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He was also a eugenicist — but at least he could draw pretty pictures.
Even lifelong technologists and AI researchers like myself were genuinely surprised by the speed and impact of generative AI.
Is the dumpster in the alley worthy of a poem?
Climate activists' brand of iconoclasm is far removed from the Beeldenstorm that swept medieval Europe.
A conservator from the Rijksmuseum explains how they went about investigating whether the painting is a genuine Rembrandt.
By challenging your preconceptions, art offers a framework by which you can solve problems.
Studying neuroscience through art.
If measuring eLearning ROI is so important, why aren’t more organizations doing it?
"Salvator Mundi" sold for a record-breaking $450 million in 2017, but is it really as valuable as people were led to believe?
Modernism has lasted longer than any art movement since the Renaissance.
The artifacts were often made from found objects – an Ivory dish-soap bottle transformed into an earthenware figure.
Perfectionism is on the rise, and its consequences for mental health can be devastating. The Japanese philosophy of "wabi sabi" can help.
Who should be compensated?
Looking at ourselves in a mirror — or on a video call — shapes our sense of self. But what you see is not what others see.
Rock art in northern Australia depicts marsupial lions, giant kangaroos, and other megafauna that populated the Land Down Under long ago.
An interactive “globe of notability” shows the curious correspondences and the strange landscape of global fame.
Rare and costly paints have shaped art history in unforeseen ways. Mummy brown caused one artist to bury his paint.
Is "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch a condemnation of sin or a celebration of hedonism? Art historians still aren’t sure.
When you're a genius, how do you make ends meet?
For centuries, men prevented women from writing music. These classical composers broke with social norms and made their mark on history.
Paintings played an important role in these ancient civilizations. Unfortunately, pigment is not nearly as durable as marble.
Moments of social anxiety around truth tend to be accompanied by similar “fool the eye” pop culture phenomena.
Frank Slater’s book "Practical Portrait Painting" reveals the secrets of masters old and new, from Leonardo da Vinci to Augustus John.
From Brahms to Tchaikovsky, here's a curated list of composers whose music has shaped the classical canon.
The gaze of another person can make us conceive of our body as an object.
People who visit Florence seem strangely susceptible to Stendhal syndrome, which is blamed on an overwhelming sense of awe.
Undiagnosed brain disease or divine inspiration? The origins of the French composer’s most provocative composition remain up for debate.
Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.
The most technically impressive feats of animation often strike us as eerie instead of impressive, and it’s all thanks to the uncanny valley.