Art

Space Invaders, Missile Command, and other classics painted in fresco

Just in time for Easter, these regal fresco paintings inspired by the videogames of yore are now showing at Kim Foster Gallery on 529 W 20th Street in New York. The show, called Genesis, is the artistic outpouring of Dan Hernandez, a man whose love for classic arcade games is only equaled by his lov

This artwork shows drone pilots the dejected glances of their faceless victims

You know the rap against predator drones. Operators thousands of miles away are making hits on targets who are but tiny blips on the radar. It’s a cowardly if efficient method of killing, as the drone operator slang “bug splat” for a downed person of interest clearly illustrates.  That’s why a colla

At last: a delicate, painterly platformer that you can rip to shreds

Shard, by Roger Hanna and Anita Tung, is very much your indie platformer with a painterly, abstract vibe, something with which we’re all plenty familiar. But you really never get tired of good art, and a large part of what makes this game refreshing is the visual eye candy. The backgrounds and foreg

This artist is playing Civilization 24/7. You know, for art

You can find the artist Diego Leclery at a makeshift desk outside the Whitney Museum, staring at a monitor displaying Civilization, hand clutching a mouse. He has previously dressed up as a polar bear and allowed people to be photographed with him as art. His new piece is called Me Playing Civilizat