Coverage of art scenes, cultural dynamics, advocacy, and community structures across physical and digital worlds.
The sixth edition of SecondLife For AISM brings art, music, and fundraising to Second Life in support of the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association. Running 15 to 30 May 2026, it proves virtual worlds can carry real ethical weight.
David Sainsbury has donated £91.2 million to the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich. The gift will fund major upgrades, but it also raises difficult questions about philanthropy and the future of UK museums.
Goldsmiths CCA’s FLARE-UP explores illness, disability, neurodivergence and Deafness through contemporary art, access, care, activism and embodied experience.
Tracey Emin’s new lithograph series I Need tomorrow arrives alongside her Tate Modern retrospective, reframing her work through survival, illness, printmaking, and the art of continuing.
The V&A’s Rising Voices exhibition brings together over 70 works by 40 artists from 25 countries across Asia, Australia and the Pacific. It is about time.
The 21st Raglan Shire ArtWalk runs across five Second Life regions from 17 May to 14 June 2026. Over 100 artists, hedgerow galleries, sculpture parks, poetry slams, and a kite parade. Virtual worlds are not dead. They are just quietly building culture.
The Met and the Neue Galerie have announced a landmark merger for 2028, bringing Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I and over $1.5 billion in Austrian and German modernist art under one roof. Commentary on custody, restitution, legacy, and what happens when a jewel-box museum joins a giant.
Second Life art sits in a direct line from pixel art, through 3D digital environments, to VR and immersive contemporary media. It matters because SL is not just a place to hang flat pictures on virtual walls. It is a living art medium where avatar, space, sound, performance, architecture, social presence, and audience interaction all … Read more
Highlights from SLRandom ArtCrew’s participation in the Autumn Burn2 event in Second Life, featuring collaborative exhibits, performances, and installations leading to the grand finale burn.
The duct-taped banana (Tribune, 2024) (Rabb, 2024): A Provocative Reflection on Art, Value, and Consumerism? Courtesy: Sotheby’s In the world of contemporary art, few pieces have stirred as much debate as Maurizio Cattelan’s banana duct-taped to a wall, which famously sold for $1.5 million. While it provokes discussion about what constitutes “art,” this banana also … Read more