Cory Arcangel is a leading digital artist who lives and works in New York. The American artist’s work uniquely encapsulates the relationship between culture and technology by using various artistic forms including sculpture, drawing, photographs and video.

Arcangel became best-known was for his video game ROM hacks, the process of modifying a video game ROM image to alter the game’s graphics, dialogue and levels in order that new life is breathed into old games.

Arcangel’s fascinating depictions of the modern digital era has seen his work appear in many museums exhibitions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Barbican Centre in London, the Whitney Museum in New York, as well as the New Museum also in New York.

The digital artist’s latest exhibition titled “Pro Tools” is being held at the Whitney Museum.

Pro Tools is aimed at exploring the idea of “product demonstrations”, of which all the work featured in the exhibition have been created by Arcangel using technological tools with a specific emphasis on mixing and matching both amateur and professional technological tools.

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Tax invoices have long been the bane of employers’ lives, with a tendency for throwing them in the shredder being preferable to letting the dreaded tax receipts clog up your desk’s drawers.

Well flinch no more at the arrival of the stomach-lurching tax invoice arriving on your doorstep, as artist Nava Lubelski has created a method of transforming what has to be one of the most despised correspondence into a piece of art.

In tearing these rampantly feared pieces of paper into thin strips, Nava Lubelski then rolls the defaced official letters very tightly into tiny coils, before cluing literally hundreds of them into intricate arrangements.

The end result of the artist’s creative vision to what has long been one of the most dreaded arrivals of the business year is simply fantastic.

Although it is not only tax invoices that are used to make up Nava Lubelski’s remarkable cellular sculptures, as other ‘unfavourable’ postal correspondence, such as rejection letters and tax files are shredded and coiled to create the artist’s unique organic paper structures.

The sculptures are reminiscent of tree cross-sections and, as the cellular coils spiral outward, it mimics biological matter and growth, and as they are glued together into flat rounds, the sculpture suggests disease and lichen – a stark reminder of manmade corruption on the environment.

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Designed by the naval architect Philippe Briand and decorated by interior designer Christian Liagre, the 220ft superyacht ‘Vertigo’ has been described as being ‘urban-at-sea’. This remarkable yacht, which is moored in New Zealand, comprises of a stunning city-like interior and an equally sophisticated exterior.

Instead of the usual portholes and conventional yacht deck features, Vertigo’s deck combines shiny-black floorboards, white-lacquered surfaces and custom-designed furniture and resembles a New York penthouse rather than the deck of a boat. Christian Liagre’s inspiration for Vertigo’s design was sparked by a client who requested their yacht felt like ‘urban-at-sea’.

The French interior designer Christian Liagire is a specialist in designing the interior of beach homes, particularly for the rich and famous. Artistic references and vivid details are the trademark of the influential designer, and a hallmark which Liagire has brought to the Vertigo.

The main lounge on the yacht is bathed in light from the glass walls that surround it. Talking about the Vertigo’s interior design, Christian Liagire said:

“The long sinuous longitudinal side cabinets create the link between all the spaces it visually extends the deck and can be read as the edge of an internal cockpit. All the furniture has been custom designed in order to match perfectly with the “sporty chic” of the yacht.”

On the outside this 220ft-long super-yacht is as awe-inspiring as it is on the inside, which has been designed by Philippe Briand, head designer at Briand Yacht design Ltd, and a passionate yachtsmen.

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“Kate Moss par les grands photographes” exhibition in Paris – Celebrating to most photographed woman on the planet.

Since she was first discovered at JFK Airport when she was 14 in 1988, Kate Moss has become one of the biggest names in the world of fashion and one of the most photographed people in the world.

Her quirky and ultra-photogenic looks has meant that she has inspired designers, photographers and artists from around the globe. In celebration of the supermodel’s 23 year career, the Galerie de I’Instant in Paris is holding an exhibition titled, “Kate Moss par les plus grands photographes”.

The show, which will run until September 14 2011, includes photographs of Miss Moss taken from some of the biggest and most influential contemporary artists and photographers, including Mary McCartney, Rankin, Corrine Day, Bert Stern and Bettina Rheims, the French artist and photographer who actually discovered Kate all those years ago.

Talking about the exhibition, a spokesperson from the Galerie de l’Instant  commented:

“She has inspired the biggest photographers of every generation as well as contemporary artists including Lucian Freud, Marc Quinn, Sam Taylor Wood. It is therefore only fair that we dedicate an exhibition for her, as her work with photographers has been so rich and varied. This exhibition is homage, not only to her beauty, but also her intelligence.”

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The launch of a 12-week arts festival to coincide with the 2012 London Olympics has been announced.

The festival, named Festival 2012, will bring together all of the cultural celebrations that surround the Olympics, and showcase the artistic influences that have had an impact on the nation.

The announcement of the festival has come after a new artistic team took over the running of the Cultural Olympiad – a series of events to display the UK’s art and culture to the rest of the world.

The arts manager, Ruth Mackenzie has said that the festival would aim to define the celebratory mood of the Olympics. The artistic team has £75.5m to spend on the whole festival, including £15.6m from the National Lottery and £3m from the British Council.

The Barbican in London will host a line-up of international stars, including actors Juliette Binoche and Cate Blanchett. The centre will host the biggest exhibition in the UK for 40 years focussing on the Bauhaus design school, which thrived in the 1920s and 30s.

The Barbican director, Sir Nicholas Kenyon states that the Barbican will be at the forefront of what will be a big moment for the UK, “with an extraordinary range of cultural experiences for all”. He also says reveals that it will be a “real collection of things that we believe in that represent the Barbican values.” The Barbican will receive a special grant of £700,000 from the London Olympics organisers to join the nationwide arts festival.

The art festival’s artistic team has announced a few highlights of next year’s festival. One of which is the Bauhaus exhibition, named Art as Life.

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