Art & Tech Olafur Eliasson Has Launched a New Virtual Reality Artwork and Is Minting His First NFT—Thanks to a Commission from $69M Beeple Buyer Metakovan The work will be included at the Danish-Icelandic artist's upcoming exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 5, 2022
Art & Tech Scientists Are Training A.I. to Reconstruct Long-Lost Underpaintings by Artists Including Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci The team has also started using DALL-E to reconstruct lost masterpieces known only through textual descriptions. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 1, 2022
Art & Tech An A.I.-Generated Artwork Won First Prize at a Colorado State Fair. Human Artists Are Infuriated Some are decrying "the death of artistry." By Dorian Batycka, Sep 1, 2022
Art & Tech Metaverse Art Week Included a Special Treat for Frida Kahlo Fans: a Virtual Recreation of Her Red House and Personal Belongings The virtual installation included nearly 800 different pieces that Kahlo used in her everyday life, unseen by the public until last week. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 31, 2022
Art & Tech In Xbox’s New Art-Historical Adventure Game ‘Pentiment’, Players Assume the Role of a 16th-Century German Artist to Solve Murder Mysteries The game's art director has a background in art history. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 28, 2022
Art & Tech A New DAO Wants to Give Art-Collecting Power to the People Through the Magic of Blockchain. Can It Actually Work? Jordan Huelskamp founded the investment fund Salon earlier this year. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 26, 2022
Art & Tech How a Photographer’s Art Project Capturing People and Their Lookalikes Led to a Startling Scientific Discovery About Doppelgänger DNA Francois Brunelle has been photographing doppelgangers since 1999. By Vittoria Benzine, Aug 26, 2022
Art & Tech Researchers Restoring Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ Found the Artist Used a Secret Ingredient That Most People Just Eat for Breakfast But the mystery remains why the artist used the organic material in his impasto paint. By Vittoria Benzine, Aug 25, 2022
Art & Tech ‘I’d Like You All to Meet My Aerobe Friend’: Watch Artist Anicka Yi Give Her First TED Talk—Alongside a Giant Robotic Organism The artist makes a case for a less fearful view of machine learning and other advanced technologies. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 22, 2022
Art & Tech Can an Artist-Run Crypto Project Save the Bees? Documenta’s BeeCoin Initiative Is Giving It a Try The giant German art show has made a priority of hosting novel initiatives rooted in blockchain technology. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 19, 2022
Art & Tech A Physicist’s Awe-Inspiring Photo of a Distant Red Star Went Viral on Twitter. Then He Revealed It Was a Slice of Chorizo Etienne Klein later apologized for the ungenu(sw)ine image. By Artnet News, Aug 8, 2022
Art & Tech A Super-Detailed Scan of an Epic Battle Painting Promises to Be the ‘Largest Single Seamless Image’ Ever Created The "digital twin" of Louis Braun's 1893 painting will ultimately have a staggering 1.6 trillion pixels. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 29, 2022
Art & Tech Apple Has Teamed Up With the Getty to Unleash Augmented-Reality Demons Inspired by William Blake at Its New London Store The work is the by tech-art duo Tin&Ed, with a soundtrack by Just Blaze. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 28, 2022
Art & Tech Christie’s Is Getting Into Venture Capital With a New Fund for Tech Startups Making Financial Tools for the Art Market The first company it will fund is LayerZero Labs. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 18, 2022
Art & Tech Meta Continues Its Push Into the A.I. Art Game, Allowing Users to Create Computer-Generated Images Based on Their Own Sketches The program has been tested by artists including Sofia Crespo, Scott Eaton, Alexander Reben, and Refik Anadol. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 17, 2022
