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283 articles-
Making Art with Pythons and Lionfish
One artist is raising awareness of invasive species by creating paintings with their discarded remains -
What Makes an Opera Star Stand Out?
A singular quality unifies favorites -
The Female Artist Who Showed How Plants and Insects Relate
Her illustrations had a lasting impact on future botanical artists -
The Pleasure of Patterns in Art
The interplay between repetition and variation is central to how we enjoy creative work -
Origami Fit for the Cosmos
The traditional art of paper folding has long been used in space, but new flower-like patterns could be game-changers -
How to Restore a Rembrandt
It takes more than good chemistry -
A Living Gown
Iris van Herpen’s new bioluminescent dress made of algae debuts in Paris -
Art and Science in a Grain of Sand
Filmmaker Mark Levinson on the kinship between disciplines -
The Nautilus Summer Reading List
10 of our favorite recent books -
Lefties Aren’t as Creative as We Thought
In fact, righties may have the edge, contrary to popular belief
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“There Were Periods When I Felt He Ruined My Life”
Amanda Gefter talks about the exhausting and thrilling decade she spent writing about lost genius Peter Putnam
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What We Misunderstand About Robots
Sci-fi master Adrian Tchaikovsky on evolution, other minds, and the politics of science
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Making Art Out of Heartbeats
Allan Kaprow’s Time Pieces invites participants to feel time through shared awareness
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Hilma af Klint Celebrates the Supernatural in Nature
The Swedish artist’s eccentric botanic illustrations, on view publicly for the first time, weave mysticism with painstaking accuracy
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Thar Be Monsters
The art of unseen creatures and the dawn of science -
A Sci-fi Artist Who Draws From Real Life
A conversation with artist Yiran Jia. -
This Plaintive Song Is From a Land Without Lullabies
A rare tribe lacks music for dancing or soothing their young ones -
Manta Rays at Play
Underwater, the mantas circled Evie, ready for a game. A work of fiction. -
The Art of the Atomic
James Stanford’s images depict an Earth and sky fractured by nuclear power