GIFs have come a long way since 1987, when the web-based image format brought us animated flames and “Under Construction” signs. Today, as PBS tracks, they’re the basis of a new kind of art, with Tumblr and Reddit helping to spread GIF-based memes.

Tobias Leingruber has shut down FBbureau.com, a satirical art project in which he proposed official Facebook ID cards, after the online giant had its lawyers send him a cease-and-desist letter claiming trademark infringement.

At the TED conference Wednesday, Vijay Kumar presented a video he and his robotics team at U-Penn created: a swarm of flying “nano” copters programmed to strike instruments and play the James Bond theme song.

Robot-made drawings, sculptures that walk through an exhibition space, and other kinds of sound, electronic, and time-based art: That’s what’s in store at the Kinetica Art Fair, on view in London through Sunday.

Experimental music by babies! That’s what’s in store Feb. 18 at Machine Project’s LA storefront: “Scott Cazan has written software for the occasion that uses a camera and a computer to track the babies’ movement and convert it into different sounds.”

In 2005, David Choe painted graffiti-style murals at Facebook’s first office in trade for shares of stock. With the announcement of Facebook’s initial public offering, Choe’s efforts for the company could be worth more than $200 million.

After widespread protests—including website blackouts at Wikipedia, Reddit, and others—Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the chief author of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, pulled the proposed bill. Many feared the overbroad language would limit free speech online.

LA MOCA’s just-announced YouTube TV endeavor will include a documentary on street artists, a “Cribs”-style look into artists’ studios, and an “art comedy series,” among others, plus aggregated video content from elsewhere.

“Copyright law exists to promote the arts,” write a group of artists opposing the PROTECT-IP act, “but the new penalties in PIPA could be used against the new social media channels we depend on to make a living, and endanger freedom of expression.”