Artindustry
Artist Shahidul Alam: ‘Photography does things that words cannot do so effectively’
“People hug me in the street. They say: ‘You were so brave!’ I don’t think so.
” Shahidul Alam takes a sip of almond milk, his mellifluous voice resonating through the sunlit sitting room of a mutual friend. “The things I said are not earth-shattering. They are things we should all be saying. They seem remarkable because others are silent. We have a tradition of resistance in Bangladesh. For people not to speak is a problem.” In August 2018, the photographer, artist, teacher and civil rights activist was arrested, imprisoned and tortured for 107 days by the Dhaka police after criticising his country’s Awami League government in an interview on Al Jazeera. So Alam knows why his compatriots remain silent.
Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/3444fb39-da16-490a-8f6f-9bb6beee3b78
Artindustry
We Asked 10 Art Industry Savants to Share the Top Artists Residencies Around the World. Here’s What They Told Us
Whether starting one’s art career or entering a more established stage, artist residencies can offer valuable resources and professional connections in a mostly opaque art world, not to mention time to focus on making work.Finding the right fit can depend on key factors: financial benefits, covered costs, what is asked of the participating artist, and what kind of exposure a program offers to the regional and international art crowd. Often, what may seem like an attractive place to work may end up including additional pressures to donate work or considerable time in exchange for the costs of running a program. This needs to be weighed individually by artists.
Read more: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artists-residencies-2509519
On 7 June, Art Money founder Paul Becker released a statement announcing the business will ‘pause new business operations whilst we recapitalise’ – a decision that Becker did not make lightly.
Art Money is an Australian art fintech business that offered interest-free, 10-month payment plans for artwork purchases between $500 to $1 million. Its goal has been to make art collecting accessible, affordable and sustainable.
Read more: https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/art-money-pulls-back-in-economic-squeeze-2728918/
I’ve got 99 problems with A.I., but intellectual property ain’t one.
Media and entertainment industries have lately been consumed with questions about how content generated by artificial intelligence systems should be considered under intellectual property law. Last week, a federal judge ruled against an attempt to copyright art produced by a machine. In July, another federal judge suggested in a hearing that he would most likely dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by artists against several artificial intelligence art generators. How A.I. might alter the economics of the movie and TV business has become one of the primary issues in the strike by writers and actors in Hollywood. And major news companies — including The Times — are weighing steps to guard the intellectual property that flows from their journalism.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/opinion/ai-art-intellectual-property.html
