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Having refined its strategy for the nascent market, the sale landed a $2.1m record for Binzagr but found less success for major Western names
Mexico's Lanza atelier to design 2026 Serpentine Pavilion inspired by curved English garden walls
The curator Alice Christophe delves into the catalogue and picks out some key objects ahead of the exhibition in London
For his new show, the multidisciplinary artist drew inspiration from 19th-century watercolours of Indigenous communities by the Swiss artist Karl Bodmer
A new section for digital art at the fair this year, Zero 10, coincides with a flight to secondary material, suggesting that an adapting market may also be a bifurcating one
The Hong Kong entrepreneur also spoke about his love for Monet, Matthew Wong and the Medici family in an interview hosted off the back of the latest K11 Art Foundation Salon
More than a dozen participating artists have been announced for the 2026 edition of the longest running recurring exhibition in North America
The organisations, which together represent more than 100,000 visual artists, have issued a fresh call for an end to the unauthorised scraping of copyrighted visual works
The 20th edition of the fair brings together 51 galleries from 16 countries
The fair continues to act as a bridge between eastern and western Europe
The opening of the NFT platform SuperRare’s physical space and Heft Gallery, both on the Lower East Side, signal growing collector interest and institutional acceptance
As Phillips presents the first ever auction dedicated to the medium, we consider what it is and how it is curated
The Whitney Museum of American Art is spotlighting the late art and technology innovator's prescient "AARON" series
Auction house sees maturing of market since the heady days of 2021 as works by the digital art pioneer are sold in combination with launch of their catalogue raisonné-like historical survey "On NFTs"
Charlie Engman is creating a counter to the “internet nerd culture” imagery widely associated with generative art
With “Le Monde Selon L’IA”, the Paris media art centre takes a broad look at work made using both analytical AI and generative AI
For the Cure3 exhibition at Bonhams, to raise money for research into Parkinson’s disease, contributing artists Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn talk about the cause
Investment in public data libraries and technology skills is welcomed, but the human creativity at the heart of art needs protection from unconstrained generative AI
A judge said the absence of a “guiding human hand” disqualified the AI-generated image from copyright protection, but other generative art may still qualify
Leaked: the names of more than 16,000 non-consenting artists allegedly used to train Midjourney’s AI
The lists were both partially included in a recent class-action lawsuit and accidentally shared via a public Google spreadsheet
The AI Day of Action, scheduled for 2 October, comes as US officials consider whether and how to regulate material generated by artificial intelligence
Show will be accompanied by a talks programme at the Florida fair next month, while visitors will be able to create an AI “generative self-portrait" which they can mint as a takeaway NFT
Geneva-based RVig, who was awarded the prize for a piece inspired by Baudelaire, is hoping for a more nuanced understanding of what NFTs bring to the art world
Artists and organisations across the creative industries have come out in opposition to the practice of AI firms training their technology with copyrighted, unlicensed material
The sale has sparked backlash from critics who say AI programmes exploit human artists
Three years on from the NFT explosion, growth in new markets continues
There is more variety than ever in how and why art is funded and the Silicon Valley models have arrived
Plus, a “crypto-jukebox”, a striking piece of Modern British silver and a sea battle by a Dutch Old Master
Maybe we should direct our attention less on whether these images count as photographs, and more on the moral right or wrong of how they work
With lessons learnt from NFTs, expert calls for legal guardrails to allow “trinity” of blockchain, responsible AI and smart contracts to launch an “automated economy”
The artists have indicated they will amend their complaints and continue the legal battle against what they say is unfair use of their work by artificial intelligence image generators
The presence of AI in every aspect of life has been a fact for the past 20 months. With the publication of the Stanford AI Index, two areas have come into focus. For museums, how to work with industry giants, without having their offering "distanced" by the summarising power of AI. For artists, how to thrive where sources of production are being monetised in Silicon Valley
The boom in non-fungible tokens is diminishing public understanding of what digital art actually is
Cultural and business leaders from around the world highlight the central role of artists in shaping human-centred futures at a time of rapid advances in artificial intelligence, blockchain and quantum computing
It is time to think about the extent to which technology itself has power over us, independent of people in tech companies
Artists have a history of giving cultural and social relevance to new technology. Recent exhibitions of artificial intelligence art and a sale at Christie's New York highlight new approaches to collective ownership and governance that are applicable to the wider community
Alex Kachkine, a PhD student at MIT, art-lover and self-taught restorer, wanted to provide conservators with another “tool in the toolbox”
'Wilderness' breaks conceptual boundaries by leading its viewer into a multi-layered allegory, questioning what it means to exist on this planet as we are enveloped by the digital realm
GANksy aims to produce images that bear resemblance to works by the UK's most famous street artist
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”
In all, 28 of the Augmented Intelligence sale's 34 lots found buyers, including pieces by Refik Anadol, Charles Csuri and Harold Cohen
While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies reach new highs, the market for digital art has not experienced the same frenzy of speculation as in 2021. Recent auction results, however, suggest that an appetite is once more growing
A new portrait produced by an algorithm, expected to sell for around $10,000 at Christie’s this month, prompts new debates over authorship
Hayley Romer and Craig Hepburn will work to bolster the brand's year-round presence and "engage ever broader cultural audiences"
After being pushed out by NFTs, machine-made art is making a comeback with London shows ranging from the "world's first ultra-realistic AI robot artist" to the first artificial intelligence ink artist
Egalitarian and democratic, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations are powerful collecting forces with the potential to reshape the industry
With no auction precedent and little primary market data, Christie's sale of a work made by an algorithm tests demand
The No Fakes Act has been proposed by four US Senators and garnered support from organisations representing creative industries
The artwork is being shown in the US for the first time since Swiss venture capitalist Ryan Zurrer bought it at a New York auction 2021
The Whitechapel Gallery director tells us about her favourite writer, what she has been watching recently, and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world
Two giants of the image generation industry rejected copyright infringement claims from artists who allege their work was used to train an AI tool
Her first NFT collection since 2022 is inspired by different aspects of her life and work
Curator Marco Brambilla says public art programme on vast screens off Tottenham Court Road will rival Tate's Turbine Hall commissions in impact
Miller’s images, produced with a “primordial” version of OpenAI’s Dall-E text-to-image model, arose from his work on a yet-to-be released documentary where leading thinkers address existential questions around artificial intelligence
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's immersive collaboration with Superblue highlights declining numbers of songbirds
The media artist presents “Living Architecture: Gehry”, generated from a new large architecture model containing visual data from the LA-based architect’s 65 years in practice
New institution will include exhibitions about digital art, as well as QR codes for visitors to view NFT works
The media artist's "Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive" at Serpentine Galleries, London, goes for radical clarity on its raw data sources and the make-up of Anadol's artificial intelligence Large Nature Model
Even the science-themed PST Art exhibitions, opening in Los Angeles in September, avoid the tech revolutions of our day
New York's bitforms gallery brings show of digital works to San Francisco
Practitioners such as Simon Denny, Chris Dorland, Sara Ludy and Jenna Basso Pietrobon are doing thought-provoking, transmedia work while being offline and online simultaneously
The acquisition, the first of its kind by a major French public museum, includes works by Jonas Lund, Robness, Agnieszka Kurant and Sarah Meyohas
The groundbreaking musicians and artists see every part of their London show as a form of art
Team led by neuroscientist used stem cells originating from Alvin Lucier's blood to create sound installation
The AI work that was sold at Christie's is profound in its conservatism, but others reflect how the technology can impact on art in fascinating ways
The country is flexing its crypto-friendly credentials, while an art fair dedicated to all things digital is making its debut this week
The rise of huge immersive venues, with giant, wraparound programmable LED screens, has provided a new canvas, and potential new audience, for digital artists. We look at four of the main players, from widely varied backgrounds
The exhibition "Tunnel Visions" at Queercircle explores the threat of urbanisation and pollution
The French-Algerian artist discusses how Goya’s Black Paintings provided inspiration for his latest piece in Switzerland
Plus, a super exclusive club, Tezos takes on 1970s tech and the door to Switzerland swings wide open
Ritualistic performance piece by Annie-B Parson amid monumental, brightly coloured steel sculptures marks Upstate Art Weekend in New York’s Hudson Valley
Ridley Road Project Space, which ran for six months in Dalston, will close in March
Ward re-created the funerary work in 2020, decades after a standout debut at the Whitney Biennial; it has now been acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art
Art fair opens in the UAE this week with a new digital arts section and a series of talks on all things metaverse
The London art world came out in force to celebrate the American visionary's exhibition “Revelations” and to enjoy a tech-powered interaction with her quest to create a world where power is equally shared
Amid high-profile bankruptcies of cryptocurrency companies and a dramatically shrinking NFT market, some art world players are pulling back while others double down
The past year will mostly be remembered for the ongoing social and economic convulsions caused by Covid-19. But in the art trade, the old world order was being demolished
Materials related to the conceptual artist’s multilayered project, “Depreciation”, will go on view at Dia Chelsea
The sale of the work, unveiled at Italian Tech Week, supports non-profit initiatives like food justice and the protection of millions of acres of land and sea
The media artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) increasingly sees his interactive video sculptures—one of which goes on show this month at the SXSW London festival and another at The Shed in New York—and social media posts as public art
Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today
The crypto entrepreneur spoke to The Art Newspaper about his journey into collecting, how he feels technology is transforming the art market, and more
The small but mighty museum for outsider art is reopening after a two-year overhaul
The Canadian-Korean creative works with light and sound to create Zen for the digital age
With cases of breaches to artists' copyright escalating, an international framework is vital
The divisions within American society cannot be ignored, but let’s focus on where the country is united, and how the cultural sector can foster that unity
The artist, famous for lighting up bridges across the Thames, tells me how he created his first NFT drop—which sold out within an hour
Tarini Malik, formerly of the Whitechapel Gallery and the Hayward Gallery, will seek to "extend the reach" of Akomfrah's work at a "critical, transitional moment" for the UK's visual sector
The London gallery's fourth annual Future Arts Ecosystems report addresses a pressing need for bodies to address the use of artificial intelligence, for their own benefit and for the public good
The museum’s founders organised an inaugural exhibition that is acutely aware of its place in history
San Francisco’s Gray Area Festival and the Bay Area Now 9 Exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts show how art can be used to form—and strengthen— communities
The Art Fund and London Gallery Weekend have launched a focus group with the aim of helping public institutions acquire works and organise exhibitions
A radical renovation and expansion overseen by director Ann Philbin and architect Michael Maltzan is just weeks from completion
The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency, based in the refurbished former home and studio of Carole Itter and Al Neil, is now moored near Vancouver’s Maritime Museum
Boris Eldagsen has accused the Sony World Photograph Awards of failing to distinguish between a photograph and a DALL-E 2-created image, while the organisers condemn a ‘deliberate attempt at misleading us’
Visitors undergo a chain of experiences generated by engineers’ algorithms
The artist’s commission for the Getty Center’s rotunda replicates the forms and colours of abalone shells that were once ubiquitous on the Los Angeles coast
The critic and curator spoke to The Art Newspaper about the role of art theory, and what advice he is giving to his students in today’s artistic climate.
Silkscreens, videos and abstract paintings are among the works to look out for
At The Bass, the interdisciplinary artist explores weather and technology in her first US solo show
From Sharjah to Venice, the Indian-born, Dubai-based artist Vikram Divecha’s star is in the ascendant
New York museum invites online audience to make and own non-fungible tokens communally on the blockchain in 15-person groups
Outliers and American Vanguard Art in Washington, DC, makes clear that schooled and self-taught artists have never been that far apart
The influential artist's work does not inspire the richest ideas in the exhibition






































































































