Glass Shorts at the LES Film Festival

Films made on Google's eyewear form a night of cinematic celebration

At the Google Glass Basecamp inside NYC’s Chelsea Market, the Lower East Side Film Festival transplanted some of its selections and audience for a night that was the first of its kind. “Glass Shorts” was an entire evening of programming surrounding films made with the wearable technology. Three films screened, from the mesmerizing three-minute, stop-motion “Catch: A Handimation Through Glass” to the ambitious 28-minute “Project …

Charged: Moving Art Forward with Bryce Wolkowitz

An interview with the owner and curator of the NYC gallery at the forefront of digital art

Slightly obscured by the glare of the gallery’s impossibly tall and tinted windows, the lines of Robert Currie’s wiry, site-specific installation stretch toward the entrance of Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery. Unassumingly elegant, Currie’s sculpture looks untouched by human hands, but like a majority of the work shown in the Chelsea gallery, the veneer of flawless execution masks careful engineering. It is this seamless blend of art …

Art Basel 2014: 14 Rooms

Each room features fascinating and immersive performance pieces by Roman Ondák, Marina Abramović and more

One of the highlights of Art Basel 2014 is an exhibition neatly tucked behind the main halls in a smaller gallery. “14 Rooms” is curated by current art-world darling Hans-Ulrich Obrist of London’s Serpentine Gallery and Klaus Biesenbach of MoMA PS1 and involves a diverse crowd of artists ranging from Damien Hirst to Marina Abramović and Otobong Nkanga, creating an immersive experience that blurs the …