Art
A Prototype for a New System of Composting Human Remains
The Urban Death Project is building a structure at Washington State University where human remains will be transformed into soil.
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Art
How Dutch Wax Fabrics Became a Mainstay of African Fashion
The Philadelphia Museum of Art examines the past and present of Vlisco fabrics, a symbol of our hyperconnected, postcolonial material world.
Books
Trying Famous Photographers’ Recipes, from Avedon’s Pot Roast to Adams’s Eggs
The Photographer's Cookbook is a real gem for photo enthusiasts, featuring the favorite recipes of 50 major photographers, from William Eggleston to Marion Faller.
Books
A Tour of Timekeeping in Rare Books
Through 86 volumes that span the 15th century to the present, the Grolier Club visualizes the development of modern timekeeping.
Announcement
Get an MFA in Intermedia + Digital Arts at Baltimore’s UMBC
UMBC’s Intermedia + Digital Arts [IMDA] MFA Program invites interdisciplinary artists seeking to expand or reinvent their practice to apply.
Art
A Sound Installation in Miami's Drains Warns of the Impending Flood
Cara Despain’s “Sea Unseen” tells the tale of a great American paradise that's swiftly and frantically overtaken by the sea.
Art
Glimpses of the Afterlife in Swoon’s New Installation
Artist Caledonia “Swoon” Curry glimpsed the afterlife when her mother died in 2013, but it took years of research for Swoon to connect this visceral event with what's known as a "shared death experience."
Interview
The Most Important Question About Modern Art's Great Men: Hot or Not?
In her new book, Hot or Not: 20th-Century Male Artists, Jessica Campbell passes definitive judgment on sex appeal of canonical modernists.
Comics
Planning Your Post-Election Relaxation
When all the ballots are in, you're gonna need some you time.
In Brief
Mexican Architects Imagine Trump’s Border Wall as a Pink Homage to Luis Barragán
A group of interns at architecture firm Estudio 3.14 created 3D renderings to visualize Trump’s proposed Southern border wall as a tribute to Mexican architectural heritage.
In Brief
Two Imprisoned Iranian Artists Pen Letter of Protest
"We urge all artists from around the world to show their protest and criticism against all of this," artists and brothers Hossein Rajabian and Mehdi Rajabian wrote in a letter from Iran's notorious Evin Prison.
Art
Machines Triggered by the Ghost of Thomas Eakins
Artist Fernando Orellana is summoning the ghost of Thomas Eakins to Philadelphia through art machines and nude models.