Art

Composed of several thousand handmade ceramic poppies, the sculpture honors those lost in World War I, which ended 100 years ago next month.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Sorell Raino-Tsui helps connect Oakland's muralists with customers who can pay them fairly for their work. But what if he's helping hasten gentrification?

• By Alissa Greenberg

We spoke to Rickey Laurentiis about what he recommends reading, watching, and listening to.

• By Katie Kilkenny

A two-day-old is apparently not too young to benefit from listening to the Moonlight Sonata.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds the ability to recognize and manage feelings is beneficial to the creative process.

• By Tom Jacobs

Suffering songwriters have long helped listeners feel less lonely. If only we could repay the favor.

• By Hanif Abdurraqib

In refusing the restitution of stolen artifacts, museums ironically ask us to forget the crimes of the past while serving as custodians of history.

• By Aditi Natasha Kini

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

• By Varun Nayar
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PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

• By Chinelo Nkechi Ikem
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Hailu Mergia, once among the most beloved musicians in Ethiopia, spent the past two decades working as a cab driver in Washington, D.C. But he never stopped playing, and he's back at it again with a new album.

• By Jack Denton

We always assumed humans were the only species to create art. It now seems we were wrong.

• By Tom Jacobs

People visit the exhibition "Haneen, a Collective Work of Lebanese and Syrian Artists on the Impact of War on Childhood," in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, on February 20th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

• By Kristina Kutateli
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New research finds medical students who enjoy music and art have qualities that make them better, and less-stressed, doctors.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds we can often identify a song's intended purpose, even when it's a product of a distant culture.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research suggests the ability to play an instrument well is surprisingly sexy.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds visual artists do not do their best work during periods of bereavement.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research suggests vivid imagery is key to poetry's aesthetic appeal.

• By Tom Jacobs

Reflecting on a painting or poem can inspire innovative solutions to business-related problems.

• By Tom Jacobs

The Overpass Light Brigade first made social justice messages go viral in 2011—today, it continues to help activists realize their collective power.

• By Elizabeth King

New research finds it stimulates a pleasant form of mind-wandering.

• By Tom Jacobs

Members of the Edenbridge Bonfire Society unveil an effigy of film producer Harvey Weinstein on November 1st, 2017, in Edenbridge, England.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Humans are wary of computer-generated art, but new research suggests our views on the subject are malleable.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds observational skills learned at the museum can be easily applied to clinical work.

• By Tom Jacobs