Art
An Alarm Clock of Bird Songs, Culled from a Museum’s Archive
A new app by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents an alternative design to cacophonous alarms, allowing you to begin your day with a slew of bird songs instead.
Claire Voon
Claire Voon is a former staff writer for Hyperallergic. Originally from Singapore, she grew up near Washington, D.C. and is now based in Chicago.
News
Peruse 1,000-Year-Old Medical Remedies, from Ox Bile to Mandrake Root
The British Library owns the only extant illustrated Old English herbal, and it recently digitized the entire manuscript.
Art
From Tiny Trumps to Terrifying Ties: Big League Memes for the 45th President
The meme-ification of Donald Trump is a growing phenomenon that speaks loudly to the absurdity of the 45th president.
In Brief
Lift Off from Your Laptop with 140,000 Images and Videos from NASA
The agency recently launched a new online database of files documenting its history, from space missions to in-house experiments.
Art
This Addictive M.C. Escher Video Game Might Make You Puke
Antoine Zanuttini's Fragments of Euclid is a downright mind-bending game inspired by M.C. Escher's labyrinthine interiors.
Art
Bouquets Highlight Plants Used to Control Women’s Reproductive Health
An exhibition looks at plant remedies that women have used to control their reproductive lives.
In Brief
An Attempt to Create Europe's Largest Environmental Art Project with 5,000 Trees
The street artist Escif wants to plant 5,000 trees in the shape of a low-battery symbol atop Mount Olivella in Italy.
Art
Clay Vessels Pay Tribute to the Plastic Water Bottle
Jami Porter Lara's slick, black sculptures, currently on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, reframe how we see the ubiquitous plastic water bottle.
Art
A Trove of Early Japanese Animated Films Is Now Online
To celebrate the centennial of Japanese animation, the National Film Center of Japan recently uploaded over 60 films made between 1917 and 1941.
Art
The Lost Art of Library Card Catalogues
The art of writing card catalogue entries may be dying, but they still tell us a lot about our data past.
Books
100 Years of People Knitting
A book published by Princeton Architectural Press gathers vintage photographs of people knitting, from Sojourner Truth to unidentified nudists.
News
A Rally at New York City Hall Calls on Trump to Fund the Arts
About 400 people descended upon City Hall today for a "Rally to Save the Arts," demanding that Trump fully fund the very agencies he wants to completely cut.