Like emoticons or ASCII art, emoji have been transformed from a visual vernacular into something that's used to create works of art. It’s been happening for while says Salditch.

To the delight of art history geeks the world over, Los Angeles-based gallery Cantor Fine Art took it upon themselves to give us the emoji renditions of famous artists and popular works we’ve ...

Rapper and artist Yung Jake tells us why emoji symbols make the best medium for his portraits of celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian and Jerry Seinfeld. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes ...

Our journalism is funded by readers like you, ... I was lucky enough to be among the earliest recipients of her emoji art history texts in Dec. 2012. Her recreations were also posted to instagram.

The site monitors emoji use on Twitter, revealing both real-time and long-term usage trends. "Everyone I know who uses that one, they use it to mean like … she's the 'whatever' girl. Like ...

Since Apple introduced the illustrated characters to its iPhone library in 2011, emoji have been a beloved piece of the American texting vernacular. But to 25-year-old Liza Nelson, the artist and ...

Last night's opening of the Emoji Art and Design Show was a light-hearted celebration of those pictograms that have crept into our conversations and lives in every which way. The exhibition felt ...

Amanda told The West Australian: "Danny thought they looked like the poo emoji and we wondered why no-one had actually made one out of a termite mound yet." So now you know what do, emoji lovers ...

Graffiti art is seen on a wall next to the Regent's Canal, in Camden in London December 22, 2009. British media have attributed the new work to acclaimed British street artist Banksy.

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