Art
Dining with Contemporary Artists and Designers
What does your favorite artist like to eat for dinner?
Laura C. Mallonee
Opinion
The Dystopian Possibilities of a Drawing Machine
For all those who could never quite manage a straight line in Drawing 101, Saurabh Datta may have an answer.
News
2014 Was a Terrible Year for Artistic Freedom
There have been 237 confirmed violations against artistic freedom around the world in 2014, according to a new report by FreeMuse.
In Brief
Cartooning Against the Communists for the CIA
It's always strange to hear about artists in the pay of governments — the union seems so mismatched. In a recent interview with the Washington City Paper, cartoonist Chip Beck discussed using his pen to further the CIA's mission abroad.
News
8,000 Books and Manuscripts Lost After ISIS Bombs Mosul Library
On Sunday night, more than 8,000 books and manuscripts were destroyed after ISIS militants bombed Mosul's Central Library.
Art
Navigating Through a Sea of Pink
After British photographer Kirsty Mackay gave birth to her first daughter in 2006, she found her life inundated by pink.
Art
Finding Kindred Spirits at Conventions
Since 2013, photographer Arthur Drooker has been on a quest to document as many conventions as possible for his series Conventional Wisdom.
Opinion
Photographer Develops 31 Lost Film Rolls Taken by World War II Soldier
Photographer Levi Bettwieser has an unusual passion: he hunts down and develops old film rolls left inside vintage cameras or forgotten by their owners in the backs of musty drawers.
Books
A Contemporary Codex Teaches Children About Migration
Migrant appropriates the vertical, accordion-bound form of a pre-Colombian codex to tell of a Central American family’s freight train journey to the United States.
Art
Painting as Protest on Mexico's Walls
In the 1920s and ’30s, Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco painted murals that powerfully illustrated the issues of their day. Today, street artists rule the nation’s walls.
Art
Lampooning the Art World, One Ad at a Time
I see Bailey's face most places now because I signed up for the You Museum — the "world's first and only personalized museum that's with you wherever you go."
News
Museo del Prado Leads the Charge Toward Better Accessibility for the Blind
Touching the Prado invites visually impaired people to touch relief replicas of six collection masterpieces.