Performing arts articles
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Art critic Jerry Saltz: A "Francis Bacon of AI art" will emerge, but today's work falls flat
Art produced by or with the help of artificial intelligence is more popular than ever, from the record-breaking $432,000 auction of Obvious collective’s Portrait of Edmond Belamy to the overwhelming success of Refik Anadol’s “Unsupervised” exhibit at the MoMA. But one art-world figure decidedly not on board is Jerry Saltz, the seasoned resident art critic of Vulture magazine. Saltz has made no secret of his distaste for AI art, the artists who make it, and the people who flock in line to see or,...
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Great Performances
Friday, May 10 at 9 From The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon featuring Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood (“Slave Play”) in the title role and Solea Pfeiffer as Ophelia (“Hadestown”).
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Making motherhood into high art
Most women assume that balancing motherhood and a professional career is a modern challenge, but that’s not quite right.Meditations on this theme reach back to classical antiquity. Some prominent women, such as Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi brothers), are recorded as virtuous exemplars. Others, such as Livia (wife of the Emperor Augustus) are remembered for scheming and treachery on behalf of their children. The French portraitist Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1755-1842), took this to a new...