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An AI Tool Predicts City Wealth Based on Satellite Imagery
Penny is an experiment in what high and low income areas look like to an AI trained on satellite imagery and census data.
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A Design Firm That’s Quietly Permeated Pop Culture
At the Henry Ford museum, an exhibition on House Industries conveys the invisible yet powerful reach of design.
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Sarah Lucas Squashes Rodin’s Idealism
At the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, an exhibition marking the centennial of Rodin's death juxtaposes his work with Sarah Lucas's materially soft but conceptually tough sculptures.
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The First Photographs of a Solar Eclipse
Photographers have attempted to document the solar eclipse since 1842, but it took years of experimentation to capture the elusive moment of totality.
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An Alternative Survey of Art in LA
Throughout the month of August, Maiden LA will stage over 140 events, performances, and exhibitions by unrepresented artists in unconventional spaces.
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Undocumented Immigrants Create Floral Arrangements for Trump
Artist Lizania Cruz invited flower workers to send messages to the President through bouquets.
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Predicting the Weather for the Apocalypse
From August 2 to 4, artist Amelia Marzec will operate a DIY weather station and satellite radio system at Harvestworks.
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Beast Jesus Predicted Trump
Little did we know it was a prophesy.
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17th-Century Log Cabin, Reputedly the Oldest in US, Is for Sale
A 17th-century home in New Jersey needs a new caretaker, and one who has $2.9 million to spend.
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Humans Prefer Computer-Generated Paintings to Those at Art Basel
Computer scientists at Rutgers University developed a system to generate artworks that were deemed more communicative and inspiring than human-made art.
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A History of Science Fiction’s Future Visions
The Barbican Centre's Into the Unknown explores science fiction as a cultural force, and how it channels our most optimistic and dystopian projections about the future.
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Rediscovering the Fin-de-siècle Austrian Artist Who Anticipated Expressionism
The first US retrospective of the works of Richard Gerstl provides a detailed profile of the painter who is known more for his tempestuous personality and his tragic death than for his artistic innovations.