In Brief
Tate Modern’s Neighbors Take the Museum to Court Over Privacy Concerns
The London museum's 10-floor viewing terrace has a 360-degree view of the city, which includes direct sight lines into a nearby luxury apartment's intimate interiors.
privacy
In Brief
In Ongoing Crusade for Privacy, Residents of Glass Condos Sue Tate
Five residents of a luxury apartment complex claim Tate is violating the European Convention of Human Rights by letting visitors photograph their glass-walled flats.
In Brief
Peeping Toms on Tate Modern Observation Deck Lead Neighbors to Threaten Legal Action
Residents of London's Neo Bankside luxury apartment complex, next to the Tate Modern, have lately been dismayed to find photographs of their living rooms and bedrooms popping up on strangers' Instagram feeds.
Art
Visualizing the Purrrsonal Data You Share with Your Cat Photos
For Owen Mundy, the internet's love of cats is a gateway to recognizing the huge amounts of personal data we share publicly on social media.
News
Big Brother Is Bugging Ai Weiwei
“There’s always a surprise,” Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei wrote on Instagram yesterday, captioning a photograph of a surveillance device he found hidden in his studio after returning to Beijing from his first trip overseas in four years.
News
Artist Who Furtively Photographed His Neighbors Wins in Court, Again
Last week, a New York State appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that exonerated photographer Arne Svenson against claims of privacy invasion, Photo District News reported.
News
Transmediale Festival Shuts Down NSA Imitators
Julian Oliver and Danja Vasiliev, two artists participating in Berlin’s Transmediale 2014 (January 29–February 2), had an artwork summarily disabled at the festival last month because the piece uses the same technology as the National Security Agency (NSA) to hijack cell phone information.
Opinion
Exit Through the Anti-Surveillance Gift Shop
The New Museum Store will be hosting a very of-the-moment Privacy Gift Shop, which will feature “stealth wear” clothing and accessories that will help you dodge — or at least make you hope you are — surveillance methods.
Interview
Gays, Grindr, the Holocaust Memorial, and Art: An Interview with Marc Adelman
BERKELEY, California — Marc Adelman's project, "Stelen (Columns)" has been met with critical acclaimed and controversy. It's time to hear what the artist himself has to say about the series.