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An artwork may be generative in some ways and not in others. A piece could have generative aspects even if the artist didn’t have that intention. There are ways in which a painting could be considered…

Art work by Banksy (title unknown). Source: Flickr For centuries, we have been telling ourselves a simple story about the origins of social inequality. For most of their history, humans lived in tiny…

Hannah Carlson's Pockets asks the tough questions.

Unlike nearly all other arts, architecture is inherently public and shared. That means that buildings should be designed to be agreeable – easy to like – not to be unpopular works of genius.

Would you say that a(n actual) banana duct-taped to a wall may be protected by copyright? And would you consider a claim that the author of said duct-taped banana copied the work of another artist who…

Follow Conservation intern Maxim as he prepares a spectacular metre-high offering vessel for our latest exhibition.

Iranian artists are showing renewed determination to promote freedom as a cultural necessity in Iran, even in the face of a government crackdown.

On subjectivity, gatekeeping, and the risk of leaving design industry terms like taste undefined.

What pen and pencil is best for sketching? Learn how the personality of pencils, pens, and brushes can influence your art and your creative growth. This is what you need to get started with drawing…

Pain is at the heart of a traditional education

«a curriculum that marries hard-won skill with creative expression is the ideal to strive for.»

When humans and a neural network viewed pieces of art, they all found the same images memorable. What those images have in common offers a glimpse into what fascinates the brain.

Sometimes painted with a single eyelash, Willard Wigan's tiny sculptures fit in the eye of a needle

The critical tide is turning, once again. The professional critics—and not just the old, curmudgeonly ones—are fed up with moralizing, and they are willing to […]

In the early 1990s, two Russian artists named Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid hired a market research firm to survey the public on what they wanted in a work of art. Across 11 countries they then…

Are.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge.

The goal is not to expose the “slipups” of the masters but to understand the human brain.

Long a matter of philosophical speculation, the idea of multiple realities has been given new artistic licence by physics