If you like going to museums, ArtStack may be the social platform for you. The site, which launched at the end of 2011, is a …
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Paper, Figure, and the New Casual Creativity of iOS
I’m a terrible at drawing (see above), but that didn’t stop me from having some fun with Paper, a new drawing app for Apple’s iPad.
Paper isn’t even close to being the first iPad drawing app, nor is it the most comprehensive. …
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Nomad Brush: Making iPad Painting More Painterly
When I attended Macworld|iWorld last Thursday and Friday, the show floor was bustling with attendees. And in terms of bustle-per-square-foot, the busiest booth I saw probably belonged to Nomad Brush, which makes brushes that can …
See One Fan’s Impressive Half-Marathon Tribute to Steve Jobs
Last week the tech world was shocked by the sudden announcement of Steve Job’s departure from Apple. I mean, here’s man who left indelible marks in nearly every corner of the industry, from computers, to mp3 players, to tablets and more.
So it’s no surprise that Apple fans were deeply affected by the news. Some penned blogs wishing …
‘Super iam8bit’ Art Show to Give Video Game Icons the Fine Art Treatment
Long before the Smithsonian or the Supreme Court got into the mix, one kick-ass gallery show was letting everybody know about the artfulness of video games. The “iam8Bit” exhibitions have taken icons like Mario, Pac-Man and Sonic and handed them over to artists who’d radically interpret the characters and their worlds.
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The Five Weirdest Pieces from MoMA’s New Tech Exhibit
A website that maps crowd-sourced data in a disaster. A digital character that giggles when you poke his belly. And a device that allows men to menstruate.
Those are just a few of the items that will go on display at Talk To Me, the Museum of Modern Art’s latest tech-focused show in New York City this Sunday. Featuring roughly 200 …
Five Easter iPhone Apps That Are Actually Pretty Cool
Yep, Martha Stewart spiked our Easter-app fever with her Egg Dyeing 101. But the iTunes store was a fertile ground of arty holiday-themed apps, and we found some other pretty cool contenders. Whether you’re a devout egghead, an occasional Peeps-ter — or prefer to celebrate your own Easter-time holiday of “West”er — these five …
Artist Transforms Video Game Stills Into Photographic Art
We at Techland hold firmly that video game designers are some of today’s best artists. But we also realize that mainstream art snobs sometimes dismiss the genre as not real art.
That’s why we love the work of Thibault Brunet, a photographer who’s capturing and retouching screenshots to capture the landscapes and portraits found in
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Dogs Turn Shutterbugs with Dogtography Exhibit
If, like me, you spend far too much of your life wondering what life is like for your dog(s), then a new exhibition of canine photography may go partway towards providing some much-needed answers. And, yes, that’s “canine photography” as in “photos taken by dogs.” Well, kind of.
Dogtography: A Dog’s Eye View Of New York is an …
“Google Art Project” Launches: Why It’s Amazing
One of the longstanding promises of the Internet–of the last century’s worth of technology, really–is that the cultural heritage of the world will be accessible to everyone in their homes. Today, the global museum has taken another step forward with Google Art Project. An ingenious application of Google’s Street View and Picasa tools, …
Brick Artist Nathan Sawaya’s New Lego-Themed Ink
Brick artist Nathan Sawaya is showing off a clever new tattoo on his blog, LEGO imprints permanently etched into his thumb.
Six years ago, Sawaya quit the corporate world to pursue art. Now, his LEGO sculptures are commissioned all over the world. (We chatted with Sawaya a little about his work here.) “Each day I am pressing down on …
The Video-Game Redemption of Roger Ebert?
So, video games’ most prominent gadfly returns to the subject of interactive entertainment this morning. But, wait! Before you roll your eyes, you should know this: Roger Ebert admits he was wrong.
Yep. The Chicago Sun-Times’ longtime movie critic wrote the following in a new blog post:
I was a fool for mentioning video games in
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