubbles in history, like the tech bubble, there was a real … Read the full Story >>
Creative Boom Friday September 19, 2025
in a world drowning in AI slop, clients are starting to run scared, and that can be good news for humans with skills AI cannot replicate. So notes Creative Boom, which discusses five key areas where people will always trump lines of code. Number one on the list: Being able to read people (not just data). “AI can spot positive or negative words in text, but it can't sense the awkward silence when the boss's boss walks into a meeting. It can't see the tiny flinch that tells you your concept hits too close to home, or catch the moment when scepticism turns to excitement,” notes the site.
Read the full Story >>
International Pet Photography Awards Friday September 19, 2025
The winners of the 2025 International Pet Photography Awards have been announced, with St. Louis-based photographer Katie Brockman taking the top International Pet Photographer of the Year prize for a portfolio featuring dogs, cats, and bunnies. (Brockman’s dog, Cadwell, has been her best model since she began photography a few years ago, but she also works with foster animals, notes PetaPixel.). This year’s contest drew 4,011 entries from 45 different countries, with categories expanded to include more sub-genres of pet photography.
Read the full Story >>
