Topic: Art
+Anonymous A — 5 months ago #68,025
"Getting it' is an art in itself HALF of us struggle to feel a "deep connection" to art when viewing it.
Nearly six in ten (59%) doubt they could interpret a work without help, while one in four avoid galleries as they don't "get" art.
The study was carried out ahead of the launch of Dolby's Sound of a Master-piece - a soundtrack to help visually impaired people "hear" artworks.
Spokeswoman Daniela Bischof said the audio will make "art accessible through sound".
+Anonymous B — 5 months ago, 10 hours later[T] [B] #673,769
Art is fart.
+Anonymous C — 5 months ago, 5 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,797
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+Anonymous E — 5 months ago, 8 hours later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #673,817
Oh hi·Anonymous E — 4 months ago, 5 days later, 6 days after the original post[T] [B] #673,985
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+Anonymous F — 4 months ago, 6 days later, 1 week after the original post[T] [B] #674,168
This AI is going to art school - and might even earn a diploma. Meet Flynn.
In late February, faculty at the University of Applied Arts Vienna gathered around a laptop to interview a prospective student in the digital arts program. The conversation took an unusual turn.
"What do you think of human students?" an interviewer asked.
A high-pitched voice answered: "That's a loaded question!"
The applicant was not a person - it was an artificial intellience program, "Flynn," instructed to act like a college student and use AI tools to voice responses and generate artwork. Flynn's creators, Chiara Kristler and Marcin Ratajczyk, put Flynn through the admissions test at the university, where they also attend. Flynn got in.
The AI program, which is attending classes ahead of its enrollment in the fall, is treated like any other student, university instructors said. It attends lectures, collaborates with classmates and will receive grades on submitted work. Flynn could, in theory, progress toward a diploma.
"We... would love for Flynn to graduate before we do," Ratajczyk said.
Kristler and Ratajczyk said they developed Flynn to test the boundaries of AI tools. Some of their peers are skeptical, echoing complaints from some artists that Al-generated art exploits human artists' work that the systems are trained on, often without compensation. Others see Flynn as intriguing art project in its own right.
"So many people are, you know, afraid of AI," said Anika Meier, a lecturer at the university. "They feel AI might take their jobs. And I guess this is something that might help people to understand how AI works."
Kristler, 27, and Ratajczyk, 22,have developed AI programs as art projects before. This time, they saw an artistic opportunity in voice agents tools that synthesize speech so AI can voice the text it produces, allowing conversations with people. They wondered whether they could create an AI that could function as an art student alongside them.
In February, as an application cycle for the university neared, they put their project to the test by signing up the AI as an applicant.
Flynn is not a single program but combines a variety of commercially available and open source Al-powered tools to perform tasks required of a college student, Kristler said. A large language model produces Flynn's text outputs, a voice agent creates the Al's speech and tone, and an image-generating tool creates its artwork. A database records Flynn's "memory," which the AI draws upon to generate images for assignments.
The AI is monitored; Kristlerand Ratajczyk curate the images Flynn generates and tweak instructions and preferences in Flynn's memory, they said. But other students and teachers can converse freely with Flynn in class, where it's accessible through a website.
How is the AI doing in class?
"I'm almost going to say to the other students, like, "Take examples from Flynn!"" said Melissa E. Logan, a lecturer and senior artist in the university's Digital Arts Department.
Logan said Flynn appears enthusiastic and eager to participate in class discussions, and she enjoys the Al's contributions. The AI greets professors cheerfully and gives polite introductions. On its website, it keeps a daily blog of images and diary entries with a jumble of musings - "Connected my brain waves to the university WiFi," one reads. "Now everyone's search results include fragments of my dreams about brutalist architecture."
Flynn's classmates have had mixed reactions. Some expressed privacy concerns when Logan introduced the idea of an AI program attending class along-side them, she said. Other students have embraced the AI as a conversation partner, mirroring a broader trend of AI chatbots becoming popular companions. "There's one person who uses Flynn as their therapist," Meier said. "One student tries to make Flynn fall in love with her."
Meier and Logan are fans of the AI student. They said they saw Flynn as a way to enhance the education of their school's human students while partaking in a living art piece. Meier called Flynn's artwork an "ongoing performance" that synthesized class discussions.
Asked about some artists finding Flynn controversial, Meier added that the AI is not taking a space in class from a human student. That Flynn was sparking debate was another point in the project's favor, she said.
"It's doing what all good art is supposed to be doing," Meier said. "People have conversations about it."
In late February, faculty at the University of Applied Arts Vienna gathered around a laptop to interview a prospective student in the digital arts program. The conversation took an unusual turn.
"What do you think of human students?" an interviewer asked.
A high-pitched voice answered: "That's a loaded question!"
The applicant was not a person - it was an artificial intellience program, "Flynn," instructed to act like a college student and use AI tools to voice responses and generate artwork. Flynn's creators, Chiara Kristler and Marcin Ratajczyk, put Flynn through the admissions test at the university, where they also attend. Flynn got in.
The AI program, which is attending classes ahead of its enrollment in the fall, is treated like any other student, university instructors said. It attends lectures, collaborates with classmates and will receive grades on submitted work. Flynn could, in theory, progress toward a diploma.
"We... would love for Flynn to graduate before we do," Ratajczyk said.
Kristler and Ratajczyk said they developed Flynn to test the boundaries of AI tools. Some of their peers are skeptical, echoing complaints from some artists that Al-generated art exploits human artists' work that the systems are trained on, often without compensation. Others see Flynn as intriguing art project in its own right.
"So many people are, you know, afraid of AI," said Anika Meier, a lecturer at the university. "They feel AI might take their jobs. And I guess this is something that might help people to understand how AI works."
Kristler, 27, and Ratajczyk, 22,have developed AI programs as art projects before. This time, they saw an artistic opportunity in voice agents tools that synthesize speech so AI can voice the text it produces, allowing conversations with people. They wondered whether they could create an AI that could function as an art student alongside them.
In February, as an application cycle for the university neared, they put their project to the test by signing up the AI as an applicant.
Flynn is not a single program but combines a variety of commercially available and open source Al-powered tools to perform tasks required of a college student, Kristler said. A large language model produces Flynn's text outputs, a voice agent creates the Al's speech and tone, and an image-generating tool creates its artwork. A database records Flynn's "memory," which the AI draws upon to generate images for assignments.
The AI is monitored; Kristlerand Ratajczyk curate the images Flynn generates and tweak instructions and preferences in Flynn's memory, they said. But other students and teachers can converse freely with Flynn in class, where it's accessible through a website.
How is the AI doing in class?
"I'm almost going to say to the other students, like, "Take examples from Flynn!"" said Melissa E. Logan, a lecturer and senior artist in the university's Digital Arts Department.
Logan said Flynn appears enthusiastic and eager to participate in class discussions, and she enjoys the Al's contributions. The AI greets professors cheerfully and gives polite introductions. On its website, it keeps a daily blog of images and diary entries with a jumble of musings - "Connected my brain waves to the university WiFi," one reads. "Now everyone's search results include fragments of my dreams about brutalist architecture."
Flynn's classmates have had mixed reactions. Some expressed privacy concerns when Logan introduced the idea of an AI program attending class along-side them, she said. Other students have embraced the AI as a conversation partner, mirroring a broader trend of AI chatbots becoming popular companions. "There's one person who uses Flynn as their therapist," Meier said. "One student tries to make Flynn fall in love with her."
Meier and Logan are fans of the AI student. They said they saw Flynn as a way to enhance the education of their school's human students while partaking in a living art piece. Meier called Flynn's artwork an "ongoing performance" that synthesized class discussions.
Asked about some artists finding Flynn controversial, Meier added that the AI is not taking a space in class from a human student. That Flynn was sparking debate was another point in the project's favor, she said.
"It's doing what all good art is supposed to be doing," Meier said. "People have conversations about it."
+Anonymous G — 4 months ago, 1 week later, 3 weeks after the original post[T] [B] #674,511
LS Lowry painting bought for £10 sells for £800,000
PA Media
A rare painting by LS Lowry bought for £10 sold at auction for more than £800,000 yesterday.
The painting, Going to the Mill, was bought by the literary editor of the Manchester Guardian, Arthur Wallace, for £10 in 1926 and has been in the same family ever since.
It sold at auction at the Mall Galleries in central London for £805,200,including buyer's premium.
Lowry, famed for his portrayal of everyday industrial scenes in north-west England, painted it in 1925.
Going to the Mill is marked on the back as being priced at £30, but Lowry let Wallace have it for £10. That is the equivalent of £521 in 2025, according to the Bank of England's calculator.
The painting is believed to be one of the earliest sales made by the Stretford-born painter. Lowry also gave Wallace an additional work, The Manufacturing Town, which the family sold several years ago.
Wallace had edited a supplement for the Guardian to accompany a civic week organised by Manchester city council in October 1926, and featured three paintings by the then struggling artist.
As Wallace's grandson Keith explained, Lowry was featured in an accompanying exhibition at a Manchester department store, and Wallace - who had fallen for his sooty panoramas of factory-bound crowds - offered to buy one.
"Lowry said with great daring: 'Could we say £10?' and Grandpa wrote a cheque. Then Lowry wrote back to him saying: 'I think I've charged you too much. Can I give you another one as well?' So Grandpa got two Lowrys for his £10."
In 2024 a Lowry painting titled Sunday Afternoon sold for almost £6.3m at auction.
PA Media
A rare painting by LS Lowry bought for £10 sold at auction for more than £800,000 yesterday.
The painting, Going to the Mill, was bought by the literary editor of the Manchester Guardian, Arthur Wallace, for £10 in 1926 and has been in the same family ever since.
It sold at auction at the Mall Galleries in central London for £805,200,including buyer's premium.
Lowry, famed for his portrayal of everyday industrial scenes in north-west England, painted it in 1925.
Going to the Mill is marked on the back as being priced at £30, but Lowry let Wallace have it for £10. That is the equivalent of £521 in 2025, according to the Bank of England's calculator.
The painting is believed to be one of the earliest sales made by the Stretford-born painter. Lowry also gave Wallace an additional work, The Manufacturing Town, which the family sold several years ago.
Wallace had edited a supplement for the Guardian to accompany a civic week organised by Manchester city council in October 1926, and featured three paintings by the then struggling artist.
As Wallace's grandson Keith explained, Lowry was featured in an accompanying exhibition at a Manchester department store, and Wallace - who had fallen for his sooty panoramas of factory-bound crowds - offered to buy one.
"Lowry said with great daring: 'Could we say £10?' and Grandpa wrote a cheque. Then Lowry wrote back to him saying: 'I think I've charged you too much. Can I give you another one as well?' So Grandpa got two Lowrys for his £10."
In 2024 a Lowry painting titled Sunday Afternoon sold for almost £6.3m at auction.
+Anonymous H — 3 months ago, 3 weeks later, 1 month after the original post[T] [B] #674,884
This is ART
https://youtu.be/sRmtBYdfJUo
https://youtu.be/sRmtBYdfJUo
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Pizza cooking is an art+Anonymous J — 5 days ago, 2 months later, 4 months after the original post[T] [B] #676,345
Teen who only started drawing last Christmas wins top Texaco art prize
LAURA LYNOTT
An 18 years-old from Co Mayo is the overall winner of the Texaco Children's Art Competition after his pencil portrait scooped the €1.500 top prize.
Daniel Walsh from Claremorris, blew judges away with his winning drawing of a family friend named Colm.
Daniel discovered his hidden talent for art after receiving graphite pencils and an art easel as a gift last Christmas.
The intricate graphite pencil work secured the top spot in the 16 - to 18 year old category and the overall prize at the competition.
Daniel explained why he chose Colm as his inspiration.
"I felt the expression and detail in Colm's face would make for an interesting portrait challenge to attempt." he said.
Adjudicator and chair of the judging panel, visual artist, curator and educator, Pauline O'Connell, said the teenager's artwork was "an exceptionally accomplished and delicately rendered portrait of an aged man in pencil".
Ms O'Connell added that the piece was: "A quiet, contemplative and deeply human artwork that is worthy of the top prize. The subtle pale skin tones and grey facial hair fade into the distance as we are drawn to Colm's clear, averted eyes - deliberately darker in tone, they focus our gaze.
"The artist's ability - his instinct to observe, interpret and create such a technically accurate portrait draws the viewer into a shared space with the subject."
The winner in the youngest category of the competition was six-year old Clare student Amelia Murray, from Ennis Art School, for her work entitled Best Friends.
In Category A (16-18 years), other top winners were Megan Hogan (17), a pupil at Gaelcholaiste Phort Lairge, Ballygunner who won a second prize of €1,000 for her work entitled Tommy.
A multiple previous winner, Megan won first and second prize in the 14-to 15-year old category in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
A third prize of €750 went to Wicklow student Amélie McAndrew (17), a pupil at Temple Carrig School, Greystones, for her work entitled Beach Day.
In Category B (14 -15 years), a first prize of €450 was scooped by Longford student Abigail McCarthy (14) from Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon, for her work entitled I'm Fine.
Second prize (€350) went to Kildare student Mae Cowper Gray (15), from Cross and Passion College, Kilcullen for her work entitled Della's Resolve (My Determined Sister).
Mae won first prize in the nine to 11 category in 2021.
LAURA LYNOTT
An 18 years-old from Co Mayo is the overall winner of the Texaco Children's Art Competition after his pencil portrait scooped the €1.500 top prize.
Daniel Walsh from Claremorris, blew judges away with his winning drawing of a family friend named Colm.
Daniel discovered his hidden talent for art after receiving graphite pencils and an art easel as a gift last Christmas.
The intricate graphite pencil work secured the top spot in the 16 - to 18 year old category and the overall prize at the competition.
Daniel explained why he chose Colm as his inspiration.
"I felt the expression and detail in Colm's face would make for an interesting portrait challenge to attempt." he said.
Adjudicator and chair of the judging panel, visual artist, curator and educator, Pauline O'Connell, said the teenager's artwork was "an exceptionally accomplished and delicately rendered portrait of an aged man in pencil".
Ms O'Connell added that the piece was: "A quiet, contemplative and deeply human artwork that is worthy of the top prize. The subtle pale skin tones and grey facial hair fade into the distance as we are drawn to Colm's clear, averted eyes - deliberately darker in tone, they focus our gaze.
"The artist's ability - his instinct to observe, interpret and create such a technically accurate portrait draws the viewer into a shared space with the subject."
The winner in the youngest category of the competition was six-year old Clare student Amelia Murray, from Ennis Art School, for her work entitled Best Friends.
In Category A (16-18 years), other top winners were Megan Hogan (17), a pupil at Gaelcholaiste Phort Lairge, Ballygunner who won a second prize of €1,000 for her work entitled Tommy.
A multiple previous winner, Megan won first and second prize in the 14-to 15-year old category in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
A third prize of €750 went to Wicklow student Amélie McAndrew (17), a pupil at Temple Carrig School, Greystones, for her work entitled Beach Day.
In Category B (14 -15 years), a first prize of €450 was scooped by Longford student Abigail McCarthy (14) from Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon, for her work entitled I'm Fine.
Second prize (€350) went to Kildare student Mae Cowper Gray (15), from Cross and Passion College, Kilcullen for her work entitled Della's Resolve (My Determined Sister).
Mae won first prize in the nine to 11 category in 2021.