See much more of Sue Austin’s incredible wheelchair art
[ted id=1643 width=560 height=315]Sue Austin’s first ride in a wheelchair was an exhilarating one. “An extended illness had changed the way ...
A short documentary on Theo Jansen and his animal creations
. Dutch artist and engineer Theo Jansen introduced us to a new form of life at TED2007—nimble kinetic sculptures that he crafts out of elect...
7 arts festivals that break the boundary between audience and performer
[ted id=1552] To anyone who thinks of arts festivals as a fun bit of window dressing, David Binder’s rejoinder is: look again, and look more...
Playlist: 9 talks that give a new view of nature
Most people rarely feel compelled to stare at grains of sand. But when those same grains are magnified hundreds of times and rendered in thr...
JR’s posters come full circle
Artist JR’s Inside Out Project has dispersed more than 100,000 stunning black-and-white posters all over the world, intended for groups to p...
That unicorn is really a lap dog: The secret details in 4 classic paintings revealed
[ted id=1588 width=560 height=315] How, exactly, does a Leonardo da Vinci mural believed to be three times the width of The Last Supper get ...
4 works from John Maeda that explore the intersection of technology, art and design
[ted id=1571 width=560 height=315] John Maeda still remembers a parent-teacher conference from when he was a child. Maeda beamed with pride ...
The importance of preserving cultural artifacts: A look at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Islamic Wing
[ted id=1579 width=560 height=315] Museum exhibitions offer a complex conundrum. While museum-goers walk through, looking at art and objects...
Bahia Shehab’s newest evolutions of ‘no’
[ted id=1537] Two years ago, Lebanese-Egyptian artist and historian Bahia Shehab was invited to join an exhibit commemorating 100 years of I...