Art as Health Policy, Celebrity Art Critique, and Hito Steyerl on AI

Governments in Wales and Greece are integrating art into health policy, with Greece introducing a legally mandated 'culture on prescription' model. Research by psychobiologist Daisy Fancourt shows museum visits can alleviate depression and anxiety. Art historian Jennifer Van Horn argues early US art promoted narratives of freedom while obscuring exploitation, advocating for examining absences in artworks. Critic Hubertus Butin condemns the celebrity art boom, noting stars like Johnny Depp and Sylvester Stallone gain gallery access due to fame, not artistic merit, with Dennis Hopper cited as a rare exception. Andreas Kilb opposes preserving the last remnants of the New Reich Chancellery bunker in Berlin, warning it could become a 'horror cabinet' attracting totalitarianism enthusiasts. Michael Moorstedt analyzes how drone warfare in Ukraine creates 'war porn' imagery that blurs reality and simulation, with footage used to train autonomous weapons. In the 'Doomscroll' podcast, Hito Steyerl warns against the 'automation of judgment' in AI, linking it to authoritarian control, and discusses building an alternative AI model with voluntarily provided data.