Arts + Culture

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

From Russia With Doubt

From Russia with Doubt is the true story about brothers Ron and Roger Pollard, two amateur collectors who enjoyed going to flea markets and estate sales, picking up objects, paintings — anything they happened to like.

Observed|Essays

A Sculpture on the Moon

Slate has a fascinating article about artist Paul van Hoeydonck and his three-and-a-half inch scultpure, Fallen Astronaut that was (and still is) exhibited on the moon.

Observed|Essays

Fairy Tale Architecture

A roundup of our holiday Fairy Tale Architecture posts.

Observed|Essays

Painting on Black Velvet

Collector's Weekly has a wonderful homage to the "the paintings the art world loves to hate", those on black velvet.

Adam Harrison Levy|Designer/Artist Cooking Series

Artist’s Cookbook: Joel Meyerowitz

Photographer Joel Meyerowitz's story of marriage and pasta con le sarde.

Rick Poynor|Essays

Martin Sharp: From Satire to Psychedelia

The late Martin Sharp was a visual innovator whose work erased artificial distinctions between applied image-making and fine art.

Debbie Millman|Insights Per Minute

Debbie Millman on Sleep

Debbie Millman is a designer, author, educator, strategist and host of the podcast Design Matters.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Lunch with the Critics: Fourth-Annual Year-End Awards

Our intrepid critics, Alexandra Lange and Mark Lamster, celebrate (and castigate) the best and worst architecture and design of 2013.

John Bertram|Insights Per Minute

John Bertram on Silence

John Bertram is a graduate of Yale School of Architecture and the principal of Bertram Architects in Los Angeles. He is co-editor (with Yuri Leving) of Lolita - The Story of a Cover Girl: Vladimir Nabokov's Novel in Art and Design, and the …

Adam Harrison Levy|Designer/Artist Cooking Series

Artist’s Cookbook: April Gornik

Artist April Gornik taught herself to cook from Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

W.S. Merwin|Poetry

The New Song

A poem by W.S. Merwin.

Cheryl Heller|Insights Per Minute

Cheryl Heller on Words

Cheryl Heller is the Founding Chair of the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation, at SVA. She has founded two companies and taught creativity to leaders and organizations around the world.