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Beautiful Lies: The Art of the Deep Fake
DECEMBER 6, 2021 “MY WORK IS about telling the truth, about capturing it, about showing it and about presenting it,” writes the Norwegian photojournalist Jonas Bendiksen in an introductory essay to The Book of Veles, his latest volume of photographs. “The truth is what you see, and it’s the essence of photography.” In 2019 and again in early 2020, just before the onset of the pandemic, Bendiksen traveled to the small city of Veles on the Vardar River in North Macedonia. The trips were inspired by a series of press reports, beginning in the late stages of the 2016 US presidential campaign, which revealed that Veles was a major source…
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Inside Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s Art Collection That Places a ‘Beautiful Black Face’ in Every Room of Their Home
Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beatz, whose real name is Keenan Dean, are one of entertainment’s hottest power couples. The pair are both heavily invested in music, and their synergy in creating long-lasting hits has solidified their names in the industry. Keys and Dean, who got married in 2010, share two children. The duo goes to great lengths to ensure their children see a bit of themselves in every part of the house. Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz ensure their children see a Black face in every room Keys recently sat down with Marie Claire to talk about her longstanding music career while giving the publication a tour of…
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Keep Luna County Beautiful releases winners of Recycled Art Show
DEMING – Keep Luna County Beautiful and the Deming Art Council have grown in marriage with two goals in mind. 1. Bring art and culture to the communities of Deming, Columbus and Luna County. 2. Organize and execute beautification projects in Luna County in conjunction with the state-wide “Toss No Mas” campaign. The Deming Art Council has provided a vehicle over the years for the KLCB program to showcase art work created by using recycled materials. In November, the DAC presents the KLCB Recycled Art Show at the Deming Art Center located at 100 S. Gold Street. The center exhibits the art entries throughout the month of November and each artist must…
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When is a scientific experiment like a beautiful work of art?
There is a long tradition among scientists of comparing scientific models, images, theories and experiments to works of art. We are told that Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, the double helix structure of DNA molecules, and images of colliding particles are beautiful, and that, just like works of art, they evoke in us aesthetic responses. Scientists themselves, like artists, are praised for their creativity, originality and aesthetic sensibility. Einstein, for one, regarded the American physicist Albert Michelson, who with Edward Morley co-designed the experiment to measure the velocity of Earth relative to the ether, as ‘the Artist in Science’, claiming that not only did Michelson care for devising a good…
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Array Collective win Turner Prize with humourous, serious, beautiful artwork focussed on Northern Ireland’s political, social issues.
Array Collective are announced as the winner of Turner Prize 2021, the leading international award for contemporary art, at Coventry Cathedral. Picture date: Wednesday December 1, 2021. The Turner Prize exhibition at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is a highlight of the city’s year-long tenure as UK City of Culture. Photo credit should read: Matt Alexander/PA Wire The Turner Prize 2021 has been awarded to Array Collective. The £25,000 prize was presented by Pauline Black, the lead singer of 2 Tone pioneers, The Selecter, during a live broadcast on the BBC. A further £10,000 was awarded to each of the other nominees. This year the Turner Prize exhibition is…
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Delhi-Based Artist Creates Beautiful Art Work On Olive Ridley Turtles With Message To Curb Plastic Menace In Oceans
Bhubaneswar: On the closing ceremony of the METIS Initiative on Plastics and Indo-Pacific Ocean 2021 at Utsha Foundation here this evening, the grant-winning artist Manveer Singh shared his experience at the month-long residency and also displayed a short film on his journey in Odisha in transforming his ideas to create beautiful art from plastics and also generating awareness among people and especially among the youth and students. Today’s installation by Manveer at Utsha created a wall of Olive Ridley turtles hanged from net and the artist has the concept to tell to the visitors, how human activities like fishing are killing the turtles. The tiny ones consuming plastics are also…
Beautiful Art Of Landscaping
