Stolen artworks exhibited in a hacker chatroom
For decades hackers have enabled the piracy and theft of software. Now that attention has been turned to art.
Tag: Internet
Can .art domain give the art business an online boost?
Arts institutions now have the option of a new internet suffix which aims to offer greater intelligibility and authenticity and maybe help the art market
Electronic Superhighway
In 1974, Nam June Paik described the potential of a communications network enabled through technology as the Electronic Superhighway. Today the Internet is a vast system of bottomless pits containing everything from cat memes to Ancient Greek theatre.
Ai Weiwei says internet is like a modern church after flood of Lego offers
Chinese artist thanks online community for offering to donate toy bricks for artwork following Lego’s refusal to supply them
Sorry, Facebook, but the finest art is always about sex and death
The social media site’s ludicrous attempt to ban Gustave Courbet’s masterpiece reveals its ignorance about life itself
Twitter launches Periscope live video broadcasting app to rival Meerkat
Social network makes its move into live-streaming video with free app that allows public and private broadcasts from celebrities and regular users alike
Brickstarter: crowd-funding takes to the streets
Have an idea for a public space? A new website based on the Kickstarter model could make citizen-based urban planning a reality
Robot cleaners and the Museum of Me: Intel’s vision of the future
Intel’s best-known project might be gimmicky, but its new collaboration with the Royal College of Art is full of daring