Click “Visit” on a museum’s page to get opening times, find out what’s on that day and navigate there in one click. We’ve also been experimenting with a new feature. The Art Recognizer is now available in London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery, Sydney’s Art Gallery of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Just pull up the app, point your phone’s camera to a painting on display and find all the information you want to know about the artwork. We’re planning to roll this out to museums around the world—so stay tuned.
Month: July 2016
US’s Largest Collection Of Mexican Art Gets A Long-Awaited Home
“This is the single largest collection of Mexican, Latino, and Chicano art in the U.S., with 17,000 pieces. Those include about 800 pieces of Mexican folk art donated by the family of Nelson Rockefeller and work by Mexican artist Diego Rivera.”
Neuroscientists And Philosophers Debate: Does The World Actually Exist?
Where philosophers have long debated how much we should trust our perception of the external world, neuroscientists operate on the assumption that we shouldn’t trust it much at all. According to neuroscience, it’s pretty much all in your head. Your world, through neuroscience’s empirical lens, is a construct you’ve built from patterns your brain has identified in sensory experiences.
Some Happy News From Turkey: Antiquities Traffickers Arrested With 2,000-Year-Old Statue Of Aphrodite
“Istanbul anti-smuggling police units contacted two suspects who were trying to sell historical artifacts obtained from illegal excavations upon received intelligence. The two suspects, identified as A.Ş. and Y.Z., demanded 1 million Turkish Liras for the 13 artifacts, which included the Roman period statue of Aphrodite, seven bottles, two wine cups, two cubes and a piece of sheet glass sent as a gift to a princess.”
If Writers Billed For Their Time And Had To Account For Their Hours…
Here’s what the ledger might look like. Christopher D. Legras investigates.
Fur Will Be Flying: ‘Cats’ Is Back On Broadway, And, Well, Not Everyone Is Happy About It
“Who wants Cats again? I posed the question to people of all stripes and have come to realize that the question is itself a theatrical acid test: It gives way to passionate replies on both sides. No one seems indifferent.”
Detroit Institute Of Arts Embarks On Plan To Become Leader In Showing African-American Art
“The new direction represents the first major shift in programming and collecting priorities since the Spanish-born Salort-Pons, the 46-year-old former DIA curator of European art, succeeded Graham Beal as director last fall. The commitment could transform the DIA into a true national power when it comes to collecting, exhibiting, studying and interpreting African-American art.”
Where The Stars Who Just Left ‘Hamilton’ Are Headed Next
For Leslie Odom Jr., Philippa Soo, and Daveed Diggs, there are films, television shows, a new musical, and a cabaret show. For Lin-Manuel Miranda, there’s probably world domination. (Don’t smirk – it’s just possible his father could be working in the White House next year.)
Crime In Most Of The US Is Way Down – Here’s Why So Many Americans Are Still So Fearful Of It
“According to a 2014 Gallup poll, 70 percent of Americans think that the crime rate is increasing, up from 63 percent in 2013. But the reality is that America is getting safer. The national crime rate is about half of what it was at the peak in 1991. … Nnow that crime rates are so low, people have ‘very little direct experience of crime,’ so their perceptions are mainly shaped by news media and entertainment.”
Too Cute: The Rise And Fall, Or At Least Leveling, Of Kawaii In Japan
Neil Steinberg looks at how the concept of kawaii arose in Japanese culture, why it works, how it became so prevalent that Japanese cities have officially promoted cute mascots, and what happens when some parts of the culture have had enough of the likes of Hello Kitty.