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• Grace Roselli and Oona Zlamany in Video Conversation digital

  On May 8, 2017, artist Grace Roselli engaged in a video conversation with fellow artist Oona Zlamany. The dialogue was documented and shared through artcritical.com, a platform…

• Hermitage's Digital Transformation: Museums as Spaces of Shared Meaning digital

  The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg is navigating the digital transformation of museums, which now function as platforms for plural ideas rather than mere object exhibitors.…

• L'Aquila launches largest online photographic observatory on post-earthquake Italy digital

  Eight years after the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that killed 309 people and devastated L'Aquila, the online platform 'Lo stato delle cose. Geografie e storie del doposisma' has…

• Ugo Nespolo redesigns animated series for RAI Yoyo digital

  Italian artist Ugo Nespolo (b. 1941) has created a new animated series for RAI Yoyo, the children's channel of Italian state television. Titled 'YO YO' after its twin…

• Goethe Institut launches online platform connecting Rome and Berlin designers digital

  The Goethe Institut in Rome, under the leadership of Gabriele Kreuter-Lenz, has introduced an online platform as part of the Creatività 4.0 initiative, in partnership with the…

• Google Earth Voyager Offers Virtual Tours of Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry Buildings digital

  Google Earth has launched Voyager, a new storytelling platform that provides guided virtual tours of contemporary architecture and natural landmarks. After two years of…

• Cassius's 'Go Up' video by Alexandre Courtes uses split-screen collage digital

  The French electronic duo Cassius released 'Go Up', a new single from their album 'Ibifornia', featuring Cat Power and Pharrell. The music video, directed by Parisian filmmaker…

• Three apps transform Rome's ruins into augmented reality experiences digital

  Three mobile applications offer innovative ways to experience ancient Roman ruins through augmented reality. Atavistic, a free app for iOS and Android, uses GPS, azimuth, and…

• Iñárritu's VR Installation Carne Y Arena Debuts at Cannes 2017 digital

  Alejandro G. Iñárritu's virtual reality installation Carne Y Arena (Virtually Present, Physically Invisible) premiered in the official selection of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival,…

• Felix Colgrave's Animated Short 'Double King' Explores Power and Death digital

  Felix Colgrave, born in Tasmania in 1993, has released 'Double King', a new animated short film that blends pastel colors with horror. The story follows a bizarre, greedy king who…

• Documentary explores Botticelli's Dante illustrations digital

  A documentary titled 'Botticelli Inferno', directed by Ralph Loop, will air on Sky Arte HD on Friday, April 14. The film investigates the mysterious drawings Sandro Botticelli…

• Raffaello in 3D: New Film Explores the Master's Life and Art digital

  A new 3D film, 'Raffaello. Il principe delle arti in 3D', premiered in Italian cinemas on April 3-5, 2017, and will be distributed in 60 countries by Nexo Digital. Co-produced by…

• Kirsten Lepore's 'Hi Stranger' Becomes Viral Stop-Motion Phenomenon digital

  Kirsten Lepore, a US animation artist, created 'Hi Stranger,' a short stop-motion video that went viral in 2017. First released in late 2016 as part of an anthology by the Late…

• Free video game inspired by M.C. Escher's impossible worlds released digital

  French developer Antoine Zanuttini has released 'Fragments of Euclid', a free video game inspired by the optical illusions and impossible geometries of Dutch artist M.C. Escher.…

• Björk's VR music video for 'Notget' from Vulnicura album digital

  Björk has released a virtual reality music video for 'Notget', the final track from her 2015 album Vulnicura. Directed by Warren Du Perez and Nick Thornton Jones, the video…

• MoMA Launches Online Art Courses on Coursera with Focus on Abstract Painting digital

  The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has introduced a new online course titled 'In the Studio' on the Coursera platform. The inaugural session is led by Corey D'Agostino, a…

• MoGA: primo museo virtuale per GIF animate lanciato da Giphy digital

  Giphy, la piattaforma specializzata in microanimazioni, ha presentato MoGA (Museum of GIF Art), un museo virtuale per GIF animate, disponibile tramite un'app gratuita per Android…

• Surreal 3D Animation Flourishes as an Internet Genre digital

  On the internet, the word 'weird' refers to strange, surreal, and nonsensical visuals that provoke reactions such as 'wtf did I just see.' A notable genre that has arisen is…

• Smartify app launches to recognize artworks like Shazam does for music digital

  Smartify, a new app co-founded by Thanos Kokkiniotis, a Greek mobile services manager at Shell in London, is set to launch in May on Android and iOS. Described as a hybrid of…

• NARTIST Platform Launches in Milan to Merge Art, Collecting, and Industry digital

  Launched in Milan, NARTIST is a new platform designed to merge art, collecting, and industry. The initiative is spearheaded by Francesco Nicastri, with contributions from…

• Galleria Nazionale di Roma launches Instagram exhibition #ScrollTheExhibition digital

  The Galleria Nazionale di Roma has launched #ScrollTheExhibition, a virtual exhibition on Instagram that allows visitors to explore the museum's collection via smartphone or…

• David OReilly's 'Everything' Game Launches on PlayStation 4 digital

  On March 21, 2017, David OReilly's video game 'Everything' will be released for PlayStation 4. Described by the artist as a 'consciousness simulator', the game allows players to…

• Reaction: Swedish animator's particle-based video experiment digital

  Swedish animator Anton Woll Söder, in collaboration with music studio CypherAudio, created "Reaction," a short particle-based animation video. The work exploits the contrast…

• Sky Arte documentary on Rubens premieres March 13 digital

  A documentary on Peter Paul Rubens, titled 'Pietro Paolo Rubens e la nascita del Barocco', will premiere on Sky Arte HD on Monday, March 13, as part of the 'Exhibition' series.…

• SoMI maps Milan's musical tastes via social media at BASE Milano digital

  The interactive installation SoMI – The Sounds of Milan, created by Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana Persico of HER – Human Ecosystems Relazioni, maps real-time musical preferences…

• Black Holes: French animators launch 3D series on Kickstarter digital

  French animators David and Laurent Nicolas, known for Lascars and music videos including Supermen Lovers' Starlight, are crowdfunding a new 3D animated series titled Black Holes…

• Fabrica Creates Video Art 'Stella' for ESA Satellite Launch digital

  On March 7, 2017, at 01:49 GMT, the second satellite of ESA's Sentinel 2B mission launched from Kourou, French Guiana, aboard a Vega rocket for the Copernicus EU program. To…

• Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Returns March 11 Across Italy and Worldwide digital

  The Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon, launched in 2014, returns on March 11, 2017, with events at six Italian venues alongside international locations such as MoMA in New York…

• Uffizi and Google Launch Four Digital Exhibitions with Gigapixel Artworks digital

  The Uffizi Galleries in Florence and Google Arts and Culture have unveiled a new collaborative project featuring four digital exhibitions available on uffizi.it and…

• Walden: A Contemplative Video Game Based on Thoreau's Classic digital

  Smithsonian Magazine has called Walden 'the most improbable video game in the world.' Developed by a team led by Tracy J. Fullerton, director of the Game Innovation Lab at the…

• 60,000 New York Times front pages in one-minute video by Josh Begley digital

  Data artist Josh Begley (b. 1984) has created a one-minute video compiling over 60,000 front pages of The New York Times, from its founding to the present. The visual timeline…

• Godard's lost short film Une femme coquette resurfaces on YouTube digital

  A short film by Jean-Luc Godard, believed lost for decades, has been uploaded to YouTube. Titled Une femme coquette, the black-and-white short runs under ten minutes and was shot…

• Pixar offers free online storytelling course on Khan Academy digital

  Pixar, acquired by Walt Disney Company over a decade ago and known for acclaimed animated features, has launched an open-source project sharing its storytelling and filmmaking…

• Sky Arte dedicates a night to Steve Jobs on his birthday digital

  On February 24, 2017, Sky Arte HD will air a themed night honoring Steve Jobs on what would have been his 62nd birthday. The programming includes the documentary 'Steve Jobs –…

• Frank Gehry Launches Architecture MasterClass for $90 digital

  Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry, born in 1929, is offering an online architecture and design course through the MasterClass platform for $90. The platform, founded in…

• French TV series uses 3D animation to dissect masterpieces digital

  A new French television series, "I segreti dei capolavori" (the Italian-dubbed version of an Arte original), uses 3D animation to deconstruct famous paintings by artists such as…

• Raphael Vangelis' 'Analogue Loaders' Animates Loading Symbols digital

  London-based director Raphael Vangelis created a short animation titled 'Analogue Loaders' that celebrates the ubiquitous loading symbols of the digital world—progress bars,…

• Jerry Saltz and Kehinde Wiley Star in Tiffany's New Ways of Seeing Video Series digital

  Tiffany & Co. commissioned a video series produced by T Brand Studio that examines the origins and current state of art. The first introductory film features critic Jerry Saltz…

• Sky Arte HD Investigates Andy Warhol Watercolor Authenticity digital

  On the 30th anniversary of Andy Warhol's death, Sky Arte HD will air the first episode of 'I detective dell'arte' on Wednesday, February 22. The series, hosted by Curtis Dowling,…

• New .art Domain Launches with High Registration Fees, Sparking Speculation Debate digital

  Since February 8, 2017, subscribers to the e-flux mailing list have received exclusive tokens to register the new .art top-level domain. The commercialization of the extension was…