Image title: Siren Medium: Bronze Date: ca. 1600 Source: The Met Collection “ In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge. ” — François de La Rochefoucauld ‘More Than Skin Deep’: Tattooing as Portable Sculpture Across Cultures Introduction: Rethinking the Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. ” — Anaïs Nin ‘Sonification’ as Sculpture: Turning Read more…
Image title: Mars and Venus United by Love Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1570s Source: The Met Collection “ Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. ” — Kahlil Gibran Venus on Mars: Rewriting Feminine Beauty Through Sci-Fi Aesthetics Introduction: Beyond the Read more…
Image title: Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1658 Source: The Met Collection “ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ” — Pablo Picasso Data-Driven Deities: AI Artists Reimagine Mythology for the Algorithm Read more…
Image title: Miniature tabard Medium: Cotton, camelid hair, silk, metal Date: 1600–1700 Source: The Met Collection “ If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well. ” — Warren Buffett Knots, Threads, and Resistance: The Radical Textiles of Latin American Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty. ” — Cicero ‘Third Eye’ Draftsmanship: Drawing Practices Inspired by Mysticism Introduction: Drawing as a Portal Throughout history, artists Read more…
Image title: The Forest in Winter at Sunset Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1846–67 Source: The Met Collection “ To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do. ” — Kahlil Gibran ‘What Read more…
Image title: Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1891 Source: The Met Collection “ We lost because we told ourselves we lost. ” — Leo Tolstoy Velvet Brushstrokes and Silicon Dreams: How AI Revives Lost Painting Techniques Introduction: The Intersection of Code and Canvas Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. ” — Arthur Schopenhauer The Marble Algorithm: What Sculpture Teaches Us Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ I’m not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You’re as old as you feel. ” — Elizabeth Arden Who Owns Your Face?: Portraiture Read more…