Science & 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
Science & 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
Science & 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
Science & 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
Science & 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 18, 2022
Science & Tech ‘A.I. Is Being Trained on the Collective Works of Humanity’: How Artists Are Using Image Generators to Usher in the New ‘Recombinant Art’ Movement The ability to remix historical movements and styles without context raises questions about the future of art. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 14, 2022
Science & Tech See the Extraordinary First Images From NASA’s Webb Space Telescope, the Most Detailed Pictures Ever Taken of Deep Space After more than six months, we can finally see Webb's stunning views of the cosmos. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 12, 2022
Science & Tech A New VR App Lets Users Experience Five of the World’s Long-Lost Stolen Masterpieces, Including Works by Caravaggio and Manet Paintings by some of the famous artists in history are getting a second life. By Dorian Batycka, Jul 7, 2022
Science & Tech How Artists Are Increasingly Blurring the Lines Between Fine Art and Video Games A new exhibition at the Julia Stoschek Collection in Düsseldorf unpacks the expanded role of virtual reality games in contemporary art. By Dorian Batycka, Jun 15, 2022
Science & Tech The Bucharest Biennial Is Curated Entirely by an A.I. Named Jarvis. We Asked It a Question The A.I. selected a dozen artists to participate. By Dorian Batycka, May 25, 2022
Science & Tech A Scale Model of the Solar System Covering Six Miles of Terrain Shows Just How Puny and Fragile the Earth Really Is Artist Oliver Jeffers wants us to acknowledge that we are alone in space. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 19, 2022
Science & Tech ‘They Are About Capturing the Process of Merging’: How Artist WangShui Collaborated With A.I. to Make Paintings for the Whitney Biennial The AI-driven piece responds to viewers' presence in the galleries. By Sarah Cascone, May 12, 2022
Science & Tech Can an Artwork a Day Keep the Doctor Away? Here Are 5 Ways Scientists Say Art Can Make You Happier and Healthier Art viewing and art making can lead to greater well-being across ages, nationalities, and income levels. By Menachem Wecker, Apr 26, 2022
Science & Tech A New System Called DALL-E Seems to Have Cracked the Code on True AI-Generated Art. The Implications Are Staggering The program understands the relationship between images and the words we use to describe them. By Artnet News, Apr 13, 2022
Science & Tech Ai-Da, the Robot Artist Powered by AI, Is Heading to Venice for a Show During the Biennale—and She’s Bringing Her New Painting Arm For its Venice debut, the robot will explore—what else?—the metaverse. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 1, 2022
