Getty Images is suing Stability AI, the makers of an AI image-creation tool called Stable Diffusion, for alleged infringement of the agency’s rights to use photographers’ and illustrators’ images. The tool, which uses AI to generate images based on simple text instructions,…
Cambridge city center is hosting an exhibition of artwork addressing the issue of violence against women, created by BA (Hons) Illustration students from Anglia Ruskin University. The pieces were commissioned with the Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s KNOW Violence Against Women project. The exhibition focuses…
As technology continues to advance, there are increasing concerns about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the art world. With the ability to generate images from text prompts some worry that AI image generators could replace human artists and profit from…
A watercolour painting of a Welsh castle by one of the UK’s most celebrated artists is anticipated to fetch up to £50,000 at auction. Created in 1794 by JMW Turner at 19, the painting features Chepstow Castle perched above the River Wye.…
Archaeologists in Norway have made a groundbreaking discovery of the world’s oldest dated runestone, which features runic inscriptions dating back to as far as 2,000 years ago. The stone, named “Svingerudsteinen” or “the Svingerud Stone” after the site it was found, was…
A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, named “The Embrace,” was unveiled on Boston Common on Friday, inspired by a photograph of King and Scott King, which captured them hugging after he won the Nobel Peace Prize in…
Margaret Seaman, a 93-year-old knitting enthusiast, has revealed her latest and, she claims, final woollen creation at a craft exhibition: an 8ft (2.4m) x 5ft (1.5m) knitted representation of Buckingham Palace. The Caister-on-Sea resident and great-great-grandmother believes this masterpiece will be a…
British visual artist Reuben Wu, based in Chicago, is known for his sublime imagery of remote landscapes using drone lighting. He enhances craggy peaks with halos and writes glyphs in the sky like signals from a supernatural entity. Wu started his photography…
An upcoming exhibition at the University of Cambridge library, “Rising Tide,” celebrates women’s long fight for equal access to higher education. Shockingly, women weren’t allowed to graduate from Cambridge on similar terms until 1948, a time still within living memory. The exhibition…
A joint Egyptian-British team has uncovered a previously undiscovered ancient royal tomb in Luxor, Egypt. Earlier this weekend, officials announced the news via social media and a press release. “A joint Egyptian-English mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Modern…