Art
An Addictive Experiment in Annotating Footage from a London Street
In 1974, French writer Georges Perec's "An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris" is part of the inspiration behind Kyle McDonald's new online interactive Exhausting a Crowd.
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The Anxiety of Being a Critic on the Internet
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — After a total mindfuck of a weekend at Superscript, perhaps it is fitting that I began writing this attempt at a postscript in a note on my iPhone in airport terminals both with and sans-wifi, while hovering over grids of gradated green, ascending through strata of cumuli and
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Artists Explore the Many Sides of Our 21st-Century Selves
LONDON — “Looks” is a slippery word.
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My Relationship with the Color Green
I've always hated painting greens.
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Iranian Artist Gets 12 Years in Prison for Political Cartoon
Atena Farghadani, a 28-year-old artist on trial in Iran over a cartoon that depicts members of parliament as animals, has been sentenced to 12 years and 9 months in prison.
News
A Pakistani Comic Book Fights Religious Extremism
This week, Pakistani high schools are distributing comic books that authorities hope will dissuade at-risk teenagers from joining militant organizations like the Taliban.
Art
The Art of Accumulation at a New Orleans Shrine to the Plague Saint
The act of accumulating objects is one of our oldest forms of visual expression.
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Possible New Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci Discovered
Now, we may have another portrait to fill out our image of Leonardo.
Art
Unpacking the Contradictions in Quiet Ceramic Tableaus
DETROIT — How many points of conflict can be contained in a delicate arrangement of ceramic objects?
Opinion
Every Architectural Rendering Needs an Alexander Calder Sculpture
What is it about Alexander Calder sculptures that makes them irresistible to the artists who create architectural renderings?
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Archaeologists Find Solid Gold Scythian Vessels for Opium and Weed
In "a once-in-a-century discovery," archaeologists excavating in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia have discovered two intact, solid gold vessels used by the Scythians.
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29 Period and Historic Rooms at the Metropolitan Museum, Ranked
28. New York Dutch Room, Bethlehem, New York, 1751