Five minutes with… Robb Green

Creative Boom - Robb’s been a digital creative of one sort or another since 2005 - when he realised that his twin obsessions, the internet and colouring in, could be combined for fun and profit. In the last six years he’s art directed and designed award-winning campaigns for people like Louis Vuitton, Speedo, British Red Cross and WWF (not the wrestling), and had work featured in Creative Review, Digital Arts and New Media Age.  Read more.

BMW art car tour

Max Eternity - Known for its innovative spirit of design and it's brazen commitment to supporting visual artists, BMW [automotive] group launches a virtual tour of its collecting of artist painted cars, including one-off cars painted by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.  Read more.

"Almost Alice" artist ends up down the rabbit hole

North County Times (San Diego & Riverside CA) - Artist Maggie Taylor didn't start out to create an exhibition full of "Alice in Wonderland"-inspired works. Far from it.

"I had been doing some digital work with rabbits, holes in the ground and Victorian children," she said from her studio in Gainesville, Fla. "Several people remarked that it reminded them of 'Alice in Wonderland.' So I started to do a few images like that, but I didn't know how much it would take over. Now it's three years and 45 images later."  Read more.

New TSTC digital art program looking for boot-camp artists

Reporter News (Texas) - If you've always wanted to design your own universe, a new digital arts program at Texas State Technical College can provide you with the skills to go to "TRON" and beyond.

TSTC is partnering with Steambot studios — the concept artists behind "Brink," "TRON: Legacy" and "Prince of Persia," among others — to build the school's newest program.

The two-year digital arts program involves a free five-week boot camp, from which the students for the first program will be selected.  Read more.

Contemporary Hindi art: Digital take on Puranas

The Hindu (India) - Geologist and ex-ONGC officer turned painter S.R. Kolluri has earned himself a name for his graphic art. He had worked on a computer graphic art on 108 episodes of Ramayana. That four-year-long effort is now in the Bhadrachalam temple. Artist Kolluri has come a long way from playing with acrylic and water-colours.

This septuagenarian is full of life and says animatedly, “I work on Photoshop on my iMac with a vacuum tablet to create these works of art.  Read more.

Technology meets art: Why we’ll bin easels for pixels

Metro (UK) - A new wave of British artists is swapping paints and brushes for computer mice and light pens to use digital technology as a creative medium.

Emerging talents such as UnitedVisualArtists, Troika and Random International are among the driving forces behind creations including kinetic sculptures, interactive lighting installations and data visuals.

New technology becoming more readily available, cheaper hardware and easy-to-use software are boosting the movement that has already been used by big-name music acts for stunning stage visuals and iconic art installations at new buildings such as Heathrow’s Terminal 5.  Read more.

010101 Art in Technological Times @ SFMoMA

Max Eternity - Currently at SFMoMA is a show entitled "010101 Art in Technological Times" featuring the work of notable digital artists, including the late Jeremy Blake.  An online presentation of the exhibition can be found here, and a brief descriptor of the show reads as follows:  

A major art exhibition and far-reaching digital technology initiative, 010101 charts new developments in contemporary art, architecture, and design as they evolve in, and are influenced by, a world altered by the increasing presence of digital media and technology. Presented in the galleries and online, the exhibition features work (including many newly commissioned pieces) in all media by some 35 artists and designers.