Technology
Can digital technologies help to resolve debates on restitution?
Many believe new applications—from AI and NFTs to 3D scanning—are game changing in returning objects to source communities. Lawyers say they can make the process harder
Artist and AI pioneers use DeepDream to create ‘hallucinatory’ depictions of landscapes by Capability Brown
Daniel Ambrosi used Google's AI to reimagine high-res photographs of parkland designed by the 18th-century landscape architect
Can AI unlock the ancient Herculaneum scrolls?
Plus, the appointment of the new Venice Biennale president sparks a political row, and a tender portrait by Dorothea Lange
How TikTok coaches art world institutions to go viral
The social media platform's lifestyle and education team has been offering services to companies like Sotheby's to help improve content and grow followings
From VR to NFTs: in the year of AI, how should we define digital art?
The opening of Digital Art Fair in Hong Kong is a moment to take stock of how technological developments have changed the nature of digital art
Artificial Intelligence
Artist and AI pioneers use DeepDream to create ‘hallucinatory’ depictions of landscapes by Capability Brown
Daniel Ambrosi used Google's AI to reimagine high-res photographs of parkland designed by the 18th-century landscape architect
Is AI generating an ‘averaged’, one-sided, view of art history?
Artists are getting creative to counter visual language being skewed by image-generating apps that average out scraped stock photos and social media files into “mean images”
Tulip mania, Brexit and AI: Mat Collishaw takes on Kew Gardens this autumn
The artist marries nature and technology in the ambitious new exhibition
Artist Refik Anadol brings climate crisis to a scorching Basel with AI-generated glacier installation
Glacier Dreams is being projected on the façade of Theater Basel this week
'In the age of AI, putting creativity at the heart of education is more important than ever'
The UK Labour Party is gearing up for the next election and should be talking about how we are educating children
Insta' gratification
Aimee Dawson, our live editor, looks at how the worlds of art and social media collide
Does coverage of Sotheby's Freddie Mercury sales show that auctions are perfect TikTok fodder?
Videos of bidding battles for the Queen frontman's possessions resulted in the auction house doubling its TikTok followers in less than a week
Art Decoded
Twice a month, digital artist Gretchen Andrew explains new technology and its impact on art and the art world
From VR to NFTs: in the year of AI, how should we define digital art?
The opening of Digital Art Fair in Hong Kong is a moment to take stock of how technological developments have changed the nature of digital art
NFTs
Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT creators awarded nearly $1.6m in trademark infringement lawsuit
A district court judge has ruled in favour of Yuga Labs, whose lawsuit against artists Ryder Ripps and James Cahen accused them of "cybersquatting"
Leonardo's $450m Salvator Mundi returns as an NFT
The Mona Lisa and Van Gogh’s Starry Night have also been released as digital assets
Not safe for work: Beeple donates 'censored NFT' to Italian museum
The image of an orgy in an office setting—a satire of the downfall of banking entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried—was allegedly blocked by YouTube due to nudity
Haroon Mirza and Mat Collishaw launch NFT projects in the wake of Ethereum’s eco-upgrade
The switch to a more sustainable blockchain system is encouraging artists to experiment with the collaborative potential of NFTs
New York court dismisses case over ownership of ‘world’s first NFT’ sold for $1.5m at Sotheby’s
Lawsuit is one of the first in the US to examine how blockchain technology affects the ownership of digital art
Social media
'The nipple has not been freed! The art world must continue to fight Meta over gender discrimination'
Social media giant has been taken to task for its notorious “female nipple” guideline, but the battle for creatives' freedom of expression is not yet over
Revealed: the top 20 most popular art museums on social media in 2023
We look at how the 100 most-visited museums in our Visitor Figures survey performed online
New online safety laws aim to protect children—but will they harm artists?
As the UK’s troubled Online Safety Bill finally looks set to become law, there are still concerns about whether it will get the balance between online safety and censorship right
Podcasts
Can AI unlock the ancient Herculaneum scrolls?
Plus, the appointment of the new Venice Biennale president sparks a political row, and a tender portrait by Dorothea Lange
Hong Kong is back with bang: Art Basel returns and M+ museum makes waves
Plus, art censorship online and Brenda L. Croft's photos of fellow First Nations Australian women
NFTs crashed last year—does Art Dubai fair show signs of a ‘Crypto Spring’?
Plus, How Video Transformed the World at MoMA and the art of modernist ceramics
Crypto crash: what now for NFTs and the art world?
Plus, Norway’s mega-museum and a Spanish-American screen in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art