Tag: Art
How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism
Sally Jane Brown, West Virginia University
When American artist Dorothea Tanning painted “Birthday” in 1942, she announced her arrival...
Generative AI is most useful for the things we care about...
John P. Nelson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney can produce text, images...
Anxiety can often be a drag on creativity, upending the trope...
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
In the U.S., anxiety disorders affect about one-third of the population. So it’s no...
This engineering course has students use their brainwaves to create performing art
Francesco Fedele, Georgia Institute of Technology
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The...
Seeing what the naked eye can’t − 4 essential reads on...
The microscope is an iconic symbol of the life sciences – and for good reason. From the discovery of the existence of cells to...
Heritage algorithms combine the rigors of science with the infinite possibilities...
Audrey G. Bennett, University of Michigan and Ron Eglash, University of Michigan
The model of democracy in the 1920s...
A sculptor of wind explains how to make fiber dance far...
Janet Echelman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Janet Echelman says she never set out to be a sculptor of...
My art uses plastic recovered from beaches around the world to...
Pam Longobardi, Georgia State University
I am obsessed with plastic objects. I harvest them from the ocean for the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
