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an up-close portrait of a snow owl's face

Since 1981, One Man Has Relocated Nearly 1,000 Snowy Owls from Logan Airport

May 2, 2025

a hand slotting a piece of wood in a motif

Unwind with the Ancient Japanese Art of Kumiko, a Wood Joinery Technique

April 25, 2025

an animated gif of a band performing with mirrors

OK Go’s New Music Video Is a Dizzying Kaleidoscope of 60 Mirrors and 29 Robots

April 18, 2025

an animated gif of strange characters dancing

A Bizarre Animated Music Video for Foxwarren Compels Us to Listen

April 11, 2025

a still of a mother and daughter grabbing paint cans

How Do You Honor an Artist? A Daughter Grapples with Continuing Her Mother’s Legacy

April 10, 2025

an animated gif of a boy riding a horse, dog grabbing a toy, and a man with a mask

A Music Video for Corridor Is a Frenetic Collage of Our Disordered Attention

April 4, 2025

'The Garden of Earthly Delights,' a painting by Hieronymus Bosch, featuring three panels depicting Creation and Adam and Eve, a central panel thought to suggest what the world would be like if the Temptation had never happened, with numerous figures and uncanny events happening, and a third panel depicting Hell with monstrous figures and darkness

Traverse Hieronymus Bosch’s ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ with Smarthistory

March 24, 2025

a large, whimsical house flanked by trees, painted in numerous colors with a wide variety of ornamental elements

In ‘Electric Garden,’ Ricky Boscarino Leads a Tour of His Whimsical Handbuilt Home

March 24, 2025

a detail image of a portrait of a black woman with a sun hat in front of sunflowers

A Visit to Amy Sherald’s Studio Revels in Her Commitment to Beauty

March 19, 2025

a film still of a giant red cowboy with his leg on the top of a gas stantion

A Trio of Stop-Motion Shorts Utilize an Involved 3D-Printing Technique

March 8, 2025

two wooden structures stand parallel. the one closest to the viewer has a metal window plate that casts a shadow of a family

‘The Praise House’ Shares the Story of a Contemplative Installation on an Alabama Plantation

March 6, 2025

a fast gif of three dancers in modernist costumes

Watch the Brilliant Ballet that Brought Dance to the Bauhaus Movement

March 3, 2025

the artist standing next to a large gong in the cab of an empty bus

In a Retrofitted School Bus at the U.S.-Mexico Border, Guadalupe Maravilla Heals Through Vibrations

February 26, 2025

a gif from a music video of a dance company's choreography through an art museum, all wearing pastel outfits and dark bob wigs

CDK Company Makes Moves Through a Contemporary Art Museum to Billie Eilish’s ‘Bittersuite’

February 26, 2025

a gif from a short documentary showing a man wearing a black hat and jeans as he walks to the front of a garage door painted with the words "John's Beachcombing Museum"

A Short Documentary Celebrates the Fruits of Nearly Five Decades of ‘Extreme Beachcombing’

February 25, 2025

a detail image of a colorful mural divided into eight parts depicting women in various professions

A New Documentary Traces How a Faith Ringgold Mural at Rikers Island Helped Women Break Free

February 13, 2025