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How Would You Draw the Internet?
What would the internet look like, if you had to draw it?
Photo Essays
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The Marvels of India's Maze-like Stepwells
For the past four years, journalist Victoria Lautman has been photographing an overlooked feature of Indian architectural history: the stepwell.
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The Whimsical Forms of Soviet Bus Stops
For over a decade, photographer Christopher Herwig travelled through 15 former Soviet countries on a scavenger hunt for one specific form of architecture: the common bus stop.
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A Worthy Renovation for the Wadsworth Atheneum's European Art Galleries
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Wadsworth Atheneum's fixed-up and rehung Morgan Great Hall, a soaring gallery filled with paintings and sculptures spanning 300 BCE to 1891 CE, reopens to the public Saturday after being closed for six years.
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Hand-tinted Photos of Geishas and Idyllic Landscapes in Early Modern Japan
Japan’s Meiji period (1868–1912) is commonly described as a time of quick economic and political modernization and self-conscious competition with Western military might and colonial aspirations.
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18th-Century Anatomical Illustrations Reveal Flayed Flesh and Shining Bones
In the 18th-century, French artist Jacques Gautier-D’Agoty painted numerous dissected corpses with muted colors and quiet dignity that made them appear alive, despite the flayed skin and exposed muscles.
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We Painted Famous Artworks with Donald Trump's Face
Donald Trump came under fire again this week after making some pretty outrageous statements about GOP presidential rival Carly Fiorina’s face, so it’s especially timely that someone on the internet gifted us with “Paint with Donald Trump,” a website that lets you paint with eight of Trump’s most rid
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Pablo Picasso, Now in 3D
It's hard to get excited for another Pablo Picasso exhibition. He is, after all, the Steven Spielberg of European modernism — flashy, prolific, proficient at a vast range of genres, and overrepresented in the mainstream cultural canon.
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Wearable Tech that Fits Like a Glove
Making Patterns is the first exhibition at Eyebeam’s residency at the Seaport.
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Why Don't More Americans Go to Museums?
In the past we may have turned to pollsters or psychics, while today we turn to Twitter to look at the hive mind and discover why.
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Portraits of Contemplative and Cocky Poultry
For most of her four-decade-long career, photographer Jean Pagliuso focused her lens on the fashion industry and on Hollywood, producing images of celebrities meant for magazines and movie posters.
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Found Photographs Show How Couples Light It Up During Chinese Weddings
There are nearly as many smokers in China as there are Americans in the United States. That staggering statistic might help explain the central role cigarettes play in traditional Chinese weddings.