We Are Reading Less Literature
That’s one finding of new research from the National Endowment for the Arts. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: lpnphotography/Flickr)…
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One Last Thing: The Prison Tattoo
Captivity will beget invention. Modern American prisoners can jury-rig tattoo machines out of objects available at the commissary.…
My Peers Prefer That Painting? Oh Yeah, Me Too
Art appreciation isn’t necessarily a matter of individual taste. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Most of…
Making Art Will Lower Your Stress Level
Turn off cable news and start molding some clay. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: lifesauntering/Flickr) With tension and fear…
Skinny Sculptures Inspire Sensible Snacking
Visual cues can inhibit overeating. By Tom Jacobs Alberto Giacometti at work. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Whether or not…
Museums in the Age of Social Media
And how we can support them. By Karen Mittelman A visitor interacts with the Collection Wall inside Gallery…
And That’s Me With the Mona Lisa!
Surprised museum researchers find many visitors snap photographs of themselves with the masterpieces.
How Do You Make a Living, Mid-Career Artist?
Noah Davis talks to Hank Willis Thomas about the value of an MFA, the problems and advantages of living in New York as an artist, and what banking and art have in common.
A Look at Japan’s Blinged-Out Trucking Subculture of Dekotora
As with many cultural artifacts, the Japanese have taken the truck and expressed it, enlarged it, raised it to what we might consider an architectural form.
How Do You Make a Living, Entrepreneur?
Noah Davis talks to Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake about skipping class, the value of a liberal arts education, and the most difficult language to learn.