Art
Elderly Models Camouflage With Nature in These Folklore-Inspired Photographs
In Norwegian-Finnish artist duo Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen's Norse mythology-inspired photographs there's a beauty in old stories, old places, and old people.
Sarah Rose Sharp
Art
An Artist Honors the Overlooked Activism of Black Women
Helina Metaferia's exhibition By Way of Revolution connects histories of protest movements and acknowledges the overlooked labor of women within them.
Opinion
Artist Sues Smithsonian After It Declined to Display His 16-Foot Painting of Trump
Reportedly, the National Portrait Gallery's director told Julian Raven the painting was “too political,” “too big,” and "no good."
Art
The Power of Art Lies in Self-Expression
Mirror, Mirror presents art as something fundamental that unites human beings in the capacity for reflection and self-expression.
Art
Artists Illuminate the Catastrophic Future of Rising Sea Levels
Timo Aho and Pekka Niittyvirta activated three synchronized lines of light to illuminate the future's projected high tide if climate change progresses at its current pace.
Books
A Book Attempts to Solve the Joys and Mysteries of Puzzles
Oftentimes it feels as though art satisfies itself by “raising the question” or “complicating ideas” about a subject. Puzzles, by contrast, hold an inherent promise of resolution.
In Brief
World’s Most Successful Art Thief Told His Secrets in a GQ Interview
Unmotivated by profit, Stéphane Breitwieser stole over a billion dollars worth of art and artifacts to fill his obsessive treasure trove, which he stored away in an attic.
Art
Detroit's New Mini Community Center Is a Greenhouse by Day, Movie Theater by Night
Commissioned by the Wright Museum, the "Shine a Light Off-the-Grid People + Plant Conservatory" is a solar-powered pod-like structure that features video art installations.
Opinion
FBI Found Over 40,000 Stolen Artifacts, Including 2,000 Human Bones, In an Indiana Home
Over a period of 70 years, Donald Miller unearthed cultural artifacts from North America, South America, Asia, the Caribbean, and Indo-Pacific regions. Now, the FBI hopes to return the objects to their rightful origins.
Books
Jaw-Dropping Books in the Making, from Illustrated Fairytales to Limited Edition Poetry
There are some eye-popping books in Kickstarter's Exquisite Objects initiative.
Art
Be a Spy for the Day at the KGB Spy Museum
Perhaps the whole museum is an elaborate campaign to recruit people with an abiding interest in the KGB, for dissemination of digital weapons and fake news.
Interview
A Painter Helped Create a Website that Allows You to Buy Land and Preserve It
With Conserve.org people can conserve land acre by acre, with their full donation going to purchase affordable acreage.