Catherine Opie: To Be Seen at The National Portrait Gallery – a reminder of why we go to exhibitions in the first place
In Opie’s photographs, the constraints and limitations of the portrait are part of its potential.
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In Opie’s photographs, the constraints and limitations of the portrait are part of its potential.
The surrealist aspiration to evoke a sense of the marvellous and mysterious in the everyday permeates the exhibition.
Farming areas that use lots of fertilizers and pesticides stood out for the swift and accelerating decline of their bird populations.
Researchers use text and image generators to design culturally relevant educational content for young children.
The Trump administration is leaning away from dramatic funding cuts and settlements with universities, and more toward standard tactics to try to limit funding.
There has never been a singular Christian perspective on how religion, power and politics ought to relate to each other – not even in medieval ‘Christendom.’
People and computers perceive the world differently, which can lead AI to make mistakes no human would. Researchers are working on how to bring human and AI vision into alignment.
The purportedly unique and local feel of coffee shops has instead been homogenized into a singular, palatable aesthetic.
Growth marks in bones indicate the age of some animals. But a new study leaves researchers questioning this method for dinosaurs.
Kenya’s electricity instability is not one problem – it’s an interaction between network capacity and system reliability.
African countries must not sign away their health data or release their pathogens in exchange for donor funding.
By the Revolutionary War in the late 1770s, those marking the anniversary of St. Patrick’s death on March 17 included Irish immigrants in the Continental Army and those serving the British Redcoats.
The Trump administration’s unclear goals in Iran will make finding an early off-ramp from the conflict difficult.
With time, objects and careful listening, people living with dementia can still share the memories that shape who they are.
Patients with dementia can still recognise unanswered questions and weak explanations – and it can heighten distress.
The Israel Defense Forces has used southern Beirut as the template for a tactic of ‘total war’.
At binz stores, surplus goods move downstream through a hidden retail ecosystem, giving products a second life and shoppers the chance to stretch their dollars.
Trump has been looking for opportunities to lash out at Starmer over Iran. This may be his latest.
As critics question President Trump’s motivations for war on Iran, it’s not just about politics. It’s about the Constitution and whether Congress has any hope of checking the president’s warmaking.
Whenever a major test suffers a glitch, questions are immediately asked about a return to pens and paper.