Category: Articles

In the early 2000s, satellite technologies were still in their infancy. This prompted a photographer, Gao Shuxian, to climb a signal tower on top of a mountain in Sichuan province … Read More

René François Ghislain Magritte 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967 was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for creating a number of witty and thought-provoking images. Often … Read More

Born in 1989 in Lagos, Nigeria, Marcellina Akpojotor had her first apprenticeship under her father; assisting him with drawing, design, stencil, writing and calligraphy work before she eventually moved on … Read More

Crabeater seals, known for their unique adaptation, have a specialized teeth that is not used to hunt crabs, but to filter their main food source: the Antarctic krill. Their teeth … Read More

La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is a marvel of architectural innovation and artistic vision. Designed by the legendary Antoni Gaudí, this basilica has been under construction since 1882 and remains … Read More

Canadian-born, New York-based artist Wally Dion beautifully weaves his Saulteaux ancestry into his vibrant fabric quilts. For Indigenous people, quilting is deeply significant, and Dion captures this in his ongoing … Read More

Artur Fischer’s revolutionary invention in 1958 is the wall socket (or “Fischer socket”, as it is also known in many countries). This tiny plastic object allowed it to attach screws … Read More

Scientists may have discovered an unlikely ally in the fight against plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. Native to Africa but now widespread across the planet, a beetle larvae from the … Read More

Jack Vettriano was born in St. Andrews in Fife and grew up in the industrial seaside town of Methil, about 30 minutes south of his birthplace. He was raised in … Read More

Archaeologists have recently unearthed an extraordinary piece of ancient jewelry: a 1900-year-old gold ring featuring a holographic image. This remarkable artifact was discovered in the tomb of Aebutia Quarta, a … Read More

A singular and ancient tradition, practiced today only by some African ethnic groups and among the Australian aborigines, is scarification, that is to say the practice of incising the superficial … Read More