NewsCensorship
Facebook censors artist's work criticising male-dominated society because it features naked breasts
The social media giant also deleted her comments and friends
NewsTechnology
After a year-long journey in the California desert, Desert X's art rover Shybot is found
The missing and crowd averse work has been recovered in Palm Springs, a bit banged up but otherwise intact
NewsArt market
Will blockchain deliver a registry of all traded works of art?
Christie’s summit weighs up pros and cons of the technology and how it might bring greater transparency to the art market
FeatureArtist interview
Trevor Paglen lets you view the world as the machines see it
Ahead of his retrospective at Washington, DC's Smithsonian American Art Museum, the artist discusses his interest in the social and political implications of technologies, including mass surveillance systems and artificial intelligence
NewsConservation
How do you conserve time-based media? Museums invest in research to keep up with new technologies
Symposium on the subject to open at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts
FeatureArt Basel in Hong Kong 2018
From Abramovic to Kapoor: how artists are making VR a reality
Pair are the latest big names to step into the sixth dimension, with their first works using VR tools on show at this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong fair
NewsBuilding projects
New York art and technology organisation announces new programmes for its 20th anniversary
Eyebeam plans residencies, fellowships and exhibitions for its new Brooklyn headquarters
NewsTechnology
Elon Musks's Telsa Roadster: Is it art? Or is it ‘garbage in space’?
The entrepreneur has begun implementing his plan to colonise Mars and make us a “multi-planetary species”
NewsConservation
Where petroleum exploration meets art
Researchers use terahertz scanning to understand artist’s methods
Exhibitions
An immersion of solid light for new Hepworth Wakefield exhibition
Solid Light Works is the first major UK exhibition from Anthony McCall in over 10 years
NewsBuilding projects
Royal College of Art's new £108m campus gets green light and will focus on art, technology and science
Building designed by Herzog & de Meuron will be a centre for robotics and drone technology
NewsArt market
Sotheby’s acquires tech startup Thread Genius
The company uses image recognition software to find works of art that match users’ tastes
InterviewArtist interview
Robot wars: Mark Pauline and Survival Research Laboratories
The Bay Area artist and his team build massive machines that act in dangerous performances—and they are opening their first gallery show in New York
NewsExhibitions
Hirshhorn to show Lozano-Hemmer’s ‘Pulse’ works
Show will include several of artist's immersive works that use biometric technology
BlogIn the frame
“Electronic passport” for artworks wins Investors Allstars award
Articheck enables art world professionals to create digital condition reports for works of art
NewsArt trafficking
Germany launches internet portal to fight art trafficking
Site gives information on international regulations and protected German heritage
AnalysisTechnology
Blockchain: how the revolutionary technology behind Bitcoin could change the art market
The software has the potential to improve transparency, copyright and ownership issues
CommentSaudi Arabia
Letter to the Editor: Saudi Arabia will collaborate with the world, not only France, to make its cultural heritage accessible
Al-Ula, the most important cultural heritage site in the north-west of the kingdom, will benefit from international standards in heritage preservation and planning
Amr AlMadani