Surrealism is better known for its strangeness than the radical politics and revolutionary ambitions of its creators

Recommendable! Surrealism one hundred years later! Fascinating!

"A large-scale exhibition of surrealism that first opened in Paris in 2024 will have its sole American iteration, “Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100,” at the Philadelphia Art Museum from Nov. 8, 2025, through Feb. 16, 2026. ..."

Surrealism is better known for its strangeness than the radical politics and revolutionary ambitions of its creators

Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100

The publication of André Breton’s ‘Manifesto of Surrealism’ in 1924 is considered the birth of the surrealist movement. 

The Secret Double (detail), 1927, by René Magritte

'The spiritual properties of colour' – who were the Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter)? | Tate

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Great Art Explained: Édouard Manet: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

Very recommendable! Excellent!

What was the GAN? AI artists are moving on

In the fast paced world of machine learning & AI and its application some models come and go fast!

GANs were first introduced by Ian Goodfellow and colleagues in the famous and one of the most cited ML papers titled Generative adversarial networks in 2014.

"Generative Adversarial Networks were my introduction to AI art. For a while, they were state of the art — capable of generating photorealistic images based on patterns found in large datasets of images. Today, RunwayML, a web-based app and AI playground for creatives, announced that it would be killing off its machine learning tools, GANs included, in favor of diffusion based images and video. ..."

What was the GAN? - by Eryk Salvaggio - Cybernetic Forests

Credits: Last Week in AI

British Land Artist Leaves Incredible Mosaics Made Entirely of Pebbles All Around Thailand

Enjoy! Wow!

"Using the natural landscape as his canvas, British artist Justin Bateman creates impermanent artwork from found pebbles and stones. The artist now lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he leaves detailed pebble portraits on beaches, in forests, by railways, and up mountains. Each natural-colored stone acts as an individual paint stroke or mark that’s integral to the overall image. On Instagram Bateman plainly says, “Pebbles are my Pixels.” ..."

Artist Adorns Thailand’s Landscapes With Detailed Pebble Portraits