In honor of the first emoji art and design show, here is a compilation of the best emoji masterpieces on the web. Emojis mean everything and they mean nothing at the same time. They’re completely ...

For as long as they've been available on our phones, emoji have mostly been a way for us to communicate with one another. When we lack the words to properly express our thoughts or feelings, a smiling ...

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 all been ...

For the truly tech/text-savvy, having entire text message conversations using only emoji characters is an art form all its own. Now a group of art-smart folks on Twitter have taken that concept to the ...

The great emoji craze is understandable–in a complicated world, it can be hard to express what you really mean without tiny cartoons of guns, beer, aliens, flying stacks of money, Santa Claus, poop, ...

Ever since Apple popularized the Japanese emoticons on known as emoji with the release of i0S5, digital communication once confined to letters, numbers and punctuation has become a cartoonish ...

Genie Alfonzo’s “Emojinal Art” (2013) is part of the “Emoji Art and Design Show.” (via Emoji Art and Design Show) Last night’s opening of the Emoji Art and Design Show was a light-hearted celebration ...

It's one of the world's fastest growing languages, but emoji isn't just for your text messages. One artist has brought the extensive range of emojis to life with real photographs of actual subjects ...

Art From Botticelli to Basquiat, Art History Goes Emoji Some might find the translation of Vincent van Gogh’s “Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear” into a smiling cartoon head spurting blood a little ...

The world’s first art exhibit dedicated to emojis will open on Thursday at New York City’s renowned Eyebeam Art + Technology Center. The Emoji Art and Design Show aims to explore computer emoticons’ ...