Meta's Creepy AI Video Generator

October 7, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️ Your boy Mark Zuckerberg of Meta (formerly Facebook) has a new creepy invention: an artificial intelligence generator than can turn any text prompt into a video. Why are tech leaders so adamant about separating us from reality? Do they even know what they're doing to the future of humanity?

Also today, unsung landscape painters get their due, nostalgic stop-motion videos are in demand in India, Warsaw's thriving art scene, Required Reading, and much more.

— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

America’s Overlooked Landscape Painters

Masterworks of American Landscape Painting at the Center for Figurative Painting makes clear that the term “landscape” has been widely interpreted. | John Yau

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Wrightwood 659 Hosts Exhibitions on the “First Homosexuals” and Michiko Itatani

Fall shows at the Chicago art space explore how same-sex desire became the basis for a new identity category and celebrate the cosmic work of an acclaimed Chicago-based artist. Learn more.

LATEST NEWS

Still of a clip generated by Make-a-Video based on the prompt “cat watching TV” (courtesy Meta)

Meta releases a series of eerie sample clips for its new AI video generator based on prompts like “cat watching TV” and “spaceship landing.”

UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss says she “does not support” returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.

Cultural organizations impacted by Hurricane Ian can apply to the Art Dealers Association of America’s expanding natural disaster relief program.

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Gowanus Open Studios Returns for Its 26th Year

Nearly 100 venues are participating in Brooklyn’s largest celebration of local arts and artists on October 15 and 16. Hosted by Arts Gowanus. Learn more.

ART & ARTISTS

Immersing Yourself in the Works of Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt: Gold in Motion transforms a historic bank in Manhattan into the unlikely setting of an immersive art experience one visitor called “mesmerizing.” | Jasmine Liu

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Previously Unpublished and Rarely Exhibited: Master Drawings From the Age of Rembrandt

Drawn to Life at the Ackland in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, showcases 17th-century Dutch drawings of landscapes, portraits, preparatory studies, and biblical and historical scenes. Learn more.

Viral Stop-Motion Videos Capture a Simpler Time in India

There’s high demand in the country for the nostalgia-soaked Instagram videos of sister duo Zainab and Sakina Sabunwala. | Kalpana Sunder

Marina Kassianidou Is Interested in the Leftovers

The artist’s work quietly asks: How do we read and write the world we live in? | Sommer Browning

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What Is it Like to Be an Artist in Warsaw Today?

Warsaw Gallery Weekend and Fringe Warszawa hope to offer long-term solutions for a thriving art scene in Warsaw when skyrocketing inflation and a lack of affordable studio spaces have become the new norm. | Viktor Witkowski

Required Reading

This week: New York’s disappearing alleys, Wolfgang Tillmans’s fading star, Velma Dinkley is gay, and more. | Hakim Bishara

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TRANSITIONS

Chris Dercon, director of the Grand Palais, will leave his post to become director of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain.

Janet Echelman was appointed Distinguished Visiting Artist at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology.

Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT) appointed Daniela Lieja Quintanar as its new chief curator and deputy director of programs.

Mark Robbins will step down as president of the American Academy in Rome.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

The National Academy of Design has released a list of its 2022 inductees, including Tania Bruguera and Huma Bhabha. A complete list of inductees can be found here.

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