Video, film & new media
A film about self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe shows the limitations of the artist documentary genre
"This World Is Not My Own", which recently premiered at South by Southwest, parallels Rowe’s life with that of the gallerist who championed her work
'Pretty little thing ain’tcha?' Art critic John Berger played Cockney gangster in a Grand Theft Auto game
Author of Ways of Seeing did some impromptu voice acting for the violent video game after recording in the same studio
'AI will become the new normal’: how the art world's technological boom is changing the industry
Artificial intelligence art projects are popping up everywhere, forcing difficult questions around artist agency, copyright and market value
Twelve institutions join Web 3.0 fellowship—including Musée d'Orsay and Vienna's Belvedere Museum—to harness the power of blockchain
Programme is designed to mentor museums in the ways of the decentralised third generation of the Web that is home to blockchain, cryptocurrencies and NFTs
Paris's Centre Pompidou breaks new ground by acquiring 18 NFTs
The acquisition, the first of its kind by a major French public museum, includes works by Jonas Lund, Robness, Agnieszka Kurant and Sarah Meyohas
Nam June Paik the prophet: documentary creates chronological collage of pioneering video artist's life
Director Amanda Kim’s "Moon Is the Oldest TV" supplements a timeline of the artist’s life with archival footage of his work
Michael Snow, avant-garde film-maker and sculptor, has died aged 94
The witty Canadian polymath caused a sensation with his 1967 underground film "Wavelength" and enjoyed public dispute over his city sculptures
Artist Ai Weiwei reads Dalai Lama's new letter to the world: 'The Art of Hope'
The video and message are part of the digital art platform Circa's new art commissions for public screens and billboards around the world
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
Immersive David Hockney show will launch new interactive art space in London
The Lightroom project, due to open next year, is backed by Tate Modern sponsor Leonard Blavatnik
Artist Gabriel Massan uses video game world-building and the blockchain to reimagine the meaning of 'Third World'
The Brazilian digital artist is creating a multi-level collaborative game as part of the Serpentine Galleries' Artist Worlds programme, and minting tokens with the Tezos Ecosystem blockchain
Life of elusive artist David Hammons—who once sold snowball sculptures on the streets of Manhattan—emerges in new documentary
The Melt Goes on Forever tracks the revered US artist’s career, without his direct participation, to illuminating effect
Hilma af Klint goes multimedia: NFTs launched on Pharrell Williams's Goda platform are latest digital offering of Abstract artist's work
The pioneering Swedish artist is having a moment, with a newly-released biopic, new VR and AR experiences and NFT editions
Crisis in the Amazon: Richard Mosse on his monumental video tracking the destruction of the rainforest
The Irish artist’s latest work, on show in London and Melbourne, is the culmination of a three-year project
Can this ‘art world outsider’ draw in an art-curious YouTube crowd?
Hosted by a science writer and actor, the Getty’s "Becoming Artsy" video series ditches the traditional documentary delivery of art history in favour of emotion, drama and fun
Playing with history: how heritage and archaeology are transforming video games
Gaming offers educational and licensing opportunities for historic sites and cultural institutions
Revealed: the hidden history of espionage in Britain’s heritage sites
New film uncovers how locations including Beaulieu, today home to the National Motor Museum, played a key role in intelligence training during the Second World War
'Dalíland' offers a by-the-numbers biopic no one needed or will remember
The film, starring Ben Kingsley as the late Surrealist artist, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this month
How can live art be held in museum collections? Tate conference to share its conclusions
An online conference backed by a research project will explore how institutions can care for time-based, live and organic art
The limitless artistic possibilities of video games, from refugee journeys to wearable wombs, showcased in German exhibition
A new show curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist chronicles decades of artistic innovation employing the tools and technologies of video games
Cao Fei explores past, present and future at Rome’s Maxxi museum
Acclaimed Chinese artist’s video and installation pieces come to Italy for the first time
Afghan artist wins $100,000 prize for video that reflects on life amid never-ending conflicts
Ukraine's PinchukArtCentre awards Aziz Hazara the Future Generation Art Prize 2021 for his five-channel film installation depicting children in Kabul
Pablo Escobar, Ernest Hemingway and a drug-smuggling NFL player covered in vaseline: new podcast explores the crazy story behind a ceramic that could be by Picasso
Steve Kough also stole three paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1982—while on trial for conspiracy to distribute marijuana
Millennialgram: is Instagram's new $390m campaign enough to lure Gen Z crowds away from TikTok?
The Yours to Make initiative includes an installation at London’s Saatchi Gallery created by digital artist and curator Zaiba Jabbar using Reels
Rhizome receives $1m grant from Mellon Foundation
The funding will support two new staff positions, open-source software and future operations
Hello Kitty, meet Louis Wain: a new film portrays the eccentric life of a cat painter
Benedict Cumberbatch portrays the ill-fated Victorian illustrator who can be thanked—or blamed—for the rise of the feline in popular culture
Instagram’s new sensitive content controls: what they could mean for the art world
The photo-sharing app has introduced new opt-out filters that censor the images they see—but most people don't even know they exist
From Atari to the No Fly List, artist Yucef Merhi uncovers the pervasive power of technology
The Venezuela-born artist’s pioneering work exploring information systems is on view in two shows in Miami
The Lost Leonardo—a thriller-like film on the world’s most expensive painting—opens in the UK on 10 September
The documentary features experts including editor-in-chief of The Art Newspaper, Alison Cole, and editor-at-large Georgina Adam
Troubled skies behind the happy little clouds: an interview with Joshua Rofé, director of Netflix's new Bob Ross documentary
The film-maker behind Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed discusses what makes the artist an enduring icon who saw the beauty in life despite personal tragedy