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How to Invest in Art

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The post How to Invest in Art by Sarah Edwards appeared first on Benzinga. Visit Benzinga to get more great content like this. Investing in art can be a fulfilling and profitable endeavor for those who are willing to put in the time and effort to educate themselves about the art world. While many people may think that investing in art is reserved for the wealthy elite, there are actually many ways that individuals of all budgets can … ContinuedThe post How to Invest in Art by Sarah Edwards appeared first on Benzinga. Visit Benzinga to get more great content like this. Investing in Art Investing in art can be a fulfilling and profitable endeavor for those who are willing to put in the time and effort to educate themselves about the art world. While many people may think that investing in art is reserved for the wealthy elite, there are actually many ways that individuals of all budgets can start building a valuable art collection. When investing in art, it's important to...

Local artist art exhibition This Weekend

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Group Show at Bumu Art gallery Through the interrogation of social cultural aspects of everyday life, the artists contribute to the conservation and preservation of respective communities’ social-cultural heritage. ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Whenever there’s a conversation on social- cultural heritage and conservation, it is very difficult to exclude artists in this dialogue. Artists through their productions interrogate and explore social- … The post Group Show at Bumu Art gallery appeared first on The Independent Uganda:. ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI Whenever there’s a conversation on social-cultural heritage and conservation, it is very difficult to exclude artists in this dialogue. Artists, through their productions, interrogate and explore social-cultural aspects of everyday life and as such, contribute to the conservation of respective communities’ social-cultural heritage. An ongoing group e...

Abstracting The Green Ray: BMW Art Makers Mustapha Azeroual And Marjolaine Lévy At Paris Photo

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Franco-Moroccan photographer Azeroual has a background in science and studied mechanical engineering, later turning his attention to exploring the colour of light thro... BMW ART MAKERS duo, artist Mustapha Azeroual and curator Marjolaine Lévy, at Paris Photo 2024 © @whamdi.b @sixtrenteprod (11/2024) Following a debut at les Rencontres d’Arles this summer, and presentations at the Voiles de Saint-Tropez and Art Basel Paris, Mustapha Azeroual and Marjolaine Lévy are exhibiting an adapted version of their photographic project The Green Ray at Paris Photo, which returns to the Grand Palais from November 7th to 10th, 2024. The Green Ray at Paris Photo, which returns to the Grand Palais from November 7th to 10th, 2024. Azeroual and Lévy are winners of the third edition of BMW ART MAKERS, an artistic patronage programme which invites artist-curator partnerships to propose concepts for experimental visua...

Check Out The 10 Designers Showcasing at the GTCO Fashion Weekend 2024

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The Guaranty Trust Fashion Weekend, founded in 2016, has evolved into a prominent platform for spotlighting Africa’s finest talents and fostering small businesses in the fashion industry. This year’s event, slated for November 9th and 10th, 2024, will bring together global fashion leaders and industry experts. The two-day event will feature fashion leaders and industry […] The post Check Out The 10 Designers Showcasing at the GTCO Fashion Weekend 2024 appeared first on BellaNaija - Showcasing Africa to the world. Read today!. Guaranty Trust Fashion Weekend 2024 Founded in 2016 , the Guaranty Trust Fashion Weekend has evolved into a prominent platform for spotlighting Africa’s finest talents and fostering small businesses in the fashion industry. This year’s event, slated for November 9th and 10th, 2024 , will bring together global fashion leaders and industry experts. The two-day event will feature fashion lead...

AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry

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A WIRED investigation finds that major players like Activision Blizzard, which recently laid off scores of workers, are using generative AI for game development. There had been a couple emails like this sent to the employees of the studio, which produces the juggernaut Call of Duty series. A previous one had approved the internal use of generative AI tools Midjourney and Stable Diffusion for producing concept art. That spring, backchannel chats lit up with rumors, worry, and whisper networks of whose jobs AI might replace. Where executives saw reason for excitement, many game artists, writers, and designers saw a direct threat to their livelihoods. Noah was grief-stricken. (Noah is a pseudonym; the employee has been granted anonymity because he fears retribution.) “I felt that we were throwing away our humanity,” he says. Then the jobs started disappearing. But gaming might be the biggest industry AI stands poised to conquer. Its economic might has long since eclipsed Hollywood'...

‘The arts stop us killing each other’: stars tell Labour how to rescue Britain’s downtrodden culture

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World News Steve McQueen, Tracey Emin, Steve Coogan, Adjoa Andoh, Danny Dyer, Jesse Darling and many more spell out what must be done to restore Britain’s cultural lifeblood, from ending elitism to supercharging libraries – and flooding schools with music At least Labour has started well with the education secretary announcing a review of the curriculum, the idea being that the arts and creative subjects should play a central role. Art education isn’t just about developing artists: it helps creativity and development in science and other fields. Creative subjects have been steadily squeezed out of schools. If we don’t introduce the next generation to the full range of the arts, they will become exclusively a playground of the privately educated. That seems to be happening already and it has to change. I shall be watching closely to see what the new culture secretary does to make Labour’s aspirations a reality. Continue reading... ‘We need a cultural economy that can sustain a career i...