Trevor Paglen, FKA Twigs, and Dürer Repair: Art News Roundup

Trevor Paglen discusses AI-generated images and the erosion of shared reality, calling tech platforms 'demons of our time' and stating 'we are all becoming UFO researchers.' Filmmaker Adam Curtis argues that the ideal of the autonomous self has become a 'terrible prison' and that AI offers 'more of the same.' The 61st Venice Biennale features political tensions alongside carnivalesque and grotesque works, with protests calling for an end to killing. FKA Twigs contributes to the Vatican Pavilion after receiving a request from the Pope, creating music for meditation and contemplation. A Russian woman was sentenced to over three years in a penal colony for posting an Instagram photo of a hookah on a traditional Easter cake (kulich), violating religious feelings law. Artist Slawomir Elsner repairs Albrecht Dürer's fragmented Renaissance altarpiece 'The Seven Sorrows of Mary' with his signature hatched drawings, creating a temporary fusion without denying the historical break.