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Animals Cope with Apocalypse in a Hand-Drawn Animated Film

by Jon Hogan December 14, 2017December 13, 2017

Alberto Vázquez’s Birdboy seeks a visual language for dealing with adult themes through traditionally childlike devices.

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The First Animation Is Film Festival Showcases the Best of Today’s Animation

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 20, 2017February 10, 2020

The festival presents exceptional films in all styles of animation, from anime to stop-motion.

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A Trove of Early Japanese Animated Films Is Now Online

by Claire Voon April 4, 2017August 3, 2021

To celebrate the centennial of Japanese animation, the National Film Center of Japan recently uploaded over 60 films made between 1917 and 1941.

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From a Suicidal Sheriff to a Scrappy Sandpiper, a Look at the 2017 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

by Jon Hogan February 21, 2017

The five films nominated for this year’s Academy Award for the best animated short film use a range of animation and storytelling styles to shuttle characters and viewers across time and space.

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Picasso and Matisse Trade Blows in a Cubism vs. Fauvism Bar Brawl

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne June 30, 2016June 29, 2016

Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were the 20th century’s greatest artistic frenemies.

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Animations that Show Their Material Roots

by Rob Colvin February 16, 2016February 16, 2016

A silhouette of a horse is drawn mid-stride several times in layers to create the effect of motion.

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A Taste of Four Decades on the Fringes of Animation

by Daniel Larkin December 8, 2015December 9, 2015

A lonely pink figure walking down a shadowy track amidst glowing neon shapes is a poignant moment in Brian Smee’s “Sports” (2014). The scene also serves as an allegory for the genre of experimental animation.

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Hypnotic Animations of Vintage Op-Art Book Covers

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne November 23, 2015November 23, 2015

In the 1950s and ’60s, book cover designers borrowed from the aesthetics of the burgeoning Op art movement.

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See 14 Minutes of Deleted Terry Gilliam Animations for ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne October 19, 2015October 19, 2015

Snails with beards, rectal trumpeting, and ditties about King Arthur abound in Terry Gilliam’s never-before-seen deleted animations for Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

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Mesmerizing GIFs of Japan’s Floating World

by Claire Voon August 20, 2015August 20, 2015

Centuries-old Japanese ukiyo-e have received a delightful update, transformed into animated scenes that sometimes include surprising, modern imagery.

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A Brief Look at the 2015 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

by Jeremy Polacek February 13, 2015February 18, 2015

Often lost amid the Oscar season hype parade, the Academy Award–nominated short films are the lagniappe of the affair, a little extra dose of movie popcorn to munch on and enjoy, even if you skip out on the actual award show.

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Animating the Battles and Mythology of Greek Vases

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 26, 2014

Greek vases have some of the most lively of ancient art, and a duo called Panoply has been turning these vases into animations.

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“Like a Homecoming”: Gary Simmons Exhibition Opens at MCA Chicago
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“Like a Homecoming”: Gary Simmons Exhibition Opens at MCA Chicago

Gary Simmons: Public Enemy surveys the artist’s career in exposing legacies of race and class in US popular culture.

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