“Artificial Intelligence and Art: The Case of Harold Cohen,” a free virtual talk with Justin Underhill, Ph.D., explores the work of Harold Cohen (1928 – 2016), a pioneer of art made by artificial intelligence. Cohen taught for decades at UC San Diego and wrote the art-making computer program AARON in the 1970s. Justin Underhill runs…
The 6th annual Art Museum Day, organized by the Association of Art Museum Directors in conjunction with the International Council of Museums, will take place on and around Monday, May 18 with a number of museums offering free or reduced admission, educational programs, and/or discounts. This year’s celebration will focus on Museums for a Sustainable Society.…
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced the purchase of the Ernest Marquez Collection of 4,600 images of early Southern California during the 1870s to the 1950s, especially from Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades. Another purchase the Council made hits closer to home: a set of 383 rare pamphlets, maps, and ephemera related…
The LA Times posted a photo gallery of the SB Botanic Garden’s recovery after the Jesusita fire. Click here for access to over 35,000 additional images of the Garden’s historical, cultural and architectural images as well as images of California native plants, planted and natural landscapes, and animals.
Nineteen Southern California cultural institutions, including the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, will bid farewell to Pacific Standard Time with free admission on Saturday, March 31. (Note: The AD&A Museum at UCSB, included on the list, always offers free admission.) Click here for a flyer with links to all participating exhibitions.
Last week Santa Barbara was featured in the NY Times “36 Hours” series. Not really image news, but kind of fun!