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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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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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Unpacking the Contradictions in Quiet Ceramic Tableaus
DETROIT — How many points of conflict can be contained in a delicate arrangement of ceramic objects?
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29 Period and Historic Rooms at the Metropolitan Museum, Ranked
28. New York Dutch Room, Bethlehem, New York, 1751
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Everything You Need to Know About This Friday’s Lost Lectures NY
Back again from London, The Lost Lectures returns to New York this Friday, June 5.
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Digital vs. IRL: A Tale of Two Superscripts
Being at Superscript was quite the meta experience.
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Imagining Real and Fictional History: Exhibits on 'Mad Men' and Chinese Fashion
New Yorkers could be forgiven this month for confusing their museum itineraries with the schedule of a vintage film festival, or an Anna May Wong-inspired Netflix binge.
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50 Years of Fighting to Save New York City's Historic Architecture
The obliteration of the McKim, Mead & White-designed Pennsylvania Station in 1963, just a half-century after its completion, helped galvanize grassroots preservation efforts that eventually led to New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner signing the Landmarks Law on April 19, 1965.
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A 19th-Century Glass Menagerie of Sea Creatures Gets a Retrospective
Melting glass over a flame, the 19th-century Czech father-and-son team of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka replicated in fragile detail specimens of the natural world.
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The Final Two Speakers for Lost Lectures Number Two Are Here: Tao Lin and Steve Duncan
As we prepare to welcome hundreds of guests to a still undisclosed NYC location this Friday, we're happy to announce that not one but two new speakers will be joining the final Lost Lectures Two lineup.