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London’s V&A Museum Retraces the History of Digital Art in New Book
To the boomers, digital art was largely confined to 8-bit Atari graphics or that Metal Gear Solid video game they regrettably purchased for their kids. Today, however, the medium has skyrocketed past its early childlike associations to be incorporated in almost every function of daily life — from simple emoji avatars and virtual reality programs to the infinitely manipulatable capabilities found in Photoshop and artificial intelligence.
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has released a new book that chronicles the growth of digital art from its early beginnings in the 1960s to the present. Written and edited by curators Pita Arreola, Corinna Gardner and Melanie Lenz, the publications draws from the V&A’s extensive archives to trace the work of mathematicians, computer animators, video game designers and contemporary artists, revealing “the interconnected histories from which the field has grown,” Lenz tells It’s Nice That.
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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is set to make the announcement on Thursday, including a 5% budget increase for all national museums and art galleries.
She is expected to use a speech in Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, to announce a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund to help organisations in urgent need of financial support.
Five museums in Yorkshire have been awarded funding as part of a £270m investment in arts and culture in the UK.
The Museum of North Craven Life, in Settle, will receive almost £800,000, while the Land of Iron, in Skinningrove, will be given almost £656,000.
Millennium Gallery, in Sheffield, will be awarded £315,000, the Bankfield Museum in Halifax, is to receive £442,000 and the Beck Isle Museum, in Pickering, will receive almost £400,000.
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brand-new private museum to its ranks – PoMo, short for Post Office Modern. Its mission is to make art more accessible, challenge gender inequality in collections, and boost the region’s cultural scene.
Set in an Art Nouveau building that used to serve as the city’s post office, PoMo spans five floors and 4,000 square metres. The space is a product of the vision and personal art collection of Monica Reitan and Ole Robert Reitan, who’ve spent over two decades collecting works from artists like Simone Leigh, Louise Bourgeois, Anne Imhof, and Franz West. Ole Robert, who’s also a co-owner of the Norwegian retail and finance giant Reitan AS, believes art should be for everyone
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