The New Medium of Mixed Reality

As Artsy notes, the last few years have seen virtual reality advancements in the art world never before thought possible. It’s a medium that’s long-been labeled the next big medium. At this week’s Armory Show art fair in NYC, however, a new medium has taken hold and it’s all thanks to a new development by Microsoft. Amsterdam-based art duo Studio Drift has debuted the first …

NYC Gallerist Denied Entry to the USA

As longtime fans (and neighbors) of NYC’s design gallery Chamber, we were shocked to hear that its owner, gallerist Juan Garcia Mosqueda, was detained upon re-entry to the US and sent back to Buenos Aires recently. Mosqueda, a legal resident of the US for the last decade, who lives on the Lower East Side, was returning to oversee the opening of the gallery’s latest exhibition. …

Lego’s “Women of NASA” Set

MIT News science editor and writer Maia Weinstock created a project that feels like it’s a very, very long time coming. As part of Lego Ideas (the company’s very dope branch that allows the general population to send through concepts) Weinstock and Lego have announced the “Women of NASA” set. With figures of a bunch of significant NASA employees, the set is planning to include …