Placeholder when loading item promotions The newest addition to the Glenstone Museum is a 4,000-square-foot concrete building dedicated to a single but four-part work of art: Richard Serra’s 2017 Four Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure. It is not the first Serra sculpture to be added to the museum’s collection. In fact, visitors making the 800m … Read more
Photo: Frederic Lewis/Getty Images The Deer Lake Scout Reservation in Killingworth, Connecticut was originally acquired for farmland in the 1960’s by a local Boy Scouts of America chapter. Not much has changed in the decades since: The 253 hectare camp is an expanse of spectacular rock formations and an immaculate waterfront where scouts ice climb, … Read more
Hillsborough County, Fla. (July 1, 2022) – Join the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative for interesting, fun and informative free programs for the whole family in July. The events listed below are just a selection of the many planned. For more events, see the Events and Courses tab at HCPLC.org. The views expressed in these … Read more
The Williams Branch Library will soon be packing up its books and vacating its spot at Arnold Elementary School in northwest Lincoln, but it won’t go far. Lincoln City Libraries are terminating their lease with Lincoln Public Schools for the 2,500 square feet they have occupied in Arnold since 2009 after the district rebuilt the … Read more
Neither DALL-E 2 nor Imagen are currently publicly available. However, they share a problem with many others that already are: they can also produce disturbing results that reflect the gender and cultural biases of the data they were trained on — data containing millions of images from around the web. Bias in these AI systems … Read more
Thirteen priceless works of art were stolen. Thirty-two years later, the case is still unsolved and is still under active and ongoing investigation. Re-enactment of one of the thieves who stole what is probably the most valuable painting in the raid, Rembrandt’s Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (c. 1633). image source … Read more
MONICA HOOPER mhooper@nwadg.com When a clothing store closes, an art gallery opens. At least that’s what happened at the Northwest Arkansas Mall. “The mall made a very, very generous decision in March to donate space to local artists,” says Melissa Milton, who is an artist herself. “The mall representative said, ‘We’re willing to donate … Read more
Virginia by San Francisco photographer Irene Poon. Poon’s work will be on display at San Francisco State University’s Fine Arts Gallery through July. Photo: Irene Poon Taking a friendly rather than voyeuristic approach to street photography, San Francisco photographer Irene Poon invites viewers to remember that most of life is made up of small, inconsequential, … Read more
Artist Stanley Schtinter spent his pandemic in the English countryside checking out EastEnders. He missed London and he missed the pub. The Queen Vic, the stately corner parlor and community center on Albert Square, looked more inviting with each episode. Before long, it beckoned him inside. Beginning with the first episode of EastEnders, which aired … Read more
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in November 2015 by Priscilla Rey. _____________ GRAFENWÖEHR, Germany — Facebook remains by far the most popular social media site in a Pew Research Center survey. As a military member and for family members of military members, paying attention to operational security (OPSEC) is more important than ever. … Read more