Tag: Weird

The golden age of AI-generated art is here. It’s going to get weird

What is the face of the man behind the apple? For almost 60 years, the figure wearing a sombre suit and bowler hat in René Magritte’s painting “The Son of Man” has been obscured by a polished green apple. His facial features were intended to remain a mystery, the fruit an artistic provocation. Today, using new technology, 23-year-old digital artist Josephine Miller can roll the ...

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Bad Art + Moving Mix-Up + Power Grab: California Weird News

CALIFORNIA —It's been a minute since we've reviewed our stranger stories on Patch, but the news of the weird keeps on rolling. With California editors keeping their collective "ears to the ground," we found you some of the stranger stories across the state this month.From people behaving badly to strange findings in the realm of science to wild animal rescues, here are a few ...

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Inside the Weird World of Art Forgery

Ken Perenyi knows a thing or two about forging art. He did it for almost 30 years. But now he's gone legit. Two FBI agents knocked on the door of his Florida home and began a five-year investigation into Perenyi’s production and sale of fraudulent paintings. He'd passed off forgeries of primarily 19th-century artists, like James E. Buttersworth, in major international auction houses. "Imitation is ...

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