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“Hey, Richard Wagner — why so serious? The 19th century German composer of “The Ring of the Nibelung” wasn’t known for his sense of humor. His long, serious operas barely crack a smile while tackling such singularly un-funny subjects as
“The vocoder—code name Special Customer, the Green Hornet, Project X-61753, X-Ray, and SIGSALY—started distorting human speech in earnest during World War II, in response to the excellence of German wiretapping. It worked by dividing a voice into its constituent frequencies
“The Freaks are coming back to Coney Island this weekend for the annual Congress of Curious Peoples, An Amazing Collection of Human Marvels, a event of performances, exhibitions and films by 21st century sideshow artists until 18 April. This year,
“From inter-linked megatowers to submerged cities floating like jellyfish, architects have planned for Australia’s population boom and the effects of climate change for this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale…” ‘When you’re alone and life is making you lonely you can always
“Damien Hirst carefully places a Coca-Cola can on a simple white plinth. It sits on the grand marble staircase in the foyer of Monaco’s Oceanographic Museum. The Coke can is empty, but it shares the plinth with a giant clam
One of the largest private archives documenting the mid-20th-century furniture designers Charles and Ray Eames has been withdrawn from an auction scheduled for Thursday because of a lawsuit contesting ownership. The paperwork, which fills more than 100 binders, was to
“ANNIE LEIBOVITZ faces new accusations of baulking at bills, less than a month after the photographer struck a deal intended to resolve financial problems that had risked her rights to some of pop culture’s most famous images. “The investment group
“WITH war graves to one side and Anglican tombstones to the other, an exhibition of contemporary sculpture at Rookwood Cemetery is raising eyebrows. “Scattered over the cemetery’s Remembrance Lawn, the works in Hidden: A Rookwood Sculpture Walk include a skull
Art Month kicks off in Sydney in March and features exhibitions in more than 50 galleries including public museums, commerical spaces, ARIs and auction houses. Art Month will also be staging a series of lectures, tours, workshops and symposiums. The
“Since 2006, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been orbiting Mars, currently circling approximately 300 km (187 mi) above the Martian surface. On board the MRO is HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, which has been photographing the