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Nick Cave’s Soundsuits: An Artist’s Take On Racial Profiling In The US

Racial profiling is sadly a recurring theme in the United States. Artist Nick Cave examines the phenomenon through art, movement, and fabric.

By Erin Kelly • Jul 26, 2015

Nick Cave’s Soundsuits: An Artist’s Take On Racial Profiling In The US

Racial profiling is sadly a recurring theme in the United States. Artist Nick Cave examines the phenomenon through art, movement, and fabric.

By Erin Kelly • July 26, 2015

Snarkitecture’s “Beach” Is Taking Over Washington D.C.

Brooklyn-based design firm Snarkitecture just installed the world's most bizarre "beach." And you can visit it.

By Kiri Picone • Jul 17, 2015

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Snarkitecture’s “Beach” Is Taking Over Washington D.C.

Brooklyn-based design firm Snarkitecture just installed the world's most bizarre "beach." And you can visit it.

By Kiri Picone • July 17, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXVIII

The First Color Photographs Of The United States On some subconscious level, most of us imagine that the world before, say, 1920 existed in black and white. And why not? That’s what the photographic record of the era would have us believe. But as far back as 1889–14 years before...

By John Kuroski • Jun 26, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXVIII

The First Color Photographs Of The United States On some subconscious level, most of us imagine that the world before, say, 1920 existed in black and white. And why not? That’s what the photographic record of the era would have us believe. But as far back as 1889–14 years before...

By John Kuroski • June 26, 2015

What José Guadalupe Posada’s Skeleton Cartoons Teach Us About Life

In José Guadalupe Posada's world, we must start by affirming one truth: we will all one day be skeletons. Life becomes a lot simpler once we accept that.

By John Schellhase • Jun 14, 2015

What José Guadalupe Posada’s Skeleton Cartoons Teach Us About Life

In José Guadalupe Posada's world, we must start by affirming one truth: we will all one day be skeletons. Life becomes a lot simpler once we accept that.

By John Schellhase • June 14, 2015

Bizarre, Wacky & Awesome: Public Art Around the World

Art (literally) comes in all shapes, sizes, mediums, and perspectives. Similarly, public art fulfills a variety of purposes: it brings color to dark cities, visually comments on important social issues, creates conversation between people and their surroundings, and entertains both locals and tourists. No two pieces are quite alike, as...

By Kiri Picone • Jun 10, 2015

Bizarre, Wacky & Awesome: Public Art Around the World

Art (literally) comes in all shapes, sizes, mediums, and perspectives. Similarly, public art fulfills a variety of purposes: it brings color to dark cities, visually comments on important social issues, creates conversation between people and their surroundings, and entertains both locals and tourists. No two pieces are quite alike, as...

By Kiri Picone • June 10, 2015

Etheldreda Laing’s Autochrome Garden Of Eden

At the turn of the century, Etheldreda Laing used her seasoned artistic eye and emerging technology to create timeless scenes of innocence and grace.

By Erin Kelly • May 30, 2015

Etheldreda Laing’s Autochrome Garden Of Eden

At the turn of the century, Etheldreda Laing used her seasoned artistic eye and emerging technology to create timeless scenes of innocence and grace.

By Erin Kelly • May 30, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXIV

Arresting Masks From Around The World Come Halloween, masks are products of commerce and pop culture, used for both horror and humor. But apart from Halloween–and especially in many countries beyond our borders–masks remain rooted in tradition and folkways, used for both celebration and protest. In Burundi, a mask made...

By John Kuroski • May 29, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXIV

Arresting Masks From Around The World Come Halloween, masks are products of commerce and pop culture, used for both horror and humor. But apart from Halloween–and especially in many countries beyond our borders–masks remain rooted in tradition and folkways, used for both celebration and protest. In Burundi, a mask made...

By John Kuroski • May 29, 2015

Alejandro Duran Turns Trash Into An Incredible Art Project

We must look no further than the nasty, thousand-mile-wide strip of decomposing plastic in the northern Pacific Ocean to know that our world is becoming more polluted. Yet artist Alejandro Duran doesn’t let this reality deter his creative process; rather, this reality incites it. Rounding up oceanic debris found along...

By Kiri Picone • May 22, 2015

Alejandro Duran Turns Trash Into An Incredible Art Project

We must look no further than the nasty, thousand-mile-wide strip of decomposing plastic in the northern Pacific Ocean to know that our world is becoming more polluted. Yet artist Alejandro Duran doesn’t let this reality deter his creative process; rather, this reality incites it. Rounding up oceanic debris found along...

By Kiri Picone • May 22, 2015

Artist Guido Daniele Turns Your Arm Into Your Favorite Animal

And you thought that jewelry was the only way to transform your hand into something more exotic.

By Savannah Cox • May 19, 2015

Artist Guido Daniele Turns Your Arm Into Your Favorite Animal

And you thought that jewelry was the only way to transform your hand into something more exotic.

By Savannah Cox • May 19, 2015

Surreal Synesthesia Paintings Translate Sound To Color

What would you do if the sounds you encountered every day were accompanied by an involuntary flurry of color? Or, say, a David Bowie song tasted like eggplant? For those with synesthesia, events like this can happen every minute of every day. In most cases, the human senses operate independently...

By Erin Kelly • May 10, 2015

Surreal Synesthesia Paintings Translate Sound To Color

What would you do if the sounds you encountered every day were accompanied by an involuntary flurry of color? Or, say, a David Bowie song tasted like eggplant? For those with synesthesia, events like this can happen every minute of every day. In most cases, the human senses operate independently...

By Erin Kelly • May 10, 2015