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Marine Tanguy — author and founder/CEO of MTArt Agency — argues that viewing and creating art has profound benefits.
From religious iconography to modern mysticism, the human aura has been a subject of fascination across centuries and cultures.
Ring galaxies are rare, but we think we know how they form. A new, early-stage version, the Bullseye galaxy, provides a new testing ground.
The artistic and the mathematical mind are not so far apart.
With no reliable way to discern the author of an artwork, we may eventually abandon the question of whether something was made by humans or not.
When we see pictures from Hubble or JWST, they show the Universe in a series of brilliant colors. But what do those colors really tell us?
Burns’ latest documentary dives into the long-romanticized life and work of the Italian polymath.
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The Grammy-nominated artist reflects on a life of heartbreak and a future full of hope.
Unlikely Collaborators
“I believe that in the future, there will be a Francis Bacon of AI art,” Saltz tells Big Think. “We just haven't seen that artist yet.”
“Dune: Part One” screenwriter Eric Roth spoke with Big Think about the challenges of bringing Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic to the big screen.
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Dr. Temple Grandin shares how we can unlock the hidden gifts of neurodivergent minds.
You've certainly seen the paintings — but they don't depict what you think they do. Benjamin Moser discusses with Big Think.
'Six Persimmons,' an ink painting by the Chinese monk Mu Qi, has long been hailed as the poster child of Zen Buddhism. But is its reputation deserved?
Using peach and eggplant emojis as shorthand for sex may seem like a new thing, but Renaissance artists were experts at using produce to imply intercourse.
Rejecting romanticism, these famous paintings depict war as it really is: sadistic and senseless.
In war zones, aggressors steal art to eradicate the cultural heritage of others. Victims, meanwhile, sell stolen art in order to survive.
The polymath used science to elevate his art.
An X-ray offers a glimpse into the painter’s early years.
Get ready for the most peculiar road trip that will help you understand the vastness and emptiness of the solar system — and Sweden.
A new book by historian and author Paul Strathern argues that the Northern European Renaissance has long been overlooked.
As the stream of AI-generated art turns into a deluge, NFTs could become a cornerstone of the Virtual Renaissance.
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This scientist made an algorithm to predict which artists succeed — all without even looking at their art.
To understand Vincent van Gogh, we must first debunk the myth of the tortured artist. Van Gogh believed his illness inhibited his creativity.
Most of us only ever see a fraction of a full rainbow: an arc. But optically, a full rainbow makes a complete circle. Physics explains why.
The glorious sights that JWST keeps revealing are less than a millionth of the whole Universe. Just imagine what else is out there.
In the West, discussions of 20th-century painting are dominated by Warhol and Picasso, but trendsetting artists are found everywhere.
To answer that question, we may have to figure out when the famed painter started to go bald.
Created in the 1880s, "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan," which depicts a father murdering his son, divides Russians to this day.
Even lifelong technologists and AI researchers like myself were genuinely surprised by the speed and impact of generative AI.