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David Schonauer Thursday January 13, 2022
Yesterday we featured predictions about the journalism in 2022. Today we're going farther afield, because right now everyone is talking about the metaverse. Someday, the metaverse-a a 3D online
environment in which users can interact via avatars championed by Facebook owner Meta and other companies-might offer opportunities for creators and consumers of visual content. But all the hype might
be premature because, as The … Read the full Story >>
ARTnews Wednesday January 12, 2022
Collectors and artists of all kinds are jumping into the NFT zone, and apparently so are art thieves. Art News reports that Todd Kramer, owner of New York’s Ross + Kramer Gallery, suffered a loss when a phishing scam drained his Ethereum wallet of 15 NFTs valued at a total of $2.2 million. “The thief seemed to have sold off many of the pieces in Kramer’s collection, and Twitter users jeered at Kramer’s bad luck, pointing out that he had bet on an unregulated, decentralized system that would be unable to help him,” adds AN. Read the full Story >>
Rijksmuseum Wednesday January 12, 2022
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has released what it says the highest resolution photo of artwork ever captured—a 717-gigapixel image of Rembrandt’s painting The Night Watch. The image is four times sharper than the previous high-definition photograph of The Night Watch, which the Rijksmuseum published around 18 months ago, notes FAD magazine, meaning you can now zoom in even further on minute particles of pigment in the painting. The photo was created as part of the museum’s Operation Night Watch preservation program. Read the full Story >>
BuzzFeed Wednesday January 12, 2022
“No matter your stance on resolutions, the beginning of a year is a good time to check in and make some plans,” notes BuzzFeed, which has asked a number of photographers what they resolve to do—or not to do—in 2022. “Something I have been working on this year and will continue to move towards in the new year is balance — perhaps that will be a lifelong feat? I want more balance between making my own work and making the work I get paid for,” says Yael Malka. "I’m a pretty anxious and pessimistic person, but I’m going to make an optimistic resolution to try to put some good energy into the universe,” notes Jamie Lee Taete. Share your New Year’s resolution at the PPD Facebook page. Read the full Story >>
