Art
Centuries of Collecting the Curious and Macabre through Digital Storytelling
John Tradescant founded Britain's first museum in the 17th century with a collection of mermaid hands, natural history specimens, and a purported piece of the crucifix.
Allison Meier
Art
All of Audubon's 'Birds of America' in One High-Resolution Flock
This digital version of Birds of America draws you back into Audubon’s world while emphasizing the need for conservation today.
Art
Frank Lloyd Wright's West Coast Experiment, Ramping Up to the Guggenheim
Before the quarter-mile ramp of New York’s Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned a smaller slope on the West Coast.
Art
A Bloody Video Game Ode on a Grecian Urn
Apotheon brings the classical world of ancient Greek pottery to life as a full-length animated video game.
Art
The Fantastical Pulp Art of 1960s and '70s Mexico
The lurid art created for paperbacks in the 1960s and '70s includes a cat man superhero surrounded by feral felines, a woman fleeing a cop while cradling a piglet, and a blonde vixen looking back in shock as a skeleton delivers her a letter.
Art
British Museum's Display of Aboriginal Artifacts Prompts New Demands for Their Return
There are only a handful of bark art examples from the Dja Dja Wurrung in Australia, and they're leagues away from their place of origin. A new exhibition of indigenous art of Australia at the British Museum, which holds these artifacts in their collections, will finally bring them back to the South
Art
Four Million Images from the World's Endangered Archives
Despite the vast and growing resources available online, much of the world's knowledge and history remains ephemeral and under threat of disappearance.
Art
The Tale of Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Gentleman Daguerreotypist
When the daguerreotype was introduced in 1839, some of the first to support this groundbreaking photographic process were the elite of Europe.
Art
A Disappeared Houdini Film Escapes from Obscurity
The great escape artist Harry Houdini starred in five silent films in the early 20th century, but one considered among his best was long considered lost — until now.
Art
An Interactive Kandinsky to Consider and Destroy the Elements of Abstract Art
A ghostly bird emerges from an envelope and a pair of triangles transform into a dog in "Animated Kandinsky," an interactive version of Wassily Kandinsky's vibrant 1932 "Decisive Pink."
Performance
Getting Lost in the Woods of a Swedish Vampire Tale
With the thick fall of snow over New York in these recent days, the city is the perfect setting for a beautifully staged Swedish vampire tale.
Books
Endless Enemies: Photographing Military Training Targets around the World
A 30-year-old memory of a metal figure riddled with bullet holes, standing in the furrows of a German field, finally persuaded photographer Herlinde Koelbl to investigate what military training targets look like around the world.