Uncanny Woven Portraits by Jason Chen Splice Two Moments in Time
“Coming to an End.” All images © Jason Chen, shared with permission Rather than capture a single moment, Jason Chen (previously) weaves together photographs taken just seconds apart, creating...
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United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield makes a speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, which overwhelmingly adopted a draft resolution demanding an immediate...
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It’s not just you. Credit scores are confusing as hell. When credit scores were invented just a few decades ago, they were hailed as a way to democratize lending. Today, they’ve become so essential...
View ArticleTwo Newly Discovered (and Very Tiny) Rembrandt Paintings Are On View for the...
Rembrandt portraits Jan and Jaapgen. All images courtesy of Rijksmuseum/Olivier Middendorp Standing just under eight inches tall, two oval portraits rediscovered after 200 years are now considered...
View ArticleNational Museum of Women in the Arts films
This series of films by Smartypants follows eight women artists in intimate portraits as they work in their studios.Powered by WPeMatico Go to the original Source Author: This post National Museum of...
View ArticleBiden weighs a “shocking” revival of Trump’s immigration agenda
Migrants attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico are detained at the border by US Customs and Border Protection on December 14, 2023, in Jacumba Hot Springs, California. | Nick Ut/Getty...
View ArticleMeticulous Embroideries by Cécile Davidovici Bring Objects to Life and Evoke...
All images © Cécile Davidovici, shared with permission Through densely embroidered still lifes and portraits, Cécile Davidovici stitches together a dialogue between time, objects, and nostalgia....
View ArticleWhat happens in Ukraine if US aid disappears?
US President Joe Biden, right, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrive during a news conference in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex, in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2023. |...
View ArticleBlack and Latino Americans haven’t experienced the same economy as everyone else
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View ArticleA Reissued Book Reveals Hundreds of Photos from Frida Kahlo’s Personal...
Adolfo Best Maugard, María Luisa Cabrera de Block, and Frida Kahlo, (1945). All images © 2010 Banco de México in its capacity as Trustee in the Trust relating to the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo...
View ArticleA historian’s advice to the Democrats trying to build stuff
President Joe Biden (right) stands on the GMC Hummer EV production line as he tours the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan, on November 17, 2021. | Magdel...
View ArticleHow to navigate a chronic illness
Getty Images/fStop Whether it’s your own or someone else’s. In 2020, Dave Venus couldn’t catch a break. First, he got sick with a mysterious illness that caused him constant fatigue. Then, a week...
View ArticleIn Surreal Portraits, Rafael Silveira Plunges Into the Mysteries of the Human...
“Extravaso.” All images © Rafael Silveira, shared with permission Brazilian artist Rafael Silveira supplants heads with bunches of flowers, flocks of birds, and plumes of smoke in fantastical portraits...
View ArticleWhy are Christmas movies all about kissing? A theory.
Hallmark’s Never Been Chris’d features a home-for-the-holidays love triangle. | Hallmark It’s the most ... romantic time of the year? This year alone, 116 new holiday movies were released to TV and...
View ArticleHow mindfulness went mainstream
Buddhist devotees meditate at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya Buddhist temple near Bangkok, Thailand, on June 3, 2023. | Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images Americans embraced meditation. So did corporations....
View ArticleAt Luna Luna, Immerse Yourself in the Art Amusement Park Nearly Lost to...
Photo by Joshua White. All images © Luna Luna, shared with permission In 1987, in Hamburg, Germany, an amusement park like no other popped up on the grounds of a public green. The brainchild of...
View ArticleConnecting Space and Play
Simon Hobbs, cofounder and chief design officer of digital experience practice ARCADE, explains his philosophy on imbuing XR experiences with narrative design.Powered by WPeMatico Go to the original...
View ArticleTens of Thousands of Clay Shavings Cloak Hattori Makiko’s Coiled Porcelain...
(2014), porcelaneous stoneware, 12 7/8 x 20 x 22 1/4 inches. Photo by Richard Goodbody. All images courtesy of Joan B Mirviss LTD, shared with permission Creating one of Hattori Makiko’s twisted...
View ArticleWhy the rape allegations against Diddy are coming to light now
Sean “Diddy” Combs, pictured at Howard University in October, was accused of trafficking and rape a month later by singer Cassie in a civil lawsuit that later inspired other women to come forward. |...
View ArticleIndigenous activists are risking their lives for butterflies
Karlotta Freier for Vox In Central Mexico’s forests, armed community members defend an iconic butterfly from cartel-backed logging. This story is part of a Vox series examining how the climate crisis...
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