Inherent vice: What to do with decaying masterpieces?

A growing and influential intellectual movement aims to understand why human progress happens – and how to speed it up. Garrison Lovely investigates.

Our world is awash with a rainbow of colours, but certain shades can have a surprising impact on our ability to concentrate, our mood and even our taste.

Speaking a second or even a third language can bring obvious advantages, but occasionally the words, grammar and even accents can get mixed up.

«our languages aren't just static throughout our lives but shifting, actively competing and interfering with each other.»

The Renaissance master was boundlessly ambitious and intimidatingly energetic, charming, good-looking, diplomatic, and utterly opportunistic.

Seasons and the natural rhythms of bees determine much of Ava Roth’s practice, which hinges on collaborating with the fuzzy pollinators. The Ontario-based artist (previously) stitches elaborate…

Ancient myth, magic, history and sci-fi are inspiring an exhilarating, fantastical Afrofuturist realm in a new exhibition. Arwa Haider talks to the artists involved.

Heizer’s sprawling installation of manmade forms in the dusty Nevada desert runs a mile and a half long and can only be explored on foot.

With traffic deaths rising in the US, some cities are turning crosswalks and intersections into eye-catching murals -- with life-saving results.