Rookleys (rookleys.com)
Explore Rookleys Canadian Art, your destination for original Canadian artwork. Discover our collection of exceptional Canadian art available for purchase, and learn how we facilitate the buying and selling of these unique pieces. Embrace the beauty of Canada through art with Rookleys.
Paint By Numbers (numeralpaint.com)
Browse our Paint by numbers kits with various themes, such us Abstract art, Anime, Flowers, Landscapes, Van Gogh and other artist painting
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI (www.technologyreview.com)
The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.
Danish artist told to repay museum €67,000 after turning in blank canvasses (www.bbc.com)
Jens Haaning was given €71,000 by a Danish museum to create art, but sent it blank canvasses.
Dutch still-life masterpiece on show in UK for first time (www.theguardian.com)
‘Dazzling’ Banquet Still Life by Jan Davidsz de Heem has been loaned to Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum
The folly of making art with text-to-image generative AI (theconversation.com)
Visual artists draw from visual references, not words, as they imagine their work. So when language is in the driver’s seat of making art, it erects a barrier between the artist and the canvas.
How AI learned to paint like Rembrandt (bigthink.com)
The Rijksmuseum employed an AI to repaint lost parts of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch." Here's how they did it.
A Brief History of Japanese Art: From Prehistoric Pottery to Yayoi Kusama in Half an Hour (www.openculture.com)
The earliest known works of Japanese art date from the Jōmon period, which lasted from 10,500 to 300 BC. In fact, the period's very name comes from the patterns its potters created by pressing twisted cords into clay, resulting in a predecessor of the 'wave patterns' that have been much used since.
1,500 Paintings & Drawings by Vincent van Gogh Have Been Digitized & Put Online (www.openculture.com)
Every artist explores dimensions of space and place, orienting themselves and their works in the world, and orienting their audiences. Then there are artists like Vincent van Gogh, who make space and place a primary subject.
Shunned, boycotted, exiled: has France treated Françoise Gilot worse than Picasso did? (www.theguardian.com)
When she walked out on Picasso, he destroyed her art and waged war on her career – while France cast her out. Now that this great painter has died, says the woman writing her biography, it is time for this shameful treatment to cease
Banksy unveils Scotland as destination for first new show in 14 years (news.stv.tv)
The street artist said he picked the Glasgow because it holds his favourite work of art in the UK.
Open Source Design (opensourcedesign.net)
A a resource and community for opensource design.
[31.05.23] "Follow the Art & Photography Desk for the Best of Visual Inspiration and Innovation" (about.flipboard.com)
Flipboard has created a fediverse account that works on finding and sharing content within the bounds of photography and art to the community.
Five graphics that changed the history of illustrated newspapers (www.itsnicethat.com)
The author of Taschen’s most recent release, History of Press Graphics. 1819–1921, breaks down the often overlooked medium via five key moments.
Three Koi Fish (7775208001.blogspot.com)
New York art collectors lending 17 Rembrandts for Amsterdam exhibition (nltimes.nl)
All seventeen Rembrandts from The Leiden Collection will be on display in an exhibition in Amsterdam in 2025, the Hermitage Amsterdam announced on Monday. The exhibition will be the first time that people will be able to view all 17 of the Rembrandts at one time, the museum said. By that time the museum will be known as the...