Tag: Tumblr
The first-ever digital art major auction lot highlights have gone public and they are… Silvia Bianchi + Ricardo Juárez, Petra Cortright, Alexandra Gorczynski, Joe Hamilton, Ilja Karilampi, Brenna Murphy, Aude Pariset, Sabrina Ratté, Casey Reas, Rafaël Rozendaal, Nicolas Sassoon, Molly Soda, Kate Steciw, Mark Tribe, Clement Valla, Addie Wagenknecht, and Jamie Zigelbaum. …and more. “Paddles On!” at […]
File this one under “so stupid it works, by the grace of god.” Matt Heath, a writer and ad man, created “Porn Comments on Instagram Pics,” a Tumblr that is, well, exactly what it sounds like. Yes, there’s already @BESTPORNCOMMENTS, but there’s something about the juxtaposition with these nicely composed images that makes comments like […]
Here’s a single-serving Tumblr that re-imagines the Carters and their various friends as personages in famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt and etc — The Carter Family Portrait Gallery! Vivid snapshots of the life and times of The Carters – Jay Z, Beyoncé, and little Blue Ivy – as captured by their official portrait […]
Lindsay Howard, who curated the F.A.T. Lab’s epic five year retrospective at Eyebeam and organized the 48-hour #GodsMode art hack day at 319 Scholes in Brooklyn, is curating the first-ever digital art auction at Phillips. Currently, there’s open call for submissions through September 16th. “Official press release from Phillips is forthcoming, right now we’re focused on getting […]
Thinking about visiting the Berlin Wall anytime soon? Just remember to take tons of selfies while you’re there. Today’s hottest Tumblr collects some of most questionable selfies that have ever been selfied in front of some of the world’s most serious places. Check out a few of our favorites below and next time you’re visiting Pearl […]
From the average joe who’s strapped for cash to celebrities who may or may not really need the money, it seems as though everyone has Kickstarter campaign these days in hopes of funding their very own art institute or their latest “joint.” While we continue to debate whether or not it’s morally acceptable for people who […]
As part of MoMA’s dedicated outreach program to teens, the museum has reportedly spent over nine months preparing a Tumblr account called “MoMA Teens.” Through doing this, the organization has thoughtfully addressed an often ignored cultural issue — the inherent intimidating atmosphere that’s most commonly associated with the viewing artworks in the museum setting. Given such […]
“A good Tumblr can make an emotional stream of consciousness visible in a very visceral way,” says Califone of their new Tumblr-based music video for “Stiches.” With a custom API built, the video scrolls overlapping photos and GIFs from right to left, each clickable for the user to repost, with a different batch and sequence importing itself […]
Rhizome — New York’s notable not-for-profit organization and new media art platform affiliated with the New Museum — just unrolled its newest list of Commissions and Tumblr Internet Art Grant Awardees. After reviewing over 250 proposals, five new media commissions and three Tumblr-spirited projects have been awarded funds. ＼(^-^)／ for everyone, but most of all Yung […]
People seem to be increasingly concerned about the cropping of their films on Netflix; so much in fact that a new single-serving Tumblr has popped up devoted solely to bringing attention to the popular movie streaming service’s common practice of adapting movies using the “pan and scan” method. This simple formatting technique adjusts what would be a widescreen film […]
