What is it?
The Art Newspaper s XR Panel has spent the global pandemic viewing work remotely and virtually. Here we review the year and highlight some of our favourite, and least favourite, XR experiences. With works by: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sol LeWitt, bitforms galleryand others.
The XR panel was launched by
The Art Newspaper in July 2020 in response to a growing need to consider XR art as an interconnected review of the art and technology. It is produced by Louis Jebb and curated by Gretchen Andrew. All reviews in this series can be found here.
Highest rated (4.5 stars)
What is it:
Virtual exhibition and artist talks presented by bitforms gallery, which specialises in digital, internet, time-based and new media art forms, and curated by Zaiba Jabbar and Valerie Amend. It includes the artists Julie Béna, Vitória Cribb, Kumbirai Makumbe, LaJuné McMillian, and Alicia Mersy. Each artist has a exclusive virtual 3-D room with a digital installation
Platform:
New Art City, a multi-user online platform to experience digital art created in response to the closures of art museums and galleries during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Artists and exhibition designers upload files to New Art City, arrange their space and collaborate in real-time. No coding required.