Portrait Created By AI Sells for $430k

Portrait Created By AI Sells for $430k

Dec 12, 2018 | News & Trending

When Christie’s announced it would be auctioning off its first AI-generated portrait, the fine arts company expected the piece to sell for less than $10,000. Much to everyone’s surprise, it sold for much higher: $430,000, to be exact.  The portrait, which the BBC...
Does ‘The Medium is the Message’ Apply to Art?

Does ‘The Medium is the Message’ Apply to Art?

Mar 19, 2018 | Art

“The medium is the message,” is a phrase coined by professor and public intellectual Marshall McLuhan. It means that the way we send or receive information is more significant than the message initially intended. Originally applied to radio, journalism, and other...
Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA)

Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA)

Nov 29, 2016 | Museums

For whatever reason, there’s always a resistance to modernity in the art world. We continually praise da Vinci, van Gogh, Shakespeare, and Mozart as if time itself was an indicator of how good a piece of artwork is. Just because something is “new” doesn’t mean it’s...
Drones + Sharpies = Art?

Drones + Sharpies = Art?

Apr 1, 2016 | Art, News & Trending

A new innovation allows people to make art with just a Sharpie marker and a drone. The “Flying Pantograph,” developed by researchers at MIT, is really meant to be an easier way to guide and fly drones, but if you mount art products to the machine, you can make any...