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Articles for The Art Newspaper

29 April 2026

Comment | The slopification of political art

Artificial intelligence has made it incredibly easy to create pointed visuals in response to crises in real time, but the resulting videos and images have little poignancy or staying power

22 December 2025

Comment | Digital art today has a narcissism problem

Beeple’s anarchic entry into Art Basel Miami Beach doubled down on cult of personality at the expense of artistic substance

14 April 2025

The future is sexy—at least in Syd Mead’s visionary science-fiction art

The late artist’s first retrospective, at a pop-up space in Manhattan, offers an idealised, futuristic take on the 21st century

23 September 2024

Despite the real (and artificial) fears of many, AI is not the enemy of the art world

Concerns about access, expertise and data sourcing have overshadowed the enormous power and potential that AI image generators offer

18 March 2026

Understanding Nifty Gateway’s demise is paramount for NFTs’ fans and critics alike

The platform never reached its goal of converting one billion people into NFT collectors, but its rise and fall revealed much about the digital art ecosystem

28 July 2025

Comment | As artists rage over changes to WeTransfer’s terms of service, here's why the company is now in its villain era

Our data has been up for grabs for years, but for many the prospect of AI being trained on users’ files was a step too far

9 October 2024

Can artists protect their work by suing AI companies?

When it comes to copyright infringement, establishing culpability and illegality in the age of artificial intelligence is murky

16 July 2024

In Guggenheim exhibition, Jenny Holzer grapples with the post-internet world she helped inspire

A lacklustre show begs the question: can Holzer survive the scrutiny that her institutional exaltation invites in 2024?

26 February 2024

Harold Cohen's pioneering AI works provide essential context for conversations about generative art

The Whitney Museum of American Art is spotlighting the late art and technology innovator's prescient "AARON" series

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