Fine Arts
Events September 7-9: Estranged Sisters, Honeybees and a Steinway Piano
This weekend, an acclaimed foreign film, butterflies and bees and Schubert all want to entertain you
September 06, 2012 |
By Jeanie Riess
Happy 100th Birthday to John Cage, Who Made a Lot of People Angry
Sixty years ago, John Cage put on a performance of a piece called 4'33" or "four minutes, thirty-three seconds." Today would have been his birthday
September 05, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Curiosity’s Latest: This Gigantic 3D Panorama of Mars
Using Curiosity's left and right navigation cameras, NASA produced a 3D panorama of the Martian surface
September 05, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Collage of Arts and Sciences: Now In Session
Our newest blog explores the fertile ground where art and science meet
September 04, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Events September 4-6: Quilting Guilds, John Cage at 100 and Stitch Sessions
This week, learn from a quilting guild, celebrate composer John Cage's avant-garde legacy and stitch a little
September 04, 2012 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Is Ai Weiwei China’s Most Dangerous Man?
Arrested and harassed by the Chinese government, artist Ai Weiwei makes daring works unlike anything the world has ever seen
September 2012 |
By Mark Stevens
The Swimsuit Series, Part 6: Ladies in Wading in Art
A look at how artists spent their summer vacations—at the beach
August 31, 2012 |
By Emily Spivack
At the Internet Cat Video Festival, LOLcats Become Art
The Internet Cat Video Festival brought LOLcats inside the walls of the gallery
August 31, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Help Illustrate the Internet With Wikipedia’s Photo Contest
The Wikimedia Foundation is hosting a photo contest, and you could win a trip to Hong Kong.
August 30, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Buddhism in China: An Enduring Legacy on View at the Freer
A new exhibit at the Freer examines the adoption of Buddhism in China through richly detailed paintings
August 29, 2012 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Amazing Shots Captured by Google Street View
One artist scours Google Street View for shocking, beautiful and amazing images
August 29, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Relive the 1940s Through These Old Color Photographs
The Library of Congress has more than 1600 color photos of WWII-era America
August 28, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Amy Henderson: That’s The Way It Was: Remembering Walter Cronkite
With 2012's national party conventions and subsequent coverage upon us, curator Amy Henderson from the National Portrait Gallery looks back at the most trusted man in news
August 27, 2012 |
By Amy Henderson
Events August 28-30: Belief + Doubt, Gallery Talks and Baby Animals
This week, see the latest from Barbara Kruger, crafting contemporaries and the Zoo's baby boom
August 27, 2012 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Electron Microscope Zooms In, Finds Life on Life on Life
There's a bacterium on a diatom on an amphipod on a frog on a bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea!
August 22, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Part 3: Who Are the Nominees for the Contemporary Artist Award?
The final part in our series introduces you to the work of five more artists, from giant roses to combat video games to surrealist assemblages
August 22, 2012 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Was Vincent van Gogh Color Blind? It Sure Looks Like It
Filtering van Goghs works to simulate color blindness unlocks strikingly different images, perhaps revealing something about the way the famous painter saw the world
August 20, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Events August 21-23: A Pilot’s Journey, Olympic Trivia and Conservation Clinics
This week, learn more about the Tuskegee Airmen, test your Olympic trivia and learn how to care for your heirlooms
August 20, 2012 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Inside the Unnerving Reality of Modern Slavery
The number of people currently in slavery is estimated to be upwards of 27 million — double the number of slaves taken from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade
August 17, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Through the Lens of Cosmo Covers: Remembering Helen Gurley Brown
With her magazine, the longtime editor sold sex as well as the latest, often provocative fashions
August 17, 2012 |
By Emily Spivack
