EDITOR'S NOTE:

Art Digital Magazine (AD MAG) is on a long-term hiatus. AD MAG was published from 2010 to 2016, and during that time it amassed the largest collection of feature length interviews and articles with digital artist and art administrators in the world. In time, AD MAG will return, but for now the domain redirects to Digital Art News (DAN).

Friday, December 20, 2013

Can BlackBerry Be Fixed?

Information Week - BlackBerry's third fiscal quarter was brutal. Sales of its smartphone plunged to new lows and the company was forced to take another writedown on unsold device inventory. The smartphone maker may have revealed a new turnaround strategy, but its success is hardly assured.  Read more.

Friday, December 13, 2013

eepmon makes art in the digital age

Ottawa Citizen - As a kid growing up in Cumberland, east of Ottawa, in the ’80s, the digital artist known as eepmon wasn’t the cool kid.

It’s not that he wasn’t funny, smart or talented. He was all that — and then some. It’s just that he lacked the one thing that would ensure lasting popularity with his buddies in school: a good Internet connection.  Read more.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Teaneck artist releases book on digital art

North Jersey - That mobile device in your pocket — the one on which you text, check sports scores and keep abreast of what's trending at the moment— may be the artistic tool for this generation's Picassos, Dalis and Warhols.

A worldwide movement is growing of artists creating art on their cellphones and tablets; the most prominent is 76-year-old British artist David Hockney, whose lifetime's work is currently on display at San Francisco's de Young Museum, including several of his iPad pieces.  Read more.

100 Creatives 2013: Matt Adams, Digital Artist and Independent Curator

Houston Press - If you're looking for a fight on who qualifies as a "real" art curator, you won't find one with Matt Adams. That's not because he doesn't have any thoughts on the issue, he does. He just doesn't think the debate is worth the effort. "There's been a lot of talk over the last few years because anyone can call themselves a curator. I just choose not to engage in those discussions because it's pointless.  Read more.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

"The Wrong" Digital Art Biennale Asserts "Hacking is the new Graffiti"

Complex Art + Design - Even as GIF files are selling for upwards of a thousand dollars, how does one showcase art as a limited commodity when the commodity itself exists only in the digital sphere? That’s a problem addressed, and solved, by “The Wrong – New Digital Art Biennale,” an online exhibition of digital art now open for viewing until December 30 2013. The biennale has been in the works for more than a year and collects “the best of the best” digital art, according to its 30 curators.  Read more.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Native art now: indigenous and digital

Guardian UK - Many Britons today are barely aware of the extent of their nation's imperial history, but the wounds of colonialism are never far from the surface of indigenous arts in the dozens of countries that were once former colonies.  Read more.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

The cutting edge of digital fabrication fills the Museum of Art and Design

Tree Hugger - 3D printing is all the rage these days, but in fact there are a number of technologies that produce 3D objects directly from computer designs, including the additive fabricating that is known as 3D printing...read more.