NFT.NYC 2024: Everything you need to know
Over 150 satellite events take place around the city during NFT.NYC, featuring NFT artworks by both emerging and established digital artists, as well as educative panels, workshops, and networking events. NFT.NYC 2024 is taking place on the first week of April, and we gathered what stands out from the conference for you.
Exhibition: The Indivisible Atomo
On Thursday March 14th, the artist-led collective Subjective hosted an intimate event for the first look at Pedro Baez’s inaugural solo show, The Indivisible Atomo. The exhibition is on view at Tribeca’s LUME Studios, where I got to meet the brilliant artist and see his new collection. Large-scale oil paintings, 3D-designed sculptures, and digital works welcome us to Atomo’s colorful world where several planes of reality exists in a geometric realm of inspiration, right here, among us.
Exhibition: We may be in this together
The line between machine and human, data and imagination, as well as temporal distinction is getting blurry this month in New York City. We may be in this together is a duo exhibition curated by Chiarina Chen, featuring artists Chloe Gao and Tong & Yuguang Zhang at :iidrr Gallery.
Must-See Digital Art Exhibitions: November 2023
This month, the world of digital art exhibitions is teeming with innovation, creativity, and awe-inspiring experiences — we bring you a selection of "must-see" digital art exhibitions that will captivate and challenge your perceptions. From virtual exhibitions to interactive installations, these shows are worth the hype! Here’s your curated selection of the most exciting digital art exhibitions in November 2023.
Exhibition: Born to Live by Kim Rose
“What does it truly mean to be alive?” This fall the realms of art and data gets intertwined in the Lower East Side of Manhattan — the innovative artist Kim Rose’s solo show at Elsewhere (formerly The NFT Gallery), Born To Live, invites the visitors in New York City to question our existence in the era of data-driven decision-making.
Exhibition: What Models Make Worlds: Critical Imaginaries of AI
What Models Make Worlds: Critical Imaginaries of AI is a group exhibition at the Ford Foundation Gallery, which highlights the biases of AI and algorithms — while artificial intelligence shapes our contemporary algorithmic realities, these algorithms reproduce and reflect the biases of the humans who code them. Featuring femme-identifying, BIPOC, and queer artists, the exhibition invites the visitors to imagine alternative futures via algorithmic models that are based on diverse and inclusive data sets.
Exhibition: UNGA78 Latine Art Exhibit
On September 21st, digital art lovers gathered at The Canvas 3.0 at the Oculus in New York City for UNGA78 Latine Art Exhibit to celebrate and appreciate the complex heritage and diverse artistic expression of Latin American artists. The fun night of women empowerment, Latin heritage celebration, stunning digital art, and yummy empanadas was a wonderful opportunity to experience the power and creativity of rich culture and inspiring diversity.
Exhibition Recap: FigurAltion
On September 15th, digital art lovers came together at New York City’s Bright Moments Gallery for a fun night in honor of figurative art in the age of artificial intelligence. FigurAltion is curated by Grant Yun and features AI artwork by six talented digital artists.
Exhibition Review: Delusions of a Time-Traveling Cactus
Delusions of a Time-Traveling Cactus by Alexander Reben at NYC’s bitforms gallery features art that reflects human–machine feedback loop. Using his experience as a mathematician and robotics engineer, Alexander Reben creates artwork such as tapestries, prints, colorful polaroid film, as well as an interactive AI art experience, that’s humorous, absurd, and brilliant.
Exhibition Review: How High The Moon
Early this month, the first fully digital Africa and the Diaspora exhibition in the United States opened its doors to visitors in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Curated by Jessica Deutsch for The NFT Gallery, How High the Moon brings together digital artwork by 14 African artists who celebrate the transformative impact and complexity of their culture while exploring intrinsic values to be shared.
Best Galleries to See Digital Art in NYC 2023
New York City is renowned for its vibrant art scene, and the year 2023 promises to showcase some of the most groundbreaking digital artworks yet. From immersive installations to interactive exhibits, the city offers an array of galleries dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the world of digital art. Here’s 10 of the best galleries in NYC that you don’t want to miss on your quest to experience the cutting-edge of digital art in 2023.
A Digital Transcendence: The Intersection of Art and Tech
A Digital Transcendence: The Intersection of Art and Tech is a group show by SuperRare, curated by Paloma Rodriguez. The exhibition presents a collection of artwork by eight digital artists who incorporate technology into their creative practice. These artists push the boundaries of traditional art by experimenting with cutting-edge creative technologies, including generative art, artificial intelligence, and digital painting.
Exhibition Review: In The Screen I Am Everything
Bitforms Gallery of the Lower East Side of Manhattan is radiant than ever with Ellie Pritts’ solo show In The Screen I Am Everything presenting a colorful world of possibilities within AI-collaborative imagery and the art of self-portraiture. The artist presents a collection of works that combine analog video with glitch aesthetics to explore her interior world, and we are here for the ride.
Exhibition Review: Nature in the Digital Age
Nature in the Digital Age is a wonderful digital art exhibition that reimagines Mother Nature in 1s and 0s. Tapping into the liminal realm where the distinction between the natural and the digital blurs, the exhibition invites the viewers to admire the beauty of nature through digital creativity. The collection brings together NFT artworks by six talented artists and features a great variety of forms of digital artworks including generative art, collage, and video.
Exhibition Review: SuperRare IRL: Artifacts by Claire Silver
For Artifacts, Claire Silver created seven different forms of AI-generated art to underline the multifariousness: video, generative, still, poetry, music, 3D, and an avatar with an AI voice.
Exhibition review: Pixelweaver by Daniel Canogar
Pixelweaver is Daniel Canogar’s solo show at New York City’s Bitforms Gallery. The artist brings together traditional weaving techniques and algorithmic tools to represent the social fabric of our data-driven society. With generative tapestries and intertwined news captions, Pixelweaver creatively records current news and finance updates in digitalized versions of century old methods.
Exhibition Review: Enter the Inclusiverse
HUG’s debut exhibition, Enter the Inclusiverse, transcends boundaries and challenges the status quo by being the “inclusiverse” in the Metaverse. From the representation of underrepresented communities to the empowerment of marginalized voices, the exhibition provides a holistic view of the ongoing efforts to create a Web3 ecosystem that values and embraces the richness of human diversity.
NFT.NYC 2023 Recap: Everything you need to know
NFT.NYC 2023 took place on April 12-14 and Digital Arts Blog gathered what stood out from the conference for you.