As Bette Midler herself crooned, "You got to have friends." Following yesterday's post, I received a flurry of comments questioning my use of A.I. in reconstructing a lost Amsel piece of art. These criticisms were absolutely valid, which is why I felt compelled to be absolutely transparent, and further open the debate for the technical merits and artistic dangers of A.I. Happily, artist Matt Dicke just came to my rescue, providing a photograph of the original, unaltered BONNI

(The post is part of an ongoing series of Amsel’s “lost” work…) Franco Zeffirelli’s 1979 sentimental remake of THE CHAMP may have divided...