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Is AI-generated Art Museum Worthy?
For some people, “Unsupervised —Machine Hallucinations— MoMA, 2022” is a mesmerizing, profoundly beautiful and constantly evolving new art form. For others, like art critic Jerry Saltz, it’s derivative, digital merriment, akin to a massive techno lava lamp.
For “Unsupervised,” Refik Anadol, a Turkish American artist, trained a machine learning model to interpret and reimagine data on all the art in MoMA’s collection. For the 10 months that the site-specific installation was on display in MoMA’s lobby, until it was taken off view in October 2023, it certainly attracted a lot of attention, both from art critics and museum goers.
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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is set to make the announcement on Thursday, including a 5% budget increase for all national museums and art galleries.
She is expected to use a speech in Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, to announce a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund to help organisations in urgent need of financial support.
Five museums in Yorkshire have been awarded funding as part of a £270m investment in arts and culture in the UK.
The Museum of North Craven Life, in Settle, will receive almost £800,000, while the Land of Iron, in Skinningrove, will be given almost £656,000.
Millennium Gallery, in Sheffield, will be awarded £315,000, the Bankfield Museum in Halifax, is to receive £442,000 and the Beck Isle Museum, in Pickering, will receive almost £400,000.
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brand-new private museum to its ranks – PoMo, short for Post Office Modern. Its mission is to make art more accessible, challenge gender inequality in collections, and boost the region’s cultural scene.
Set in an Art Nouveau building that used to serve as the city’s post office, PoMo spans five floors and 4,000 square metres. The space is a product of the vision and personal art collection of Monica Reitan and Ole Robert Reitan, who’ve spent over two decades collecting works from artists like Simone Leigh, Louise Bourgeois, Anne Imhof, and Franz West. Ole Robert, who’s also a co-owner of the Norwegian retail and finance giant Reitan AS, believes art should be for everyone
Read More: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/major-modern-contemporary-art-museum-173439427.html
