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An Artist Asked ChatGPT How to Make a Popular Memecoin. The Result Is ‘TurboToad,’ and People Are Betting Millions of Dollars on It
In the giant casino that is the internet economy, one artist put his chips on the squares labeled “ChatGPT” and “meme coin,” and hit the jackpot with a project called TurboToad. Melbourne-based Rhett Mankind (real name: Rhett Dashwood) has worked in the digital art space for decades, eagerly joining the NFT world during its explosion […]
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Artist Sarah Morris Delights in Hong Kong’s Many 7-Elevens and Stumbles Upon a Hidden Chanel Boutique
Welcome to Wet Paint in the Wild, the freewheeling—and free!—spinoff of Midnight Publishing Group News Pro’s beloved Wet Paint gossip column, where we give art-world insiders a disposable camera to chronicle their lives on the circuit. To read the latest Wet Paint column, click here (members only). Man, I wish I could have made it […]
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The Producers of Art-World Satire ‘The Square’ Apologize to Artist Lola Arias for Using Her Name in the Film Without Her Consent
A 2017 film satirizing the art world is back in the headlines after the production company behind The Square officially issued an apology to Berlin-based Argentinian artist Lola Arias. She is named in the movie, directed by Ruben Östlund, as the creator of the titular artwork, an illuminated outline of a square on a cobblestone […]
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Artist Joana Vasconcelos Created the Psychedelic Backdrop for Dior’s Paris Fashion Week Show. See the Dazzling Images Here
During last month’s Paris Fashion Week, Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri chicly reinterpreted the house’s 1950s codes. The scenography, however, tapped into another dimension entirely thanks to the creative vision of Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos. Vasconcelos installed a hallucinatory, stalactite–like sculpture that served as the undeniably bombastic backdrop for the Fall 2023 collection. Ornamental, […]
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‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Is a Truly Great Artist Documentary. Here’s What Makes It Work So Well
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed doesn’t really need more praise. At this point, I probably don’t even need to introduce this beautiful and harrowing documentary, which tells the story of the life, art, and activism of photographer Nan Goldin. It won the Gold Lion at the Venice Film Festival, the second-ever documentary to do […]