Frank Popper, Pioneering Historian Focused on ‘Virtual Art’ and New Technology, Has Died at 102

Art historian Frank Popper, who influenced generations of artists and theorists with his pioneering discourse on the connection between modern art and new technologies, died on July 12, according to Artforum, which first reported the news on Monday. He was 102. Among his most significant scholarship was documenting the emergence of what he called “Virtual Art,” works which incorporated interactive technologies to stimulate viewers.
Popper was born in the Czech Republic in 1918. As a