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A Walk on the Frontier of Art, Where the Sky Is the Limit (The New York Times)
“When walking on the High Line, it’s tough to look more lost than some of the tourists, but I did a pretty good job...
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Dawn of the MTV Era: Celebrating Video Art Pioneer Nam June Paik’s Vision
Three-year traveling exhibit opens in London for the groundbreaking Korean-American artist known as the father of video art.
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This Immersive Video Installation Makes You Feel Like You’re Part of a Painting
Japanese digital art collective teamLab have added to their already impressive portfolio of immersive art with the new installation Crows are Chased and the...
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Art Billboards “Uninterrupt” the Desert Landscape in New Coachella Valley Exhibit
As part of the Desert X art exhibit taking place across Coachella Valley, artist Jennifer Bolande’s “Visible Distance/Second Sight” turns billboards along the Gene...
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Microsoft HoloLens Makes Its Art World Debut at the Armory Show
This weekend, duo Studio Drift will debut Concrete Story at the Armory Show, the first major public art exhibition to incorporate Microsoft’s HoloLens in...
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Doug Aitken’s Latest Art Installation Is on the Ocean Floor
Artist Doug Aitken’s latest installation needs special gear to get to. That’s because Aitken’s Underwater Pavilions lives beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean and is accessible...
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Art Installation Recreates Aurora Borealis Anywhere
In case you can’t make it to the Nordics to view Aurora Borealis for yourself, it’s possible that the Northern Lights can come to...
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Art Installation Recreates the Inner Workings of Analog TV
"The audience is presented with highly parallel lines which contrast the darker space, building panoramic moiré patterns."
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Artist Alex Da Corte Explores the Poems of Rimbaud & Disney Movies in L.A. Solo Exhibit
Da Corte is known for his pop-informed sensibility and embrace of theatricality. In his elaborate set pieces, banal objects and consumer goods serve as...
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AR Experience Turns All of Miami Into Canvas
Lapse, a new app from multimedia artist Ivan Toth Depeña, turns Miami into a canvas for an augmented reality experience that features several artists and is made...
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Multimedia Artist Doug Aitken Talks the Intersection of Technology and Art
Cool Hunting talks to multimedia artist Doug Aitken about how he views the intersection of technology and art. “I try to use technology in...
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How Yayoi Kusuma Channels Mental Illness Into Her Famous Artwork
The short documentary below profiles the life and work of artist Yayoi Kusuma, who channels her obsessive-compulsive disorder into her famed, colorful art. “People ask me...
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New Exhibit in Berlin Encompasses a World of Post-Internet Art
The new Julia Stoschek Collection exhibit in Berlin, titled Welt Am Draht (World on a Wire), gathers together 38 pieces of video, photographic, and live...
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Artist JR Uses an Optical Illusion to Make the Louvre’s Glass Pyramid Disappear
French street artist JR has created an optical illusion that makes IM Pei’s famed glass pyramid at the entrance of the Louvre disappear. JR...
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Technology and Textiles Combine in Phillip Stearns’ Art Exhibit
Artist Phillip Stearns’ new exhibit ADC/DAC combines analog and digital artifacts in a novel way: featuring tapestries woven with algorithm processes, neon lights on...
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Ranu Mukherjee’s Video Installation Explores the Many Facets of Gold
Ranu Mukherjee’s three-channel film Phantasmagoric, now playing at LACMA’s Stark Bar, explores the many facets of gold–from wealth status symbol to cultural signifier to...
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Steve McQueen to Have Mutlimedia Exhibit at the Whitney
From April 29-May 14th, the Whitney Museum of American Art will present works from 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen as part of...
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Artist Turns Surveillance Footage Into Provocative Art
Artist Dries Deeporter turns public surveillance footage into provocative works of arts. His pieces include “Jaywalking”–a live-feed of an intersection where viewers can choose to...
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Ai Weiwei Exhibit Viewable in 360 Degrees with Immersive Experience
“There is huge potential in bringing together the arts and technology to reach wider audiences,” says Fiona Morris, creative director and CEO of The...
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Projection Mapping Brings Sculpture to Life
A 100-year-old marble statue reveals she’s not ashamed of her nude body in the projection mapped piece called “Starkers” by Davy and Kristin McGuire. ...
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A Sunrise GIF Lights Up Times Square at Midnight
Times Square Arts’ latest Midnight Moments installation is a digital sunrise that will light up Times Square for three minutes every midnight in March....
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An Instagram-Fueled Art Installation Makes You Face Your Digital Self
Samsung 837, the electronic brand’s new flagship New York City “store,” doesn’t actually sell anything. Instead it’s a space dedicated to cutting-edge installations and...
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London’s Whitechapel Gallery Celebrates 50 Years of New Media Art with Massive Exhibit
London’s Whitechapel Gallery is celebrating 50 years of new media art with their exhibit Electronic Superhighway (2016-1966), featuring work from pioneers such as Nam June Paik and contemporary...