Books
The Aviation Aspirations of Chinese Farmers
Xiaoxiao Xu photographed and interviewed men in rural Chinese villages who have huge dreams of flight.
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Museum of Modern Art Adds the Original Emoji Set to Its Permanent Collection ?
The 176 pixellated pictograms created by Shigetaka Kurita in 1999 "are the humble masterpieces of the digital world," according to MoMA curator Paola Antonelli.
Art
The Transporting Promise of 20th-Century Travel Posters
An auction at Swann Galleries offers over 200 posters that capture the thrill of increased globalization and emerging modes of travel.
Art
After His Sudden Death, Recalling the Piercing Work of Comic Book Artist Steve Dillon
Dillon, who's best known for his work on the Vertigo series Preacher, could draw subtle faces and searing action equally well.
Art
Fake Ruins Beneath a Denver Bus Station
Beneath a disused bus station in downtown Denver, the Mexican artist collective SANGREE has shed light on the ruins of an ancient condominium complex that never existed.
Art
Cross-Cultural and Indigenous Themes Dominate SITE Santa Fe's Biennial
The second edition of the SITElines biennial has a razor-sharp gracefulness that cuts with equal parts beauty and bitterness.
Books
Vintage Cameras and the Imperfect Photographs They Take
David Ellwand has collected over 100 vintage cameras and published the photographs he’s taken with them in RetroPhoto: An Obsession.
Interview
MacArthur Fellow Mary Reid Kelley on Dismantling Sexual Taboos with Humor
In Mary Reid Kelley’s videos, bawdy characters, performed by the artist, bewitch with complex wordplay.
Art
The Unsung Woman Artist Behind Your Tarot Cards
In 1909, Pamela Colman Smith collaborated with occultist A. E. Waite on the most popular tarot deck of the 20th century.
Art
An Attempt to 3D Model Jorge Luis Borges's Library of Babel
Programmer Jamie Zawinski has created a digital rendering of the infinite, hexagonal library that is the subject and setting of Jorge Luis Borges's short story "The Library of Babel."
Art
From van Gogh to William Blake, the Met Spotlights a Masterpiece a Week
For the 100th anniversary of the Department of Drawings and Prints, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is selecting a different work to highlight each week.
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197 Years After It Opens, the Prado Museum Gives a Woman a Solo Show
Today, Spain's national art museum opened its first solo exhibition devoted to a female artist ever.