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The 2024 AXA Art Prize US is Open for Submissions

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA XL is pleased to announce the seventh edition of the AXA Art Prize in the United States.

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  • NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA XL is pleased to announce the seventh edition of the AXA Art Prize in the United States.
  • The submission period ends March 6, 2024, at 11:59 PM EDT
    Since its launch in 2018, the AXA Art Prize US has become a career-launching platform for young and emerging artists whose work is judged by some of the most influential art curators, critics, and collectors in the country.
  • The 40 finalists will comprise the AXA Art Prize US Exhibition, which goes on view in New York in November 2024.
  • The breadth and stature of its Exhibition Juries and Prize Juries have been a hallmark of the Prize since its inception.

TIME100 AI List's Sougwen Chung: New AI Art Exhibition, HOFA

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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Sougwen Chung's forthcoming 2-week show is centred on the idea of hybridity as a relational approach which resolves adversarial perceptions of AI through balance, openness, and imagination.

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  • Sougwen Chung's forthcoming 2-week show is centred on the idea of hybridity as a relational approach which resolves adversarial perceptions of AI through balance, openness, and imagination.
  • Sougwen Chung's work with AI represents a significant divergence from the dominant AI paradigm, drawing in diverse audiences from art lovers and AI enthusiasts to art+tech watchers and experts in robotics and machine learning.
  • Being honoured as an Innovator in the TIME100 AI list is also a huge accolade and demonstrates the significance of their work.
  • Sougwen Chung's 'Relational Gestures' exhibition is open to the public 14 - 25 October 2023 at HOFA Gallery.

ART & TECH INNOVATOR TRLAB ANNOUNCES US$5 MILLION SEED ROUND, LED BY HIVEMIND CAPITAL AND OKX VENTURES

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
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TRLab was incubated by Dragonfly Capital and launched in 2021, with early-stage support from major art collectors and tech entrepreneurs, including Pace Gallery, Animoca Brands, BAI Capital, and the founders of Artsy and Shanghai's Rockbund Art Museum (RAM).

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  • TRLab was incubated by Dragonfly Capital and launched in 2021, with early-stage support from major art collectors and tech entrepreneurs, including Pace Gallery, Animoca Brands, BAI Capital, and the founders of Artsy and Shanghai's Rockbund Art Museum (RAM).
  • From its locations in New York and Hong Kong, TRLab works with artists, estates, and art institutions to conceive, produce and launch digital-first art experiences for new and established collectors.
  • Audrey Ou, TRLab Co-Founder and CEO, said: "We are proud to have the support and commitment of Hivemind and OKX Ventures as we pioneer a new way to conceptualize and collect fine art.
  • Jeff Ren, Partner of OKX Ventures , said, "At OKX Ventures, we recognize the transformative power of Web3 in the world of fine art.

Aperture Investors Announces the Appointment of James Keith (JK) Brown to Board of Directors

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
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Aperture Investors , LLC (Aperture) announced today the appointment of James Keith Brown to the Aperture Board of Directors, effective May 4, 2023.

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  • Aperture Investors , LLC (Aperture) announced today the appointment of James Keith Brown to the Aperture Board of Directors, effective May 4, 2023.
  • “JK brings to the Aperture Board a wealth of experience in building asset management organizations and helping them achieve exponential growth.
  • His advice and guidance will complement the depth of experience in Aperture’s current independent directors,” said Peter Kraus, Chairman and CEO, Aperture.
  • He is an Advisory Board member at the Kenan Institute at North Carolina School of the Arts.

Jacolby Satterwhite's First Major Survey to Open at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's SAIC Galleries

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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CHICAGO, Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This fall, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's SAIC Galleries will exhibit the first major survey of seminal contemporary artist Jacolby Satterwhite.

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  • CHICAGO, Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This fall, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's SAIC Galleries will exhibit the first major survey of seminal contemporary artist Jacolby Satterwhite.
  • The exhibition, curated by SAIC alum Elizabeth Chodos (Dual MA 2008), first premiered at the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art at Carnegie Mellon University in 2021.
  • SAIC Galleries is free and open to the public Monday through Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. A state-issued ID is required for entry.
  • For more than 155 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world's most influential artists, designers, and scholars.

American artist Judy Chicago is the author of illycaffè's new illy Art Collection

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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TRIESTE, Italy, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- illycaffè presents the new illy Art Collection by Judy Chicago, the multifaceted American artist and pioneer of the Feminist Art Movement.

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  • TRIESTE, Italy, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- illycaffè presents the new illy Art Collection by Judy Chicago, the multifaceted American artist and pioneer of the Feminist Art Movement.
  • The illy Art Collection signed by Judy Chicago will be previewed at the international contemporary art fair Frieze New York that will take place on May 17th, 2023.
  • The illy Art Collection will be available starting from July in the illy e-shop, illy stores (illy Caffè and illy Shop), major retail outlets, and indirect e-commerce channels.
  • Chicago will have a major exhibition, Judy Chicago: Herstory, at the New Museum in New York City in October 2023.

EY Metaverse Lab to celebrate Black leaders with AI-enabled metaverse art installation

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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Developed in collaboration with EY Metaverse Lab and NEW INC [part of the New Museum], Williams' work leverages the learning capabilities of deep neural networks to bring Black leaders who inspired her to present-day communities.

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  • Developed in collaboration with EY Metaverse Lab and NEW INC [part of the New Museum], Williams' work leverages the learning capabilities of deep neural networks to bring Black leaders who inspired her to present-day communities.
  • This installation manifests leaders such as James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurst, Audre Lorde and Octavia Butler as "virtual poets."
  • Josie Williams, creative technologist and EY Metaverse Lab artist-in-residence, says:
    "I wanted to find out what would happen if the words of Black thought leaders were the only reference point for AI.
  • The EY Metaverse Lab artist-in-residence program brings together artists and engineers to explore some of the world's most challenging issues.

Submissions are now open for the 2023 edition of the AXA Art Prize US

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Thursday, January 19, 2023
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NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA XL is pleased to announce the sixth edition of the AXA Art Prize in the United States.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA XL is pleased to announce the sixth edition of the AXA Art Prize in the United States.
  • Since its launch in 2018, the AXA Art Prize US has become a career-launching platform for young and emerging artists whose work is judged by some of the most influential art curators, critics, and collectors in the country.
  • The 40 finalists will comprise the AXA Art Prize US Exhibition, which goes on view in New York in November 2023.
  • The breadth and stature of its Exhibition Juries and Prize Juries have been a hallmark of the Prize since its inception.

Cultural highlights of 2023 in Helsinki - art and culture make Helsinki a good place to live in and to visit

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Tuesday, December 27, 2022
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The year 2023 enriches Helsinki's cultural offering with a new cultural venue, several high-level exhibition openings and tasty novelties in the gastronomic field.

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  • The year 2023 enriches Helsinki's cultural offering with a new cultural venue, several high-level exhibition openings and tasty novelties in the gastronomic field.
  • The vivid art and culture scene, open for everyone, supports the wellbeing of Helsinki citizens and reflects upon the issues of society.
  • The year 2023 is marked by multiple great exhibition openings that explore current topics, such as climate change and human rights.
  • Ateneum, Finnish National Museum of Art, will open its doors after a year-long renovation, and Helsinki Biennial, contemporary art event, will take place for the second time in the summer 2023, 12 June until 17 September.

Cultural highlights of 2023 in Helsinki - art and culture make Helsinki a good place to live in and to visit

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Tuesday, December 27, 2022
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The year 2023 enriches Helsinki's cultural offering with a new cultural venue, several high-level exhibition openings and tasty novelties in the gastronomic field.

Key Points: 
  • The year 2023 enriches Helsinki's cultural offering with a new cultural venue, several high-level exhibition openings and tasty novelties in the gastronomic field.
  • The vivid art and culture scene, open for everyone, supports the wellbeing of Helsinki citizens and reflects upon the issues of society.
  • The year 2023 is marked by multiple great exhibition openings that explore current topics, such as climate change and human rights.
  • Ateneum, Finnish National Museum of Art, will open its doors after a year-long renovation, and Helsinki Biennial, contemporary art event, will take place for the second time in the summer 2023, 12 June until 17 September.