Whether you like it or not, people are increasingly seeing art that was generated by computers. Everyone has an opinion about it, but researchers at the University of Vienna recently ran a small study ...

Joan Shogren graduated with her degree in chemistry from California’s San José State University (SJSU) in the early 1950s, and began working as a secretary in the department. It was there that she ...

Computers and artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming increasingly important in the art world. AI-generated artworks fetch millions at auction, and artists routinely use algorithms to create ...

In 1984, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) commissioned the artist Lillian Schwartz to create a public service announcement to advertise the opening of its newly renovated galleries. Her 30-second video ...

Get our guide to events and happenings in the SoCal arts scene. In your inbox every Monday and Friday morning. Sometime in the late 1970s I did a studio visit at UC San Diego with Harold Cohen. Still ...

Mark Wilson, “Untitled Gray Ground & Untitled Light Gray Ground” (1973) (click to enlarge) Personal computing may have begun in the 1980s but the history of computer art started much earlier during a ...

Modern day computer artist, [Amy Goodchild] surveys a history of Early Computer Art from the 1950s and 1960s. With so much attention presently focused on AI-generated artwork, we should remember that ...

Grace Hertlein’s collection is “a kaleidoscopic snapshot of the early decades of an art historical and technological phenomenon.” Courtesy Sotheby's It’s Geek Week at Sotheby’s—the auction house’s ...

In the early 1960s, Lee Mullican, the San Franciscan artist best known for his modernist abstractions, swapped his paintbrush for the printer’s ink knife. Using its thin edge, he would apply paint to ...

Normally, people's reactions to art are considered subjective -- Munch's The Scream might instill a foreboding anxiety in you, but do absolutely nothing for your friend. However, artist Wassily ...

In the last couple of decades, we’ve seen a monumental shift in the way we process media – at least, that’s what I’ve heard. I was part of the first generation to face my “formative years” with a ...