It is a truth universally acknowledged that the best encounter with a work of art is a physical one. But it is also an irrefutable fact that international air travel and the shipping of art get top billing as our sector’s major pollutant. So if the art world genuinely wants to get its environmental act
Illustration: CSA-Printstock/iStock Should artists have to file paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just to sell their own creations? Should they be required to warn buyers that art values might fluctuate? Should the SEC get to say if art sales count as an “investment”? Does the SEC have the regulatory authority to police
Although Marvin dreams big, he works with simple tools: the ibisPaint X app on his smartphone. “I only use the ibisPaint X app on my cellphone to create digital art pieces since I don’t have a drawing tablet. It’s flexible and easy to use, even though it’s limited in many ways,” he shared. His creative
It’s a rollercoaster world for digital artists. On the one hand, with rapidly developing technology and an increasing demand for engaging, immersive experiences, digital art is on the up. Research suggests that the global digital art market is estimated to grow annually at a rate of around 14 per cent year on year into the
Welcome to the digital renaissance, where the brushstrokes of creativity meet the immutable ledgers of blockchain technology. The art world is undergoing a seismic shift, and at the epicenter of this transformation lies a revolutionary concept: Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). As we dive into the realm of crypto art, we’ll uncover how these digital assets are
B Beeple, the digital artist whose real name is Mike Winkelmann, minted EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS for Christie’s New York. The NFT, which sold for over $69 million, marked the first fully digital work of art offered at a major auction house, as well as the first time Christie’s accepted payment in cryptocurrency. Bitcoin,
Tate Modern presents Electric Dreams – Art and Technology Before the Internet. This autumn, Tate Modern will celebrate the early innovators of optical, kinetic, programmed and digital art, who forged a new era of immersive environments and art works engaging with new technologies. Suzanne Treister, Fictional Videogame Stills/Are You Dreaming? 1991 – 2. Photographs from
A program designed for the future The program recognizes the ever-evolving nature of digital art and multiple technological applications. To ensure this, program faculty actively participate in ongoing research to keep the curriculum up to date with the latest practices in the ever-evolving technological landscape. Regular updates, workshops, and student experiences ensure the program remains
The woman on stage is talking about space simulations, as in, creating minutely detailed reenactments of what it would like to take a crew into space. And if anyone would know about this sort of thing, it’s this lady, astrobiologist Michaela Musilová. Variously described as an ‘analogue astronaut’ and a ‘marsonaut’ (i.e. a speculative explorer
In the ever-expanding universe of digital creativity, artists today are charting new territory for what digital art can be and who it can reach. The Gray Area Festival, a conference and exhibition focused on culture and technology held in San Francisco’s Mission District, celebrated its ninth iteration in October. It was organised around the theme