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New horizons: music, art, books and more to get out of a rut

From hit novels by late bloomers to artists turned chess masters, our critics select culture that revels in reinvention

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From Duchamp to AI: the transformation of authorship in art

The 19th century concept of authorship revolved around the romantic view of the artist as a lone genius. In this model, every stroke of the brush, every note played and every word written was the product of a singular creative mind, bearing the unique imprint of its creator.

The Conversation

Do you remember the first time? Jonathan Coe, Róisín Murphy and more on their artistic debuts

What drew Howardena Pindell to painting circles? Is the album Sleaford Mods pressed just 50 copies of any good? And which TV spoof sent Kiell Smith-Bynoe viral? Writers, musicians, artists and actors recall their earliest works – warts and all

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In 1913, a culture war erupted over an exhibition of modern works at the Art Institute of Chicago

CHICAGO — In 1913, the Art Institute of Chicago was the scene of what is now known as a culture war, a spitting match between defenders of tradition and partisans of innovation. Each side was convinced that civilization’s fate had been sealed, for better or worse, when the museum hosted…

Chicago Tribune

The problem with artificial intelligence? It’s neither artificial nor intelligent

Let’s retire this hackneyed term: while ChatGPT is good at pattern-matching, the human mind does so much more writes Evgeny Morozov

The Guardian - UK

The best contemporary art books to enjoy now

From maverick memoirs to topical tomes, turn over a new leaf with the Wallpaper* arts desk’s pick of new releases and all-time favourite art books

Wallpaper

From pirates’ hideout to Dalí’s bolthole: Cadaqués, star of Spain’s Costa Brava

This hidden cove has drawn artists for generations but the ex-hippy seaside town has maintained its independent character

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‘A lot of my work has this insane anxiety about it’: David Shrigley on worrying, God and drawing like a five-year-old

He has been shortlisted for the Turner prize for his acerbic, often hilarious images. Now living in the countryside with his wife and dog, the artist has produced a new book – and his work is as tense and restless as ever

The Guardian - UK

Cerith Wyn Evans review – lose yourself in broken windscreens and neon scribbles

The longer you stay the more there is to experience in this giddying, transporting exhibition that comes with a dash of danger

The Guardian - UK

Objects of Desire review – surreal lobster phones and a seaside sleazorama

A lamp in the form of a life-size horse, a chair made of soft toys, a lips settee begging to be bonked on – this delightful orgy of bad taste highlights perverse surrealist design from Dalí to today

The Guardian - UK

'No woman could paint': The Story of Art Without Men corrects nearly 600 years of male-focused art criticism

Have you heard of Surrealist photographer Lee Miller? Or the highly political Dada photo-montagist Hannah Höch? 19th-century sculptor Edmonia Lewis achieved fame and recognition in her lifetime, as did 20th-century sculptor Barbara Hepworth, but none of these women artists have achieved “household name” status, akin to Dali or Duchamp or…

The Conversation

Nicholas Goldberg: The Supreme Court will decide if Andy Warhol broke the law, 37 years after the fact

In 1981, rock 'n' roll photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who has worked with Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, the Beatles and many others, stepped into her studio with the artist then known as Prince, put some purple eyeshadow and lip gloss on him to "accentuate his sensuality," and began shooting pictures with…

Los Angeles Times

Lake District slag heap could become landmark public art

Artist Roger Hiorns pitching alongside Rachel Whiteread, Piet Oudolf and Olafur Eliasson in scheme to celebrate Cumbrian coast

The Guardian - UK

Duchamp’s Fountain was not the work of Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

Letters: The claim that the poet and artist created the 20th century’s most famous work of conceptual art of has been discredited, says Dawn Adès

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‘Sleep with everyone! Be embarrassing!’ – the dada baroness who shocked society

She wore soup-can bras, made an explicit film with Man Ray – and may have inspired Marcel Duchamp’s upturned urinal. We explore a thrilling show celebrating the pacy life of ‘The Baroness’

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