News
Since no world summit would be complete without artistic demonstrations, activists around the globe have created art protesting climate change and corporate sponsorship of COP21, from live tattooing performances to parody advertisements installed on Paris streets.
In Brief
The modern world is awash in a sea of radio waves — currents of electromagnetic radiation upon which our digital lives depend. What if you could see this invisible dimension?
Art
On an island in a pond behind the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet sits the Lukhang Temple, or "Temple to the Serpent Spirits," a secret meditation space created by the Dalai Lama in the 17th century.
News
During the Protestant Reformation in 16th century Europe, Puritan iconoclasts destroyed an estimated 97% of religious art in England during the English Civil War.
Art
"I wondered if it would be possible to create a community out of a single document," artist Matthew Britton tells Hyperallergic.
In Brief
The Rijksmuseum's new #StartDrawing campaign encourages visitors to slow down and sketch the works they see in the galleries instead of photographing them and moving on to the next thing.
In Brief
Since the beginning of the Quantified Self Movement, designers have struggled to create wearable tech that people actually want to wear, and that doesn't make the wearer look like a raging Glasshole.
Art
This past winter, New York-based painter Tim Casey rode 100 miles on horseback through the snow with the Lakota, a Native American tribe in South Dakota.
Art
Just a decade ago, marijuana in the popular imagination was largely associated with cheesy stoner iconography — pot leaf decals, tie-dye and paisley patterns — and its packaging was limited to discreet plastic baggies.
Art
Contact prints by legendary Magnum photographers, including Martin Parr, Eve Arnold, David Hurn, Elliot Erwitt, Bruno Barbey, Burt Glinn, Guy Le Querrec, Herbert List, Thomas Hoepker, David Seymour, and more, are available starting today.
In Brief
In the 1950s and '60s, book cover designers borrowed from the aesthetics of the burgeoning Op art movement.
In Brief
Americans throw away approximately 130 million cell phones every year.