Comics
The Boring Part of Making Art
It may force you to stop making art.
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In Brief
Parkas that Read Your Emotions and Project Them as GIFs
The animated GIF is the internet’s handiest shorthand for expressing complex emotions.
News
40,000 Canisters of Aerial Film from World War II Land Online
Aerial photography dates to the early years of the 20th century, when pioneers like George R. Lawrence launched cameras into the skies with kites.
Art
Two Artists Build Order and Chaos from Detritus
DETROIT — If you happen to be prone to synesthesia, you may want to give Kari Cholnoky’s exhibition Semi Lucid Steaks, at David Klein Gallery, a wide berth.
Art
The Handcrafted Paper Stencils of a Kimono Designer Who Turned to Prints
For decades, the late Japanese artist Yoshitoshi Mori worked as an established kimono designer, using a stencil-based technique to dye his textiles.
Art
Crocheting a Queer Vision of Art History
PHILADELPHIA — Just as you're rounding the corner, lamenting the fact that you must, in fact, climb another set of stairs, a smiling face greets you.
News
A Map Library Is Digitizing Its Rarest Globes as 3D Models
"Globes have a very low survival rate," explained Ian Fowler, director of the Osher Map Library (OML) at the University of Southern Maine.
In Brief
Chinese Government Has Had It with “Oversized, Weird” Architecture
Architects in China apparently need to tone down the quirkiness of their designs and quit erecting buildings that pass as giant pants, penises, and ancient coins.
Art
Unraveling the Lost Inca Language of Knots
The ancient Inca had no known written language, but they may have used an intricate language of knots.
Books
Supercharged Sex and Corporate Control in a Queer Erotic Novel
In My Wet Hot Drone Summer, anti-surveillance activists defeating corporate overlords is strangely sexy.
Interview
A Museum for Our Postnatural Age
The Center for PostNatural History’s mission is to collect, document, and study living organisms that have been intentionally altered by people.
Art
25 Years After an Obscenity Trial, Cincinnati Reflects on Robert Mapplethorpe
CINCINNATI — What do you think of when you hear the name “Robert Mapplethorpe?”