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• Facebook's Nostalgia Economy: How Social Media Monetizes Memory Through Features Like On This Day digital

  Facebook's 'On This Day' feature, launched in March 2015, compiles users' past posts from the same date each year, following Timehop. Media sociologist Nathan Jurgenson's 2012…

• MAUA Augmented Reality Street Art Museum Expands to Six New Italian Cities digital

  So, there's this cool project called MAUA, which started in Milan back in 2017, and it's now expanding to six more cities in central and southern Italy, including Florence and…

• CommissionIt Updates Guide for Transforming Photos into Custom Artworks digital

  CommissionIt has revised its online resource to assist clients in selecting painting styles and mediums for custom artworks based on photographs. The updated guide features visual…

• IMS launches photojournalism website, Letizia Battaglia dies, and virtual gallery connects photographers digital

  The Instituto Moreira Salles has launched a new website dedicated to photojournalism. Letizia Battaglia, recognized as Italy's first female photojournalist, has passed away.…

• Digital Arrival of Antoni Muntadas's 'About Academia' and Indigenous Critique at Pinacoteca do Estado digital

  The video installation 'About Academia' by Antoni Muntadas has reached Brazil in a digital format, marking its debut in the country. This work explores academic environments and…

• Crystal Bridges Museum Launches Pixel Bridges Web Game Featuring Exhibition Artworks digital

  Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has introduced Pixel Bridges, a free web game developed in collaboration with Broken Egg to mark the opening of the 'Get in the Game:…

• Italian startup Institution launches online course on 19th-century art digital

  An innovative startup from Santa Sofia, Romagna, called Institution, is offering an online art course titled "From Francisco Goya to Paul Cézanne: Ten Online Lessons to Understand…

• Artist Lori McNee Uses AI as Tool in Creation of Wildlife Painting 'Silent Vigil' digital

  Artist Lori McNee has created a new oil painting titled 'Silent Vigil' that depicts bull elk in a serene landscape. The work, measuring 40x30 inches, was developed using…

• Art21 and CHANEL Culture Fund Launch Social Media Documentary Series on Contemporary Artists digital

  Art21 and CHANEL Culture Fund have partnered to launch 'IRL/url,' a series of over 30 short documentary films designed for social media platforms. The series, premiering on…

• AI and Family Collaboration Produce Minecraft Music Video digital

  On September 18, 2025, Sascha Kuntze, Chief Creative Officer of BBH Singapore, created an AI-assisted music video inspired by Minecraft from his home. The project began as an…

• Rome’s restoration projects go digital with new Cantieri Narranti platform digital

  The Soprintendenza Speciale di Roma has launched Cantieri Narranti, an online platform that documents and narrates the city’s ongoing restoration projects. Developed two years ago…

• Lulu Platform Streamlines Photo Book Creation and Sales for Photographers digital

  Lulu offers a print-on-demand service that simplifies photo book publishing for photographers. The platform eliminates traditional publishing hurdles like upfront costs and…

• Ubisoft Launches Discovery Tour: Medieval Baghdad for Assassin's Creed Mirage digital

  Ubisoft has released Discovery Tour: Medieval Baghdad, an educational app based on the historical setting of Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023), set in 9th-century Baghdad. The app…

• VR Experience Recreates WWII Internment at Palazzo Tilli digital

  Italian studio AnotheReality has launched a virtual reality experience titled 'Se chiudo gli occhi' (If I close my eyes), which allows users to explore the life of an interned…

• YouTuber Acquires Commodore Brand, Launches Commodore 64 Ultimate digital

  YouTuber Christian "Peri Fractic" Simpson has acquired the Commodore brand with backing from undisclosed investors and announced the Commodore 64 Ultimate, a retrofuturistic…

• Adrian Red Launches Cyber City Orion, an Immersive 3D Cyberpunk Web Experience digital

  Adrian Red, a professional in digital and 3D production as well as immersive web design, has introduced Cyber City Orion, an interactive 3D web experience crafted using Blender,…

• AI Film Generated in Real-Time at Venice Film Festival digital

  At the 2025 Venice Film Festival, OOVIE Studios presented 'LIVE MUSIC. LIVING FILMS.' at Teatro Malibran, a project generating an AI film in real-time based on live musical…

• Dante's Divine Comedy Gets Dark Souls-Style Video Game Adaptation digital

  Italian studio Jyamma Games announced a video game adaptation of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy at Gamescom's Opening Night Live in Cologne. The action RPG, set in a world where…

• Gelli Arts Releases New Craft Kits with Image Transfer Packs and Card-Making Tutorial digital

• Apple TV+ to Release First Peanuts Musical in August 2025 digital

  Apple TV+ has announced its first musical special dedicated to the Peanuts gang, titled "Snoopy presenta: il musical dell'estate" (Snoopy Presents: Summer Musical), set to…

• Victoria Miro launches digital gallery platform LIVE/ARCHIVE digital

  Victoria Miro, a London gallery marking its 40th anniversary since its first Cork Street location opened in 1985 and expanding to Venice in 2017, has introduced LIVE/ARCHIVE, a…

• Giselle Beiguelman's Digital Art Confronts Authoritarianism and Public Space digital

  Brazilian artist Giselle Beiguelman creates digital works addressing authoritarianism and public space failures. Her project "Ditamapa" visualizes authoritarian ghosts through…

• Inside the Uffizi: Sky Arte documentary goes behind the scenes of Florence museum digital

  Sky Arte will air the documentary "Inside the Uffizi" on Tuesday, August 5, directed by Corinna Belz and Enrique Sánchez Lansch. The film offers a behind-the-scenes look at the…

• Real-Time Glass Shader on Android with AGSL and Jetpack Compose digital

  A designer explores creating a real-time glass shader effect on Android using AGSL (Android Graphics Shading Language) and Jetpack Compose, enabled by AI-assisted 'vibe-coding'.…

• Artribune Podcast Explores Giulio Romano's Erotic 'Modi' Drawings digital

  Artribune has released a new episode of its artcrime podcast 'Storie dell'Arte' titled 'Modi Scandalosi', hosted by art historian Mosè Previti. The episode delves into the…

• Snapchat AR brings Baroque dance to Versailles gardens digital

  The Château de Versailles has partnered with Snapchat to launch 'Dansez Versailles', an augmented reality experience that lets users virtually dance in the palace gardens as…

• Alloy Design Studio Creates Unified Audio Experience with Inverse App and Hardware digital

  Alloy Design Studio, a design firm with offices in London and Guildford, has developed the Inverse app as a central control system for their Inverse audio products. The…

• Kenshiro Returns in 2026 with New Anime Adaptation digital

  A new anime adaptation of the classic manga 'Fist of the North Star' (known in Italy as 'Ken il guerriero') is set for release in 2026. The original manga was created in 1983 by…

• Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia opens new multimedia space digital

  On July 10, 2025, the Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia inaugurated its new Spazio Multimediale, an interactive area that allows visitors to explore the results of research…

• Summer 2025 Video Game Previews: 10 Upcoming Titles from Artribune digital

  Artribune has compiled a selection of 10 anticipated video games revealed during the Summer Game Fest 2025, which featured State of Play and the MIX Summer Game Showcase. Among…

• AAATHENS Digital Platform Launches with Hydra Performance by Evangelia VS digital

  AAATHENS, a new digital platform founded by Chiara Crespi, aims to map and promote Athens' contemporary art scene through videos, interactive exhibition maps, event listings,…

• Museo Ferragamo debuts world-first Dolby Atmos audioguides for visually impaired digital

  On June 28, 2025, the Museo Ferragamo in Florence introduced the first-ever immersive audioguides designed for visually impaired guests, utilizing Dolby Atmos technology. This…

• Podcast Episode Explores Art and Architecture in Strasbourg digital

  A podcast episode hosted by Veronica Winters provides a guide to art viewing in Strasbourg, highlighting the city's distinctive mix of French and German architectural styles. The…

• Xindian Boys and XTRUX create algorithmic river panorama at New Taipei City Art Museum digital

  The Taiwanese art collective Xindian Boys collaborated with new media group XTRUX on a site-specific digital installation titled Don’t Worry, Baby (2025). This commissioned work…

• Relooted: A Video Game That Steals Back African Art digital

  South African studio Nyamakop has developed Relooted, a platform-puzzle video game where players plan and execute non-violent heists to recover looted African artworks from…

• Yuri Ancarani opens his home-studio on Sky Arte's The Square digital

  The thirteenth episode of The Square – All You Can Art, airing on Sky Arte on Thursday, June 26, features artist Yuri Ancarani. Nicolas Ballario visits Ancarani's home-studio in…

• Middle School Students Develop Video Games in Padua Province digital

  The second edition of Play/Ground, aimed at Italian middle schools, wrapped up in Padua, with participation from schools in Sant'Elena, Sant'Urbano, Castelbaldo, Merlara, and…

• Afterall presents video works by Cynthia Maughan and Hito Steyerl, plus Sharon Chin talk digital

  Afterall's online platform features a collection of video works, including Cynthia Maughan's 'Coffin from Toothpicks' (1975, 1min 54sec, black and white, sound) and 'The Way…

• Poetry Camera: AI-Powered Device Generates Poems Instead of Photos digital

  The Poetry Camera, a prototype developed by a small self-funded New York team, uses Claude AI to transform visual subjects into poetry rather than capturing images. Instead of…

• KADIST.tv Video Portal Provides Access to Contemporary Art Collection and Programs digital

  KADIST.tv, established in 2022, functions as a video platform that organizes and presents content from KADIST's digital resources. The portal offers hundreds of limited edition…