art

AI-based image generation ethics

Statistics / AI, Andy Baio, art, ethics, Hollie Mengert, Stable Diffusion

AI-based image generation is having a moment. Time some text and you can…
All the art in the Oval Office

Infographics / art, average, image, New York Times, Oval Office, president

The President of the United States chooses the art for the Oval Office,…
How different languages represent van Gogh

Network Visualization / art, Vincent van Gogh, Wikipedia

Christian Laesser takes an abstract look at how different languages represent Vincent van…
Visual connections between art pieces

Data Art / art, Google, machine learning, vision

This is neat. A Google Arts & Culture Experiment, X Degrees of Separation…
Excel paintings

Software / art, Excel

Tatsuo Horiuchi wanted to learn something new before retiring, so he bought a…
Paintings as pie charts →

Data Art / art, color

Expanding on his Vincent van Gogh pie charts, Arthur Buxton minimalized famous paintings…
Wow vs. Ah-ha for data graphics

Design / art, audience, Juice Analytics

After attending the Eyeo Festival, Zach Gemignani of Juice Analytics noticed a difference…
Art reproduction incongruencies

Data Art / art, mosaic, reproductions, Viegas, Wattenberg

When you think art reproduction, you probably think of something that looks almost…
Science as metaphor

News / academic, art, metaphor, quicklink, science

In this article from Science from July 1998, award-winning journalist John Banville on…
Art, science, and cartography

Maps / art, cartography, debate, science

Similar discussions going on in the cartography branch among UW Madison geography folks.…