10 Documentaries That Actually Changed Things
By Kristin Hunt Lots of documentaries spark a conversation, whether it’s about social justice or climate change. But all too often, that...
Inside the Well-Traveled Sketchbooks of Artist Dina Brodsky
By Kate Sierzputowski Artist Dina Brodsky has many focuses to her practice, painting in miniature on canvas and paper, and recently...
Ingenious Hack for Sketching with Two Point Perspective Using an Elastic String
By Christopher Jobson This quick video demonstrates how to use a long elastic string anchored at the horizon of a canvas to sketch a...
J.K. Simmons: “Good writing makes me crazy”
SHORT PROFILE Name: Jonathan Kimble Simmons DOB: 9 January 1955 Place of birth: Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States Occupation: Actor...
How One Brazilian Dancer Is Changing The Lives Of Young Girls Through Ballet
Tuany Nascimento started dancing classical ballet as a child, an unusual passion for a girl growing up in Alemão, a network of favelas...
Artist Christo Guelov Creates Dozens of Colorfully Alternative Pedestrian Crossings in Madrid
By Christopher Jobson Seeing opportunity just under his feet, artist Christo Guelovwondered how a mundane street crossing could be...
When Kellie Jones Wanted To Study Black Art History, The Field Didn’t Exist. So She Created It Herself
When we heard word of this year’s MacArthur Fellows this week, we were particularly thrilled to see the name of curator, art historian...
9 Amazing Statues You Can Only See Underwater
By Claire Cock-Starkey The vast oceans contain many natural wonders, but they are also home to some astounding additions made by humans...
20 Composition techniques that will make your photos look better
There are no unbreakable rules when it comes to how you should compose your photographs After all, who likes rules except for your old...
Does school prepare students for the real world?
By Adora Svitak Are teenagers today prepared for life after school? Or are American students too coddled? Windsor High School student...
The 20 most influential books in history
What’s the most influential book you’ve ever read? For most of us, that’s a tough call to make. But that was the question put to the...
Artist builds a working swing on a BART Train
By Shaunancy Ferro Last month, a few lucky riders on the San Francisco Bay Area’s BART system watched as their normal commute turned...
All adverts in London’s underground station have been replaced with cat pictures
By James Gould-Bourn If you arrived at Clapham Common tube station one morning to find that every advert had been replaced with pictures...