Europe’s first Museum of Digital Art closes permanently due to coronavirus

It’s sad times. Severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Europe’s first physical museum dedicated to digital arts, the Museum of Digital Art in Zurich, has revealed it will close for good at the end of July. Read more.

World’s largest digital arts centre opens in Bordeaux submarine base

A colossal concrete bunker that was once a submarine base for Nazi U-boats in the Second World War has been given a new lease of life as the world’s largest digital arts centre. Called Bassins de Lumières, the vast gallery in Bordeuax in the south of France will open its doors to the public this Wednesday.  Read more.

The walls of Alys Beach come alive for this annual digital art festival

By day, Alys Beach is a sea of white-washed buildings. Nearby, blue waves are arguably the only color disrupting its monotone composition. Once a year, however, those same walls will dance with vibrant and colorful animations after sunset.  Read more.

Downtown Atlanta’s Arts and Entertainment District uses digital signage to display coronavirus PSAs

Downtown Atlanta’s Arts and Entertainment District has transitioned to using its digital signage to display coronavirus public service announcements, in partnership with local artists.  Read more.

Russian digital art duo 404.zero go dark on AV mini-album Black Sunday

Russian media artists Kristina Karpysheva and Alexander Letsius came together in 2016 to form 404.zero, an installation art project that encompasses electronic composition, generative visuals and light.  Read more.

New digital art fair in Paris hopes to attract tech tycoons

The Contemporary and Digital Art Fair (CADAF) is to launch a new fair in Paris this June coinciding with Vivatech (11-13 June), Europe’s largest technology conference, in a bid to attract the tech crowd to...read more.

San Jose Museum of Art show celebrates Sonya Rapoport

In 1983, Sonya Rapoport — a pioneer in what today we call digital art — performed an interactive piece at the Works/San Jose gallery in which she hooked up people to bio-feedback machines, inquired about how they felt that day and asked them to use hand gestures to...read more.