Shakespeare
Steve Jobs’ Turtleneck Is Getting Auctioned Off: Last Week in Art
Also last week: Burning Man vandals, or vigilantes?
Making Friends with Your Demons: Rufus Wainwright Tackles Judy Garland, Shakespeare, and Life
A decade on Wainwright returns to restage his acclaimed Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall show. For both stars harnessing the darkness was integral to their art.
This Is How Mykki Blanco Does 'Romeo & Juliet' [Behind the Scenes]
Baz, beware. Director Matt Lambert gives us an inside look at music video triumph, "High School Never Ends" (ft. Woodkid).
Talking to Filmmaker Philomena Cunk About Drugs and Global Warming
Before the premiere of her new TV show, Cunk on Shakespeare, we asked her a bunch of weird questions about sex with robots and Twitter.
Two Sculptures Celebrate Shakespeare's Death's Big 400
One is the size of a pin, while the other is made up of 2,000 steel stars.
We Asked Europeans How Much They Care About Shakespeare
It's the 400th anniversary of the bard's death today, but does anyone outside of Britain give a shit?
Russian Museum Hires Cat, Snowden Makes Techno: Last Week in Art
The fat and orange cat, Maray, has his own name plaque at the Serpukhov Historical and Art Museum and Snowden's track, produced with Jean-Michel Jarre, is over 6 minutes long and is called "Exit."
How Paint Swatches Became Porn & Prose Pixel Art
UK artist Nick Smith plays on the format of paint color charts to create pixelated 8-bit images.
How Author Jeanette Winterson Reimagined One of Shakespeare's 'Problem Plays'
We spoke to the author about her reimagination of Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' and how it echoes her own life.
Dead Woman in the Bathtub: Why Are We So Fascinated by Ophelia's Suicide?
For centuries, people have been depicting and reinterpreting Ophelia's death in Hamlet. Here's what our obsession with her mermaid-like corpse says about our anxieties about gender, sex, and mental illness.
Know Your Language: Coding Toil and Trouble with Shakespeare
A programming language that forces coders to write like the bard.