Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on ...

Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on ...

Greek painter El Greco is one of the best known artists in the history of Western art, as his works have influenced countless painters.

With a cult of cost-chainsawing threatening every facet of the US government, what might become of the tens of thousands of ...

Mary Mathews has come a long way since her first log cabin crazy quilt in 25 years. She started improvising and learned to ...

The first time I stepped into Old Tarble, sunlight streamed through the windows, catching dust motes and making the studio feel alive: light, glowy, and ...

Thus far, she has had two exhibitions: one in L.A. this past fall and another currently on in New York, “Silent Music,” which features twelve large-scale abstract paintings. Observer caught up ...

Columbia University is now the epicenter of the American culture war. The Trump administration is targeting a former Columbia student — and the university itself — as a test case for its new ...

It’s also a history, in some respects, of magical thinking: of ascribing quasi-mystical ... Show me a piece of art that is made entirely by AI, and that is “absolutely insanely good” and ...

In the more abstract sense, over-relying on these systems could potentially stifle critical thinking and decision-making. (Just ask any teacher whose students use comparatively less powerful tools ...

However, critical thinking requires time and practice to develop properly. The more people rely on automated technology, the faster their metacognitive skills may decline. What are the consequences of ...

As Shakespeare put it, we all have our entrances and our exits on this grand stage we call life, and now researchers have identified the specific point in middle-age when our brain cells show the ...