Leo Castañeda’s inclusion in Whitney Biennial 2026 constitutes an unambiguous institutional decision: videogames are no longer admitted to the museum as visual source material for gallery video. They are being exhibited as environments with rules, furniture, sound, and duration, formats that reorganize the conditions of spectatorship from within. Running
Los Santos Plays Itself digital video, color, sound, 1 hour 4 seconds, 2017, Germany. created by Sebastian Lütgert February 13–26 2026 vral.org Los Santos Plays Itself records a live performance realised inside Grand Theft Auto Online in 2017. Inspired by Thom Andersen’s Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
Milan Machinima Festival 2026 returns to Milan. REPLAY/RELOAD/RESPAWN: the ninth edition explores rebirth and reinvention through the videogame loop. Milan, February 11, 2026 — IULM University will host the ninth edition of the Milan Machinima Festival (MMF) from March 16–20, 2026, with a separate online-only screening program running
Angelo Careri Grand Theft Auto – Crime & architecture Friday February 27 2026, 2 pm CET Labo NRV – ENSBA Lyon 8 bis quai Saint-Vincent 69001 Lyon, France On Friday 27 February 2026, the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon (ENSBA Lyon) hosts the public defence of Angelo Careri’s Diplôme
Everything but the Clouds single-channel digital video essay, color, sound, 19’ 44”, 2017, United States. created by Patrick LeMieux January 30–February 12 2026 vral.org Everything but the Clouds is a video essay that forensically examines Cory Arcangel’s canonical work Super Mario Clouds (2002), the cartridge modification the
2girls1comp’s Destined Death (2026) is easiest to grasp through its consequences rather than its images. The latest mod by the Italo-Swiss collective proposes a single wager: die once and your local installation disappears. In fact, reaching an health level of zero (HP=0) triggers the permanent deletion of the
Rutherford Chang: Hundreds and Thousands 17 January–12 April 2026 UCCA Center for Contemporary Art 798, No. 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Beijing, China Between 2013 and 2018, conceptual artist Rutherford Chang (1979-2025) recorded himself playing Tetris on an original Nintendo Game Boy, uploaded each session to gameboytetris.com, and presented the
AFTERLIFE by Only Slime FACT Liverpool (88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ) 20 March–16 August 2026 Galleries open Wednesday–Sunday, 11:00–18:00 (closed Monday–Tuesday) Exhibitions are free to enter From 20 March to 16 August 2026, FACT Liverpool presents AFTERLIFE, an expanded installation by the artist
Rä di Martino’s Kodrok November 5th – February 7th 2026 Galleria Valentina Bonomo via del Portico d’Ottavia 13, Rome, Italy opening hours Tuesday to Saturday, 3–7 pm (or by appointment) Kodrok, a solo exhibition by Rä di Martino, opened at Galleria Valentina Bonomo’s Portico d’Ottavia space
Matricule Bis 3D — Festival du jeu vidéo et des arts numériques (3rd edition) ESAD Orléans, site de l’Abreuvoir 6 rue de l’Abreuvoir, 45000 Orléans, France Friday 23 January and Saturday 24 January 2026 Opening hours: Friday 23 January: 19:00–22:30; Saturday 24 January: 10:00–18:
El Pájaro Intestino single-channel digital video essay, color, sound, 9’ 40”, 2024, Colombia created by Miguel Escobar introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org El Pájaro Intestino (Intestinal Bird) is presented on VRAL as a single-channel work from Arreglo Selvático (Jungle Arrangement), a series that repurposes digital resources from the Colombian
A new open-access journal is proposing a simple provocation: if poetry can be published, edited, archived, and cited, why not publish games in the same way, i.e., playable, peer reviewed, and contextualised as artistic research? Founded and edited by Jordan Magnuson (Senior Lecturer in Games and Media Art at