Created with Meta AI—illustrations for the frustrating elitism of the art world wherein only few artists secure representations from big galleries, and art being a force that starts conversations. In both of these images, prompts were deliberately free of specific instructions for the content of paintings.

I was aware that Meta AI had entered Instagram DMs long ago but I didn’t pay much attention to it. I started using it by accident. A friend overseas was...

Illustrated classics

The Joy of Reading Illustrated Classics   I remember when, years ago, looking for Dante’s Divine Comedy, I found myself choosing not recent editions with detailed and easy commentaries but...

“The Four Temples” by Ik-Joong Kang (close-up view).

Thinking Inside the Box: Learning from Ik-Joong Kang One of the most fascinating events in contemporary art is the annual “Forever is Now” exhibition at the Pyramids of Giza. Organised...

It has been found that travel imagery significantly impacts imagination by allowing individuals to vividly picture themselves in new environments, stimulating mental simulations of potential experiences, essentially acting as a catalyst for dreaming up new adventures and perspectives. (Credit: StockCake)

The Impact of Travel Documentaries on the Creative Imagination   Last year, I discovered the YouTube channel TRACKS – Travel Documentaries that covers it all “from the freezing ice caps...