With Adam Elsheimer’s Aurora (c1606), writes Bell, ‘the possibilities for landscape… take an unfamiliar turn’. Photograph: AlamyWith Adam Elsheimer’s Aurora (c1606), writes Bell, ‘the possibilities for landscape… take an unfamiliar turn’. Photograph: AlamyBook of the dayArt and design booksReviewThis engrossing history explains why the extraordinary – and tiny – paintings of Adam Elsheimer, who died in poverty in 1610 aged only 32, were revolutionary
At the start of this marvellous, engrossing and illuminating study, Julian Bell poses a simple question, one that will recur throughout the book: “What is nature? Read More...
GymnasticsOlivia Dunne’s AI endorsement raises ethical questions around NIL deals Gymnast’s ad for AI essay-writing product raises questions How Dunne turned the male gaze into a gymnastics empire LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne’s endorsement of an artificial intelligence essay-writing product is raising questions about whether college athletic programs should provide clearer ethical guidelines for athletes earning money from name, image and likeness contracts.
“It does seem problematic to have people sort of promoting plagiarism,” said John Basl, a philosophy professor at Northeastern University in Boston who specializes in AI and data ethics, and who also is a faculty affiliate of Harvard’s Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society. Read More...
Amy and Dan Wempner pose with their 18-year-old son Armond at their home in Kiel, Wisconsin. Photograph: Lianne MiltonAttempts to protect students in battleground Wisconsin led to a culture-war clash that turned neighbor against neighbor
by Mario Koran in Kiel, WisconsinThe Wempner family felt like prisoners as they sat in their home in June.
The kindling for what was shaping up to be their small town’s political eruption started two years ago with a documented act of racism directed at their family. Read More...