One of the outstanding merits of contemporary art is its exceptional ability to introduce people to groundbreaking aesthetic experiences. With so many distinguished artists and their unique techniques, the fine line between visual fiction and reality often becomes transparent. That is because creators now feel as free as never before ...
Read More »Most People Can’t Tell the Difference Between Art Made by Humans and by AI, a Rather Concerning New Study Says
“There is a battle rising between humans and machines.” No, that’s not a voiceover from another Matrix or Terminator movie. That’s the first line of a new study on how humans perceive artworks made by computers versus those made by humans, and, according to the findings, published in the ...
Read More »Scientists Just Realized This Incredible Painting of a Kangaroo Is 17,500 Years Old, Making It Australia’s Oldest Known Rock Art
A team of Australian scientists working in the country’s Balanggarra region say that a painting of a kangaroo on the ceiling of a sandstone rock shelter may be as many as 17,500 years old, which would make it the continent’s oldest known rock art. They published their findings in a ...
Read More »Conservation Experts Fear That a New Amusement Park in Cambodia Could Endanger the Ancient Temple of Angkor Wat
Plans to build a new amusement park and resort near Cambodia’s most famous historic site, the Angkor Archaeological Park, have worried conservation experts. In November, the Cambodian government granted NagaCorp, a Hong Kong-based company that runs the NagaWorld hotel and casino in Phnom Penh, a 50-year lease on ...
Read More »Dolly Parton Doesn’t Want a Proposed Statue of Her to Go Up at the Tennessee Capitol ‘Given All That Is Going on in the World’
Dolly Parton has asked the Tennessee legislature to halt an effort to erect a statue of her on the grounds of the state’s Capitol. A Republican state senator proposed replacing a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and the first Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan...
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