August 2018 – Page 3

Italy scraps free Sundays at cultural sites like Pompeii and the Colosseum

August 22, 2018

The Art Newspaper - The new culture minister of Italy’s populist coalition government, Alberto Bonisoli, has sparked mixed reactions with the announcement that a monthly free-entry initiative at the country’s m...

Exhibition view of RAMMΣLLZΣΣ: Racing for Thunder, Redbull Arts New York, in New York City, New York USA, April 3, 2018. All artwork © 2018 The Rammellzee Estate

Sotheby’s in deal to sell estate of hip-hop pioneer and graffiti artist Rammellzee

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Culture, Artists

The Art Newspaper - Techno-poet, Gothic futurist, graffiti artist, rapper, philosopher or… an equation? Such are the diverse and eccentric descriptions of Rammellzee, a cult figure in the New York hip-hop scene...

Meet Artmyn, the Swiss Super-Scanner That Allows You to See Artworks That Would Otherwise Crumble Into Dust

Artery

August 22, 2018

Archeology, Art and Technology

Artnet - The P66 Manuscript, which dates back to the second or third century, is likely the oldest New Testament manuscript in the world. It lives in a safe at the Bodmer Foundation in Cologny, Switzerland, and...

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Adults and children encouraged to play in Mikiya Kobayashi’s whimsical park

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Culture

dezeen -A whimsical park-like exhibition curated by Japanese designer Mikiya Kobayashi featured five fabric-covered playground pieces. Held at his Tokyo design shop last month, Kobayashi's Playscape provided t...

Is the Art Market Ready to Embrace Work Made by Artificial Intelligence? Christie’s Will Test the Waters This Fall

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Technology, Art Market, Auctions

Artnet - Christie’s New York will make history this fall when it becomes the first auction house to sell a work of art made by artificial intelligence. The print on canvas, a product of an algorithm developed b...

David Zwirner appoints curator-cum-Instagram-influencer as its first online sales director—why?

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Technology

The Art Newspaper - Reflecting the art market’s eager pursuit of e-commerce, on 1 August id Zwirner Davappointed Elena Soboleva as the gallery’s first online sales director, yet another example of galleries exp...

Queering the Body Using Encasements of Color and Light

Artery

August 22, 2018

Spotlight

Hyperallergic -Pioneer Works, an experimental playground at the reaches of Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood, is perhaps the perfect site for photographer Matthew Morrocco’s playfully heady, avant-garde project ...

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Backpack-style robot companion gives wearer two functional extra hands

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Technology

dezeen - The arms are manoeuvred by a distant second user wearing an Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset and operating the platform's handheld Touch controllers. The robot's "head", which peers over the should...

Flip flops with sugar-cane soles released by eco shoe brand Allbirds

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Technology

Dezeen - A San Francisco-based footwear startup has launched a flip flop with a sustainable sole made from sugar cane.Shoe soles are typically made from petroleum-based EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate) plastic foam...

This Microscopic E. Coli ‘Painting’ Just Might Make You Sick of the Mona Lisa—Literally

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Technology

Artnet - A team of Italian scientists have discovered a surprising artistic use for E. coli, the bacteria that causes food poisoning. Researchers at Sapienza Università di Roma’s Institute of Nanotechnology ge...

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