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Arts, culture, and everything in between.

The mashup video that broke the internet, the GIF that went around the world, the parody Twitter account with a million followers — that’s the frontier of culture today.

Arts, Culture & Media

Stop Motion with Heart

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June 09, 2014

Ainslie Henderson is a Scottish animator with a keen sense of humor and a number of unresolved childhood issues. His work will break your heart in the best way. <div></div>

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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

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June 06, 2014

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Van Gogh's ear is back, an alternate ending to this week's Game of Thrones (spoilers), Zach Galifianakis makes the best music videos, John Oliver is ...

Arts, Culture & Media

Bad Design Makes Twitter Angry

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June 05, 2014

A new pro soccer team in Louisville learned the dangers of slapdash design when an avalanche of Twitter ridicule greeted their new logo.

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Sideshow Podcast: Twitter’s Unfinished Scripts: Really Funny Movies That Will Never Get Made

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June 03, 2014

With Unfinished Scripts (@UnfinishedS), Gavin Speiller dreams up preposterous, unfilmable movies, and tweets the first page of the screenplay.

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We Just Hacked Michael Bay's New TV Show

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May 29, 2014

The swag for Michael Bay's new TNT drama is just as insane as all of his big explosive blockbusters, and that's why he must be stopped.

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These Algorithmic Creatures Don't Bite

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May 28, 2014

Visual artist and creative programmer Raven Kwok uses computer coding and mathematical theory to create "algorithmic creatures" that move, shift, and morph in a mesmerizing dance.

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Edward Hopper's Paintings Invaded by Social Media

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May 27, 2014

Edward Hopper's depictions of modern American life are full of loneliness, regret and boredom — emotions that, 70 years later, social media seems to have heightened. But Nastya Nudnik...

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Sideshow Podcast: Giving the Perfect GIF

Studio 360

May 27, 2014

The guru of GIFs says the animations express “the essential human emotions: hunger, love, and sadness. If you're feeling things other than that, you're wasting your energy."

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A Week of Bests: Commencement Speeches, Vocal Ranges, and Scares

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May 23, 2014

This week in "Thanks, Internet!": great commencement speeches, sweet dreams, an artful bot, pop music's best vocal ranges, and a lovely scare.

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French Impressionists in the American Southwest

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May 21, 2014

Erin Hanson uses oil and impasto brush strokes in a style that's often called Open-Impressionism.

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