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• Sky Arte's Pop Profiles Series Features Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams digital

  On Wednesday, July 15, Sky Arte will air two episodes of the series Pop Profiles, focusing on Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams. The episodes trace their careers from early…

• LaTurbo Avedon's Virtual Factory Installation in Fortnite digital

  Artist avatar LaTurbo Avedon has created 'Your Progress Will Be Saved,' a virtual installation inside the video game Fortnite, commissioned by The Factory in Manchester. The work…

• New York's #CreativityWillSaveUs Project: Artists Respond to Pandemic digital

  Launched in March 2020 by Creative Pois-On in New York, the #CreativityWillSaveUs initiative showcases podcasts and videos where artists discuss the impact of the COVID-19…

• Pina Bausch's The Rite of Spring performed on Senegalese beach in new film digital

  A film titled Dancing at Dusk – A moment with Pina Bausch's The Rite of Spring captures a performance of the iconic choreographer's work on a beach in Senegal. The performance was…

• Italian museums' online visibility doubled during lockdown digital

  A study by Politecnico di Milano for the Direzione generale Musei of the Ministero per i Beni Culturali analyzed the online performance of 100 state cultural sites in May 2020.…

• Design Cucina: Instagram Project Shares Designers' Quarantine Recipes digital

  Curators Maria Cristina Didero and Libby Sellers launched Design Cucina, an Instagram project inviting designers to share recipes and food stories during the COVID-19 quarantine.…

• Olafur Eliasson launches Earth Speakr AR app for children digital

  Olafur Eliasson has released Earth Speakr, an augmented reality app and website that invites children worldwide to record ecological messages by speaking as plants or objects,…

• Fondazione Giorgio Cini launches online atlas of Italian Renaissance woodcuts digital

  The Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice has launched the Atlante delle xilografie italiane del Rinascimento, a free, publicly accessible online archive of Italian Renaissance…

• Five new Japanese anime series and films coming to Netflix in July 2020 digital

  Netflix expands its Japanese animation catalog with five new titles arriving in July 2020. The lineup includes Makoto Shinkai's "5 cm per Second" (July 1), a three-episode film…

• K-Pop Fans Sabotage Trump Rally, Blackpink Breaks YouTube Records digital

  K-pop fans, particularly from the group Blackpink, have demonstrated their political influence by sabotaging Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 19, 2020. Through…

• Eslam MHD's Eden Project Reimagines Typography Through 3D Letter Environments digital

  Designer Eslam MHD has created 'Eden 26 Days of Type,' a project that transforms the traditional 36 Days of Type challenge into a 3D typographic exploration. Each letter of the…

• Patrick Tuttofuoco develops artist video game for OGR Tech in Turin digital

  Patrick Tuttofuoco (Milan, 1974) is creating an experimental video game for OGR Tech, the technology wing of OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, which recently celebrated…

• MAN Nuoro produces short film on satirical magazine Il Pasquino digital

  The MAN Museum of Nuoro has produced a short film exploring the satirical world of the magazine Il Pasquino, directed by the collective Mira Videoart. The video is part of a…

• Futuro Arcaico: Digital Archive Maps Puglia Through Contemporary Artists digital

  Futuro Arcaico – Osservatorio Artistico Digitale serves as a dynamic digital repository that chronicles the cultural heritage of Puglia through modern artistic expressions. This…

• Vier Nev's Animated Short 'A Mind Sang' Explores Optical Illusions and Perception digital

  Multimedia artist Vier Nev has released a new animated short film titled 'A Mind Sang,' which explores visual perception through optical illusions and gestalt principles. The film…

• Simone Berti's Augmented Reality Project 'Arboree Volanti' Launches in Milan digital

  On July 1, 2020, at 6 PM, Italian artist Simone Berti (born 1966 in Adria, lives in Milan) presents 'Arboree Volanti,' an augmented reality project in the area between Bosco…

• Fuorisalone Digital presenta 63 progetti innovativi del Worth Partnership Project digital

  Il Fuorisalone Digital ha svelato 63 progetti innovativi provenienti dalla Seconda Call del Worth Partnership Project, sostenuto da COSME, con la partecipazione di 144 partner da…

• Digital relaunch of Monna Lisa Who? installation in Pavia digital

  Karmachina studio's video, "Monna Lisa Who?", first premiered on November 24, 2019, in Pavia at the Santa Maria Gualtieri, but had an early closure due to the pandemic. Now, a…

• The Abstract Architecture of Doom: A 27-Year Legacy digital

  An in-depth analysis of the architectural design of the video game Doom (1993) and its sequels, exploring how its abstract, non-realistic spaces were created by id Software and…

• Maurizio Cattelan's Bedtime Stories for New Museum digital

  During the COVID-19 lockdown, the New Museum in New York launched a digital project called Bedtime Stories, conceived by artist Maurizio Cattelan. Cattelan invited friends and…

• MilanoPride 2020 goes digital with LGBT+ Icons series on Instagram digital

  Due to COVID-19, MilanoPride 2020 will not hold its traditional June parade or events in Porta Venezia. Instead, a virtual program culminates on June 27. A key initiative is LGBT+…

• Netflix's Homemade: Lockdown Short Films by Global Directors digital

  On June 30, 2020, Netflix is set to release "Homemade," a collection of short films created by esteemed filmmakers from around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. This…

• Fuorisalone Digital: Three Emerging Designers from Isola District digital

  The forced shift to digital during Covid-19 has not diminished Milan Design Week's role in showcasing emerging talent. Three young designers from the Isola district—Dorian…

• Guide to Virtual Open Days and Webinars in Italian Art Education digital

  Artribune compiles a guide to virtual Open Days and webinars offered by Italian art and design schools and cultural institutions, a format that proliferated during the COVID-19…

• CCBB Rio's Ancient Egypt Exhibition Gains Online Guided Tours digital

  The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) in Rio de Janeiro has launched online guided tours for its exhibitions. This digital initiative follows the public success of the…

• CCBB Launches Online Guided Tours for Exhibitions Across Four Brazilian Cities digital

  The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) has launched online guided tours for its current exhibitions, available starting June 25. This initiative expands the…

• Designer Creates 3D Apple Icons for Augmented Reality Applications digital

  Designer Jong min has developed a personal project involving three-dimensional icons modeled after Apple's visual identity, specifically designed for augmented reality…

• Federica Fracassi interpreta Shakespeare per HOMEShakes digital

  Federica Fracassi è la nuova interprete, la numero otto, della serie di cortometraggi HOMEShakes, un'iniziativa creata da Zoe Pernici e Francesco Scarel durante il periodo di…

• Fondation Beyeler launches art meditation sessions with UBS Art digital

  The Fondation Beyeler in Basel has launched Art Meditation, a project in collaboration with UBS Art, featuring six guided meditation sessions led by expert Diego Hangartner. The…

• The Other Side: A Distance Art Project Debuts on Rai5 digital

  On June 25, Rai5 will broadcast The Other Side, a video creation combining dance, music, and visual arts produced by Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto and Fondazione…

• Manchester Museum's MMinQuarantine Digital Campaign Led by Italian Chiara Ludolini digital

  The Manchester Museum, the UK's largest university museum, launched the MMinQuarantine campaign in response to its COVID-19 closure. The project was spearheaded by Chiara…

• Supernova Design Studio Launches Animated Brand Film Showcasing New Identity digital

  Supernova Design Studio, a boutique creative agency founded by sisters Asavari and Shaivalini Kumar, has released an animated brand film to present its refreshed visual identity.…

• Uffizi becomes world's most followed art museum on TikTok digital

  The Uffizi Galleries in Florence have become the most followed art museum on TikTok, surpassing the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Rijksmuseum. As of the weekend, the Uffizi…

• GAMeC Bergamo Launches Radio GAMeC Real Live with Five Outdoor Performances digital

  GAMeC Bergamo, under director Lorenzo Giusti, is transforming its acclaimed Instagram radio project into a live format. Radio GAMeC, which broadcast daily for 66 days during…

• Istituto Marangoni Firenze Hosts Virtual Open Day for Master's Programs digital

  Istituto Marangoni Firenze, a pioneer in large-scale digitalization of education in fashion and art, is launching a series of Virtual Open Days. The next event, focused on…

• Damjanski and Nina Roehrs Launch FitArt App for Fitness Routines by Contemporary Artists digital

  In June 2020, artist Damjanski collaborated with Nina Roehrs of The Roehrs & Boetsch gallery to introduce FitArt, a fitness application. The app provides exercise programs…

• Louvre Abu Dhabi launches sci-fi podcast 'We Are Not Alone' with Soundwalk Collective digital

  The Louvre Abu Dhabi has launched 'We Are Not Alone,' a science fiction podcast and short film produced by the Soundwalk Collective, a New York-based group founded in 2000. The…

• Flaming Lips perform inside plastic bubbles on The Late Show digital

  The Flaming Lips performed a unique concert on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, with all participants, including the band, enclosed in large protective plastic bubbles. This…

• Barbara Bologna's w40tribu: A Performative Fashion Project Born in Quarantine digital

  Barbara Bologna, a multifaceted Italian designer, artist, and performer, launched w40tribu during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. The project began as a remote editorial for her…

• Art Night Venezia 2020 goes digital for 10th anniversary digital

  The 10th edition of Art Night Venezia, originally scheduled for June 20, 2020, has been canceled due to the pandemic. Instead, the event—conceived and coordinated by Università…