Observations

Pop Culture

How Has RuPaul’s Drag Race Changed the Contemporary Scene?

Art

Reflecting the Self: Mirrors in Contemporary Art

Art

The Artists Encouraging Us to Make Peace with our Demons

Art

Hedge Your Bets: The Timeless Pleasure of Topiary

Art

When Art Goes Disco Dancing

Art

Fillers, Filters, and Facials: Can Art Hold up a Mirror to Cosmetic Surgery Culture?

Art

David Lynch Wants You to Play Detective in His Mysterious Paintings

Pop Culture

Reconsider the Lobster: The Enduring Symbolism of the Humble Crustacean

Art

One Giant Leap for Art: The Creatives Who Fly Us to the Moon

Photography

Why Do Images of Food Make Us Hungry?

Art

Warning: Fragile? The Artists Tearing Up Polystyrene

Art

Paint, Meat and Blood: The Forceful Symbolism of Raw Flesh

Art

Pulp Fiction: The Endurance of the Perfect Pop Aesthetic

Art

Milton Avery’s “Heroic Cast” of Normal People Chime with the Instagram Age

Art

Dirty Rotten Mouthfuls: Why Artists Love Decaying Food

Life

Sorry, We’re Closed: Summer Holidays in the Art World

Article

The Artists Using Technology to Harness the Forces of Nature

Pop Culture

Pointless Profundity? How Twitter Art Bots Are Shaking Up Visual Culture

Pop Culture

The Seductive Allure of the Diner

Pop Culture

Imperfection, Lust and Disgust: The Art of Designing Food Magazines

Art

Sweat, Push, Baby! Artists Busting the Hollywood Creation Myth

Art

How Do You Present Performance Art Once It’s All Over?

Art

A Pain That I’m Used To: When the Art World Embraced S&M

Art

The Sensual Plant: How Ecosexuality Found Fertile Ground in the Art World