Art

April 28, 2025

AI-Generated Images Mimicking Studio Ghibli May Be Banned by Japanese Lawmakers

In recent weeks, the Internet has been swarming with “Ghiblified” images. At first glance, these images seem to be charming odes to Studio Ghibli’s iconic animation style, but look closer and warped fingers, lines, and edges emerge. All of them have been generated by AI models like ChatGPT, sparking controversy within animation circles and other creative industries over copyright and ethical concerns.

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April 27, 2025

Iridescent Installation Catches the Shifting Light of the Californian Desert

In Korean culture, bottaris have long served as traditional sacks, their fabric-encased bodies perfect for gathering and storing belongings. Though maybe unassuming at first, these bundles are a prominent theme throughout Kimsooja’s creative practice, whose work revolves around cultural symbolism, light, movement, and interconnectedness. The Korean artist’s newest installation is, as she says, a “bottari of light,” specially created for this year’s Desert X exhibition in California’s Coachella Valley.

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April 23, 2025

Pioneering Pop Surrealist Gallery in Seattle Celebrates Reopening With Three Exhibitions in New Space

The Roq La Rue gallery is an institution in the Seattle, Washington, art scene. Founded by Kirsten Anderson in 1998, the gallery has been instrumental in the Emerald City and beyond. It has helped shape global art movements, including Pop Surrealism and New Contemporary, and, early on, it showcased the work of artists like Todd Schoor and Mark Ryden.

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April 19, 2025

Art World Comes to South Florida for the 2025 Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary

For the eighth year, the art world descended on Palm Beach as Art Miami presented Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (PBM+C). Seventy exhibitors from world-renowned galleries across 18 countries showcased art from hundreds of artists. Attendees explored and acquired works by a diverse range of creators alongside groundbreaking new media installations and innovative AI-driven pieces.

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