Design Skill Awards 2025
Design Skill Awards 2025 The Design Skill Awards 2025 has officially opened its doors, launching its third edition as a global call to action for…
Lucy Davidson’s Stop-Motion Animation ‘Baggage’ Travels Through an ‘Insecurity Inspection’
For those of us who have regularly traveled through airports, the process of checking in—and checking bags—always seems undergirded by latent anxiety. What if a…
Humpback Whales Are Approaching People to Blow Rings. What Are They Trying to Say?
After the “orca uprising” captivated anti-capitalists around the world in 2023, scientists are intrigued by another form of marine mammal communication. A study released this…
Paper Sculptures Encounter Otherworldly Happenings in This Uncanny Animated Short Film
A day like any other takes an unexpected turn for the paper characters of Shotaro Kitada and Hoji Tsuchiya’s new animation. The filmmakers collaborated on…
In ‘The Quilters,’ Men in a Missouri Prison Sew Gifts for Children
In a room bigger than most at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, a group of men has volunteered for a creative project that…
How Do You Honor an Artist? A Daughter Grapples with Continuing Her Mother’s Legacy
Anyone who’s stood to inherit a family business knows the difficulty of charting one’s own course. “Legacy is complicated,” says Violet Oliphant-O’Neill, the daughter of…
A Bizarre Animated Music Video for Foxwarren Compels Us to Listen
Director Winston Hacking (previously) and animator Philippe Tardif are back with another collaborative music video that propels us through an uncanny series of portals. For…
A Music Video for Corridor Is a Frenetic Collage of Our Disordered Attention
The disorienting effects of technology are on full display in the chaotic, action-packed music video for Corridor’s “Jump Cut.” Cut-paper collage, archival footage, and rapid,…
Traverse Hieronymus Bosch’s ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ with Smarthistory
Have you ever wondered why two large owls sit on either side of the central panel in “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch?…
A Visit to Amy Sherald’s Studio Revels in Her Commitment to Beauty
From the studio to her childhood bedroom in Columbus, Georgia, to the museum, a new film from Art21 presents a broad portrait of Amy Sherald….
