Abstraction is considered a virtue in software development. However, practice shows that wrong abstractions cause more harm ...

Venice’s ancient walls are unaccustomed to the scent of fresh paint, let alone street art. Taron Manukyan stood before that historical silence, a spray can in hand. In a city where every stone is a ...

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Right from its title, Oscar Hudson’s droll debut “Straight Circle” evokes paradoxical oddities, which the writer-director layers atop his deadpan satire on nationalism and geographical boundaries. A ...

Modern enterprises are drowning in tools, platforms and frameworks. Every year, we add another layer—a new cloud service, data stack or platform that promises to simplify everything—yet somehow the ...

Installation view, "Language of Abstraction," Chinese American Museum of Chicago Credit: Chinese American Museum of Chicago Other than their backgrounds and their eventual emigration to Chicago, ...

A survey at the Walker Art Center celebrates the interdisciplinary artist Dyani White Hawk, whose works are grounded in the Lakota philosophy of connectedness. The artist Dyani White Hawk, in her ...

When you consider abstract art, your mind likely conjures images of works by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Piet Mondrian: bold shapes, swaths of vibrant colors and innovative techniques. However, ...

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. It’s become fashionable to point out that AI agents are failing to meet expectations. But from a ...

Before there was Jackson Pollock, there was Janet Sobel. Pollock became well known outside of art circles for splashing, pouring and flicking paint onto canvases. Some even considered him the inventor ...

The exhibition title, Echoes of Abstraction: from Pollock to Cross-Cultural Heritage, underscores the curatorial vision: to trace the lineage of artistic influence stemming from Pollock and his ...