Art
Since his passing in 1669, Rembrandt has had a vibrant second life selling cigars and teeth whitening kits. His "artsploitation" — like that of monk turned liqueur Fra Angelico — offers a cautionary tale in a world searching for untapped and undefended brand equity. Social media reveals the odd cult
Art
While thinking about how the internet is changing how we find and promote art, it's important to highlight a new tool that might help us understand our online presence: Klout. What is an artist's reach? How many people can be expected to show up for a young artist's solo show? Which critics really m
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Young Asian Americans dominate a great swath of the messy territory called YouTube, holding their own against the well-funded and famous. This fact makes two major points: there is a great pool of Asian Americans who, against the grain of “model minority” professionalism, need an outlet for humor an
Art
After thinking through the idea of Tumblr as art, I began to find the difference between various social media platforms glaringly obvious. Marshall McCluhan's phrase "the medium is the message" came to mind. How do settings and mediums change or possibly mandate artistic intention? After exploring T
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In 2010 I came close. It was around the time that there was a big stink about Facebook's changes to its Privacy Policy. Remember that? No? It's cool, I'd forgotten too, despite how upset I was at the time. I told myself then that I couldn't afford to leave my "network." And that was probably true. F
Opinion
I don't think there's a social media channel that hasn't endorsed brands, but now Pinterest is the latest to French kiss a brand and it's Uniqlo.
Interview
An interview with Carlos Sáez, about his collaborative piece, "Cloaque.org." The tumblelog, created with Cladia Mate, is a stunning collaborative collage.
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — Ever since Instagram sold for a cool billion and opened up to Android, its service has only grown in popularity.
Opinion
Angelo Plessas is a net artist whose works predominately deal with color, interactivity and sound. "Re-Twittering Machine" (2012) caught my attention because of the ever growing hype around social media's role in social unrest like the Arab Spring and the Occupy Movement.
Art
At the moment of their retrospectives, which artist is more popular: Cindy Sherman, now at the MoMA, or Damien Hirst at Tate Modern? Let's see what social media has to say on the topic.
Opinion
Today the micro-blogging service has unveiled its sleeker and more feather-less — not to mention slightly darker — blue logo.
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — What on earth is Twitter talking about? It's easy to find out: check your stream, scan some words and ta-da, you know what your friends are saying and doing.