Vermeer, Self-Driving Cars, the Gamesters of Triskelion, and Yayoi Kusama

The Love Letter - Vermeer

A large rubber ball bounces into the street, the driver sees the ball, intuits that a child might follow, and stops the car. Automated vehicles are incapable of accomplishing the Continue ReadingVermeer, Self-Driving Cars, the Gamesters of Triskelion, and Yayoi Kusama

How Artistic Deception Created Modern Art

Calder "Snow Flurry"

Picasso said abstraction starts with an object, and then reality is removed.  Deception is at the heart of art, morphing reality into artistic lies representing the truth. How does an Continue ReadingHow Artistic Deception Created Modern Art

Art and the Future of Pokémon Go

Raphael "The Wedding of the Virgin"

Pokémon Go players have fallen off a cliff, crashed their cars, and jumped into traffic. They have been robbed. Someone saw his house invaded by players who were told it Continue ReadingArt and the Future of Pokémon Go