Spray paint artists have long dealt with a frustrating problem. Getting the range of colors a single mural might need means carrying a heavy collection of cans and inevitably running out of one shade mid-project with a pile of barely used others left over. Sandesh Manik spent years as a mechatronics student building a solution he calls Spectrum, a compact machine that draws from four standard spray cans and blends them into hundreds of custom shades on demand.
A grid of small mirrors stands there, waiting for light to hit them. Then, in perfect harmony, each mirror tilts and swivels around its own axis. Reflected rays move across a neighboring wall or floor. Lines, forms, and full-fledged animations appear to hover in midair when light spots combine to form them. Time Sink Studio created the Living Mirror, which transforms ordinary sunlight or a spotlight into programmed doodling.
Mike Winkelmann enters the spotlight of Art Basel Miami Beach with a pack of metal mutts that combine the uncanny valley with a biting punch at contemporary power brokers. Regular Animals, a squad of eight robotic canines wandering a gated enclosure in the fair’s new Zero 10 digital art section, was launched this week by the digital artist from Charleston, South Carolina, known as Beeple. Each has a lifelike silicone head sculpted after a titan of industry or creativity, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and even two versions of Winkelmann himself.
You won’t find artists with hand-drawn designs hunched over at New York City’s Bang Bang Tattoo, just a robotic arm, guided by artificial intelligence, that etches precise grayscale designs into skin. This is Blackdot, a startup from Austin, Texas, that’s redefining what a tattoo machine can do.
Art fans know that Vincent van Gogh’s swirling brushstrokes have long captivated visitors at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Now, a new partnership with Samsung Electronics turns 1,600 Galaxy S25+ smartphones into high-tech audio guides that bring Van Gogh’s art to life.
Photo credit: Niklas Roy
Niklas Roy’s generative art vending machine, called ‘Generative Art 1€’, works exactly as it sounds. You put in a euro coin and then a generative algorithm begins to continuously draw an animated black line on a screen, offering an endless stream of potential artworks.
For those who can’t make it over to Amsterdam, the LEGO Art Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers Set (31215) recreates the iconic painting found in the official museum, but in brick form.
You’ve seen the ARCADIA arcade cabinet, but what if you could own an exact replica of Michelangelo’s David of Florence statue? Robotor’s marble-sculpting 1L robot might be your best bet at making that a reality.
