Craft in America: MESSAGES
Craft has the ability to entice viewers to consider topics that they might find difficult. By expressing their ideas through their work, artists add meaning to the objects they create.
The history behind your favourite William Morris designs
At a time when factories were reshaping society, Morris and his contemporaries believed mass production was damaging not only the lives of workers, but also the beauty and meaning of…
Craft in America: HOME
HOME visits craft artists whose environments are filled with meaning and metaphor
Craft in America: Science
Nature, space, algorithms, and more serve as inspiration for artists connecting their work to the world around them, from the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico to the computer science…
Jenny Holzer, Marquees, Times Square, 1993
“Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison.” While that might sound like an offbeat new marketing gambit by the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, the aphorism,…
Koji Yamamura, the Japan side of independent animation
Koji Yamamura is an independent animator known for his short films such as Mount Head, A Country's Doctor or more recently Muybridge's Strings. After visiting his atelier, we will follow…
Anarchic Cats Are Ensnared in Chaos in Léo Forest’s Dynamic Drawings
For Léo Forest, these lovable, independent, wily, and territorial creatures provide an endless source of inspiration for dynamic pencil drawings. The Paris-based artist’s playful works tap into the physical and…
Artist France-Lise McGurn on Making Painting Less Precious
France-Lise McGurn was born in Glasgow in 1983. She studied her BA at Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee, in 2005, her MA at the Royal College of Art, London, and her…
Artist Sheila Hicks: We’re Crying for Softness
In this personal interview, Sheila Hicks reflects upon her life, her accidental but formative meeting with Josef Albers at Yale University, and her discovery of the world of textiles.
The Norwich fossilised keyboard mystery
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