How Technology is Changing the Art World
Art history shows that artists have always sought new art forms and unconventional mediums to express their artistic principles. Various avant-garde movements that started mushrooming in the early20th century fundamentally challenged the traditional perception of art. Artists emerging from these progressive movements introduced new non-artistic materials, like books, magazines, cloths, household items, and many other […]
Best Free Resources for Digital Artists
Over the past several years, digital art has exploded in popularity. Some say that this trend is a direct result of the lucrative career it promises, while others point to the potential of furthering one’s artistic ventures. And even though this still remains a topic of debate, there’s an undeniable fact that, in this medium, […]
Exciting New World of Digital Art: 5 Great Digital Artists to Follow
It is not a well known fact that the genre of digital art has been around for decades. However, digital art has been evolving since the 1960s – it just wasn’t called ‘digital art’ back then. Over the years, people have referred to it as new media art, multimedia art, and computer art. Today, we […]
Virtual Reality Artworks Have Arrived
When robots started creating paintings, many critics questioned if these works should be considered “art.” Could software make decisions on beauty? And while the debate is still ongoing, a new “medium” has been introduced to the art world – VR art. This innovation, however, is being embraced by the art world with much more enthusiasm. […]
Our Favorite Online Art Companies
When we think about online art companies, we most often think of places that sell art online. And there are certainly many companies that do that! But it’s not quite that simple. First off, those sales platforms have tons of different offerings and services. And there are plenty of different, non-sales offerings out there for […]
Identical Twins: 3D Printing and Art Authenticity
As an online art platform, we’re always super interested in the intersection of art and technology and what that means for the art world. There are so many fascinating things happening in that space! And this one’s a doozie– when 3D printing meets art, how do we judge the authenticity? The Next Rembrandt The Next […]
My Journey: In Search For The Ultimate Digital Art World
Oh Rembrandt and More Rembrandt.. My Inspiration In the second year of my Masters program at Christie’s, I interned at the Morgan Library and Museum’s Drawings and Prints Department as a curatorial researcher. After graduation, I was hired for the museum’s very first online art cataloguing project, “Corsair,” for the museum’s extraordinary Rembrandt prints (etchings) […]
All For Art And Art For All: Art Accessibility In The Digital Age
In 2014, the MET uploaded high-quality, downloadable images of some of its most famous pieces to create a digital collection comprising more than 400,000 works of art. In 2015, the New Museum appointed Lauren Cornell, former executive director of Rhizome.org and a pioneering advocate of digital media and its significance in contemporary art, as a […]