The Banksy Art Stand

Drones dropping books, interactive TV, Banksy's $60 art and more in our weekly look at the web

When Banksy makes a move the world runs wildly after him. That’s what makes his latest prank the best of his New York excursion to date. The artist quietly set up a Central Park art stall, where he sold original works for $60, unbeknownst to passers-by that they were real Banksy works. A few people ultimately took pieces home, the first of which haggled for …

Tino Sehgal’s Exhibition of the Year

Drones dropping books, interactive TV, Banksy's $60 art and more in our weekly look at the web

By now, the name Tino Sehgal is ubiquitous through the art world and beyond. With an incredibly established resume for a 35-year-old artist, he’s only continued to sky rocket upward through 2013 as winner of the Golden Lion. And with his current show—which opened 27 September at Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art—Sehgal has essentially delivered his own eternal stardom. His largest and most comprehensive …

Google’s Quantum AI Lab

$2,000 beer, Hypercolor cars, Google's Quantum AI Lab and more in our weekly look at the web

In May, Google launched its collaborative computing project with NASA and D-Wave, which is aimed at pushing the limits of understanding in everything from medicine to space travel. Now we are getting a first look at the groundbreaking artificial intelligence program that has to operate at sub-zero temperatures. The gravity of the work at the lab really cannot be overstated: they are trying to unlock …