Technology
Royal College of Art's new £108m campus gets green light and will focus on art, technology and science
Building designed by Herzog & de Meuron will be a centre for robotics and drone technology
Sotheby’s acquires tech startup Thread Genius
The company uses image recognition software to find works of art that match users’ tastes
Robot wars: Mark Pauline and Survival Research Laboratories
The Bay Area artist and his team build massive machines that act in dangerous performances—and they are opening their first gallery show in New York
Hirshhorn to show Lozano-Hemmer’s ‘Pulse’ works
Show will include several of artist's immersive works that use biometric technology
Podcast episode eight: how hackers are attacking the art world
Galleries are losing huge sums to cybercrime, what makes them vulnerable? Plus: the dubious restoration along the Camino di Santiago.
Artsy and the rise of the matchmaker market
In the bricks-versus-clicks shakeout, the new power players in online auctions are harvesting data from both the supply and demand sides
New app invites art lovers to 'build a playlist across museums'
UK startup Smartify partners with major museums worldwide, from the Met to the Hermitage
Germany launches internet portal to fight art trafficking
Site gives information on international regulations and protected German heritage
Blockchain: how the revolutionary technology behind Bitcoin could change the art market
The software has the potential to improve transparency, copyright and ownership issues
The race to digitise the world’s heritage
Non-profit organisation has big plans to gather data from 500 sites over the next five years
Cold War spy photos help locate archaeological sites across the globe
Major grant to expand project that uses images from Corona military satellite system to pinpoint archaeological remains
Art enters the third dimension as 3-D printing goes mainstream
Assessing the impact of technological advances in 3-D printers and scanners on the art world, and what it means for the future
Prosthetic technology in sport on display at the Wellcome Collection ahead of the Olympics and Paralympics
The Wellcome Collection puts its best (false) foot forward
Website could be holy grail of private market prices
Art.sy will unite would-be collectors with art and dealers they may not know—and it’s all built on trust
Serota on a sustainable future for museums: why Tate needs to change in a changing world
Moving on from traditional didacticism and adapting to a new level of modern communication
Sotheby’s sues technology entrepreneur for non-payment
Defendant says auction house did not disclose its ownership of painting
Artnet and Art Basel team up to create virtual experience for Miami Beach attendees
The program will be accessible to the public on the last day of the fair
How the Pentagon is (indirectly) helping restore Chinese cave paintings
American engineers are preparing to introduce the latest military espionage equipment to Dunhuang
Book review: Kirsh and Levenson's "Seeing through paintings: physical examination in art-historical studies"
A popular, non-technical explanation of the physical composition of paintings is not easy
Former Christie's director launches online venture eAuctionRoom.com
“We are a technology platform, not an auction house,” said Mark Poltimore in 2000. The onetime auction boss wants to make European sales more accessible to US and UK audiences
Deliberation over ownership of submerged vessels and their booty at the bottom of the ocean leads to Unesco intervention
An estimated three million shipwrecks lay undiscovered. UNESCO is calling for a global treaty to protect them. Salvors say it is unrealistic and unworkable, despite developments in deep-sea exploration technology
How the internet will change the art market: the new kids on the block are smarter than you think
The advice on how to be successful in the online world offered here in 2000 centred on building a community and having a shared sense of purpose and trust
Where underwater treasure-hunters go, legislation must follow: Unesco's proposal explained
Unesco is calling for a global treaty to prevent commercial interests from destroying shipwrecks found in international waters
Radar imaging reveals ancient Cambodian ruins
Evidence of an earlier culture is found in the jungle surrounding Angkor
The search for ancient Alexandria goes underwater
The greatest city of the Hellenistic age has been neglected by archaeology for decades. Now underwater survey techniques have provided us with glimpses of the centre’s greatness. But many decry the techniques being used
One of the most advanced and sophisticated computer-based analyses of an ancient landscape in Europe is taking the excavation out of discovery
To dig or not to dig?
"China: cradle of knowledge" officially opens in Birmingham 25 February
Astonishing science and technology show from Peking
Conservators fighting fire and time for the Royal Academy
Sculptor conservators Taylor Pearce are working on Windsor, Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Hall