Art

still from "Shinjuku"

Commuters rush; this video artist lingers. The results are fascinating.

Adam Magyar's video series, Stainless, captures the minute details of a commute in some of the world's busiest cities. Those moments, those insights, have made the video a viral sensation.

Commuters rush; this video artist lingers. The results are fascinating.
Tomi Ungerer

How the Nazi occupation shaped the dark tales of Tomi Ungerer

How the Nazi occupation shaped the dark tales of Tomi Ungerer
Illustration of Mosul, Iraq

Illustrator Molly Crabapple creates rare glimpses of life under ISIS with her drawings

Illustrator Molly Crabapple creates rare glimpses of life under ISIS with her drawings
Safi Haso, about 70 years old, from Girik village of Kobani. "We are probably the last generation that has tattoos," she says. "All Kurdish women had them." In addition to facial, hand and neck tattoos, Haso has tattooed her own breast with circles around

These Kurdish refugee women are proud owners of facial tattoos

These Kurdish refugee women are proud owners of facial tattoos
A painting of Prophet Muhammad's vision in Mecca from Tabriz, 1320 CE. In this painting, his facial features are not covered.

You can't draw Muhammad — unless you're one of many Muslim artists who did

You can't draw Muhammad — unless you're one of many Muslim artists who did
Avenue of Baobabs, Madagascar

One photographer's 14-year quest to capture the world's most interesting trees

Photographer Beth Moon has spent the last 14 years criss-crossing continents to photograph the world's oldest, rarest and most interesting trees. The result is an amazing body of work.

One photographer's 14-year quest to capture the world's most interesting trees
The World

Veterans display their wars through ink and art

A tattoo often comes with a story. And with many American veterans unable or unwilling to tell their stories in words, a pair of veterans have started collecting the stories behind the tattoos to help people understand the wars they fought.

Veterans display their wars through ink and art
The World

Here's your chance to stand next to Julian Assange — kind of

An Italian artist and a British journalist are teaming up to raise funds for a controversial public art project honoring Julian Assange, Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning. But with just two weeks to go, the statues are still well short of their funding goal.

Here's your chance to stand next to Julian Assange — kind of
Blacksad on the cover of Amarillo

This is one cool, epic, black cat detective

The Blacksad series of noir graphic novels stands out for two reasons. All the characters are animals. And the series is set in 1950s America, even though its original creator has never been to the US.

This is one cool, epic, black cat detective

Picture of the Week: Livingstone's Beetles

Picture of the Week: Livingstone's Beetles