Arts & Culture
Tips for the Weekend
If the 40-hour work week feels long, remind yourself that the weekend is even longer.
21/02/2017
Memory of Color
Why is it that humans can perceive a million colors but only remember a fraction of them?
21/02/2017
The Sweet Sorrow of Rereading
Rereading books is like meeting old friends: The characters we thought we knew challenge us to incorporate fresh understanding.
21/02/2017
Imitation as Art
Touching countless readers with theories on love, language and literature, Roland Barthes turned his attention to an unlikely material: plastic.
21/02/2017
Day In The Life: Adia Trischler
Adia Trischler speaks about life on set and the difference between having it all and doing it all.
21/02/2017
Careless Whisper
Turn on, tune in, zone out: The pleasures and phenomena of half listening.
21/02/2017
Weekend Agendas: Six Cities
Creatives from six different cities tell the tales of their weekend adventures.
21/02/2017
On Schadenfreude
Do other people make us laugh, or are we laughing at other people? A comedian offers advice on where to draw the line.
21/02/2017
The Power of Influence
How is it that throughout history, similar ideas have often cropped up in different locations and, at times, seemingly simultaneously?
21/02/2017
Dance Theatre of Harlem
In 1968, at the height of the civil rights movement, Arthur Mitchell founded Dance Theatre of Harlem.
21/02/2017
Meaningful Coincidence
Is there a difference between chance and coincidence? Alex Anderson explores whether happenstance can ever really “just happen.”
21/02/2017
On The Waterfront
Composer Leonard Bernstein spent the summer of 1967 in Ansedonia, a sun-washed Roman town on the Italian coast.
21/02/2017
Kiyomi Iwata
Kiyomi Iwata shares her advice on how to create art while on the seesaw of children and career.
21/02/2017
How to Sleep: A Short Guide
Here, Harriet Fitch Little goes deep into sleep to find that, much like the human body itself, there’s no perfect formula.
21/02/2017
Marisol Escobar
Silent through the height of her stardom in the 1960s and absent at the peak of her career, an enigmatic sculptor receives a renaissance in death.
21/02/2017
Julie Hetta
For one photographer, an unusual concern: how to create images that are not too beautiful.
21/02/2017
Becoming Wise
“Cynicism is actually the laziest stance you could take.” What intelligent people still need to learn about the pursuit of wisdom.
21/02/2017
Getting Lost
Neuroscientist Paul Dudchenko speaks on why we get lost, the distress and thrill of disorientation and how getting lost can improve your skills.
17/02/2017
Jens Lekman
Swedish musician Jens Lekman reflects on the five-year hiatus leading up to his new album, existentialism in music and the elusive nature of his work.
14/02/2017
2017 Berlinale: Five Films
The 67th Berlinale is slated to serve up a host of noteworthy premieres. Jack Howard of Berlin Film Society selects his favorites.
09/02/2017
MoMA Responds to Trump Ban
In a display of solidarity for those affected by Trump's recent travel ban, one of the art world’s most established institutions is taking a stand.
08/02/2017
The Decisive Moment: Images à la Sauvette
An exhibition in Paris offers rare insight into the making of Henri Cartier-Bresson's iconic book, Images à la Sauvette.
03/02/2017
A Life in Grayscale: Gunnar Smoliansky
More than 65 years after he started taking photographs, Gunnar Smoliansky continues to make intricate studies in grandiose minimalism.
19/01/2017
Breaking From Convention: Fernand Léger
A significant piece of experimental filmmaking, Ballet Mécanique takes the viewer into a realm that transcends the rigid pattern of rational thought.
14/01/2017
The Brave New World of Lyubov Popova
The artistic practice of Lyubov Popova and the Russian VKhUTEMAS movement strove to shape the environment around them to help build a brave new world.
03/01/2017
