Category: Art

Christie's First AI Art Auction Sparks Controversy: $728K Sales Amidst Artist Protests

2025-03-09
Christie's First AI Art Auction Sparks Controversy: $728K Sales Amidst Artist Protests

Christie's held its first-ever AI art auction, generating $728,784 in sales and attracting a young audience. However, the auction faced protests from over 5,600 artists who claim AI models were trained on copyrighted works without permission, exploiting human artists. Christie's responded that art often builds upon previous works and that the auction aimed to explore the digital art space. Refik Anadol's 'Machine Hallucinations – ISS Dreams – A' fetched the highest price at $277,200.

Marclay's 'The Clock': A 24-Hour Cinematic Masterpiece on Time

2025-01-04
Marclay's 'The Clock': A 24-Hour Cinematic Masterpiece on Time

Zadie Smith's insightful review in the New York Review of Books explores Christian Marclay's groundbreaking film, 'The Clock.' This 24-hour cinematic experience seamlessly weaves together countless movie clips featuring clocks, unfolding in real time. Smith meticulously dissects the film's structure, aesthetics, and philosophical implications, examining the interplay between real and staged time, accidental and deliberate choices, and cultural perceptions of time's passage. The film's masterful juxtaposition of clips creates a unique narrative, prompting profound reflections on time, life, and the nature of cinema itself.

12,795 Objects: A Photographer's Intimate Inventory

2025-01-01

Belgian photographer Barbara Iweins meticulously documented 12,795 objects in her home over four years, creating the project 'KATALOG'. From her daughters' socks to her anxiety medication, the project transcends a simple inventory, becoming a deeply personal exploration of her life, emotions, and memories. It reveals a unique perspective on the profound meaning hidden within everyday belongings.